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Table 1. CIVILIAN WORKERS BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs
Table 2. CIVILIAN WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 3. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
Table 4. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 8. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and percent of compensation,
Table 9. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as
Table 10A. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 10B. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Table 11A. GOODS-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES;  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
Table 11B. SERVICE-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES;  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
Table 12A. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 12B. NONMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
Table 13A.  UNION WORKERS, employer costs per hour worked for  employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 13B.  NONUNION WORKERS, employer costs per hour worked for  employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and percent of compensation, by establishment employment size,
Table 15. PRIVATE INDUSTRY HEALTH SERVICES BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee
Table 16. SPECIAL INDUSTRIES: Employer costs for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1995

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        EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - MARCH 1995
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation in the United States
(private industry and state and local governments) averaged $18.38 per
hour worked in March 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today.  Straight-time wages and salaries
(71.4 percent of the costs) averaged $13.12 an hour, and benefit costs
(the remaining 28.6 percent) averaged $5.26.
 
     Legally required benefits (e.g., social security, workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance) averaged $1.59 per hour
worked--the largest cost to employers among the benefit categories.
Legally required benefits accounted for 8.7 percent of total compensa 
tion costs and nearly one-third of all benefit costs.  (See table 1.)
 
     Other important benefit categories and their average costs per
hour worked were:  Insurance ($1.29), paid leave ($1.22), retirement
and savings (71 cents), and supplemental pay (42 cents), which in 
cludes premium pay for overtime, shift pay, nonproduction bonuses, and
lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases.
 
Private industry
 
     In private industry, March 1995 employer compensation costs
averaged $17.10 per hour worked, with straight-time wages and salaries
averaging $12.25 per hour and benefit costs averaging $4.85 per hour.
(See table 5.) Compensation costs varied widely by industry and
occupational group, union status, part-time and full-time status,
establishment employment size, and geographic region.  (See chart B.)
Highlights for private industry follow:
 
     Compensation costs averaged more for workers in goods-producing
industries ($20.75 per hour worked) than for those in service-
producing industries ($15.88).  (See table 10.) In goods-producing
industries, compensation cost levels ranged from $17.99 in nondurable
goods manufacturing to $22.29 in durable goods manufacturing.  Among
service-producing industries, compensation costs ranged from $9.32 in
retail trade to $23.24 in transportation and public utilities.
 
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 * For the first time, compensation costs for state and local       *
 * government workers include data for substitute teachers.  This   *
 * inclusion also affects compensation costs for civilian workers. *
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     March 1995 compensation costs also varied within industries.  In
health services, for example, where compensation costs averaged $17.99
per hour worked, those costs were $11.30 in nursing homes and $21.06
in hospitals.  (See table 15.)
 
     Among occupational categories, average compensation costs were
higher for white-collar occupations ($20.50) than for blue-collar
occupations ($16.69) and service occupations ($8.39).  (See table 6.)
The level of compensation varied considerably, however, by occupa 
tional group within the blue-collar and white-collar categories.
 
     Benefits in private industry made up a larger proportion of
compensation costs for blue-collar occupations (32.4 percent) than for
white-collar occupations (27.0 percent) and service occupations (24.3
percent).  (See table 10.) In goods-producing industries, benefits
made up 34.5 percent of compensation costs for blue-collar occupa 
tions, compared with 29.7 percent for white-collar occupations.  The
corresponding proportions in service-producing industries were 29.1
percent and 26.3 percent.  (See table 11.)
 
     March 1995 compensation costs averaged more for union workers
($22.40) in private industry than for nonunion workers ($16.26).  (See
table 13.) In addition, benefits made up a larger proportion of
compensation costs for union workers (35.7 percent) than for nonunion
workers (26.8 percent).  Union and nonunion cost levels reflect a
variety of influences, including coverage by a collective bargaining
agreement and variation in distribution of union and nonunion workers
among occupations, industries, and establishment size groups.
 
     Compensation costs in private industry increased with estab 
lishment employment size.  (See table 8.) Compensation costs averaged
$14.58 per hour worked in establishments of under 100 employees,
$16.30 in establishments of 100 to 499 employees, and $22.85 in
establishments of 500 or more employees.
 
     March 1995 compensation costs for full-time workers were more
than double those for part-time workers.  (See table 9.) Compensation
costs averaged $19.44 per hour worked for full-time workers, compared
with $8.98 for part-time workers.  Benefit costs made up 29.5 percent
of total compensation for full-time workers, and 20.1 percent for
part-time workers.  Employees in an establishment are classified as
full-time or part-time in accordance with the practices of the estab 
lishment, rather than on the basis of the number of hours worked per
week.
 
     Compensation costs by region ranged from $15.31 in the South to
$20.09 in the Northeast.  The proportion of compensation costs made up
of benefits ranged from 27.0 percent in the West to 29.1 in the
Northeast and 29.2 percent in the Midwest.  (See table 7.)
 
State and local governments
 
     In state and local governments, March 1995 employer costs
averaged $24.86 per hour worked, with straight-time wages and salaries
averaging $17.31 and benefit costs averaging $7.56.  (See table 4.)
Compensation costs varied widely by type of work activity and occupa 
tional group.  Highlights for state and local governments follow:
 
     Among work activities, average compensation costs were higher per
hour worked in services (e.g., health and educational services) than
in public administration ($25.92 and $22.82, respectively).  Those two
categories account for most state and local government employment.
 
     Compensation costs in state and local governments averaged more
for white-collar occupations ($27.60) than for blue-collar ($20.12)
and service occupations ($18.39).  Service occupations include police
and firefighters, as well as janitors, cooks, and nursing aides.
 
     The relative importance of March 1995 employer costs for employee
benefits also varied among occupational categories.  Benefits ac 
counted for 28.7 percent of compensation costs for white-collar
occupations, compared with 35.4 percent for blue-collar and 36.0
percent for service occupations.
 
Notes
 
     Aggregate compensation cost levels in state and local governments
should not be compared directly with those in private industry.
Differences between the two sectors stem from a number of factors,
particularly the variation in work activities and occupational struc 
tures.  Manufacturing and sales, for example, make up a large part of
private industry work activities but are rarely found in state and
local governments.  White-collar occupations account for two-thirds of
the state and local government workforce (largely professional occupa 
tions including teachers), compared with one-half in private industry.
 
     An article examining in more detail differences in compensation
levels between private industry and state and local governments, "Cost
of Employee Compensation in Public and Private Sectors," was in the
May 1993 issue of the BLS publication, Monthly Labor Review.
 
     The March 1995 levels of employer costs for employee compensation
shown in this release were calculated using March 1995 employment
patterns.  Therefore, changes in cost levels over time reflect both
changing rates of compensation and changes in relative employment
among occupations and industries with different rates of compensation.
 
     A measure of the change in rates of compensation that is not
influenced by employment shifts among occupations and industries is
provided by the Employment Cost Index (ECI), which is published
quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 
                           EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation is a measure of the
average cost per employee hour worked to employers for wages and
salaries and benefits.
 
     Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage
rate, or for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time
earnings divided by the corresponding hours.  Straight-time wage and
salary rates are total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding
premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends and holidays, shift
differentials, nonproduction bonuses, and lump-sum payments provided
in lieu of wage increases.  Production bonuses, incentive earnings,
commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are included in
straight-time wage and salary rates.
 
     Benefits covered are:  Paid leave--paid vacations, holidays, sick
leave, and other leave; supplemental pay--premium pay for overtime and
work on weekends and holidays, shift differentials, nonproduction
bonuses, and lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases;
insurance benefits--life, health, and sickness and accident insurance;
retirement and savings benefits--pension and other retirement plans
and savings and thrift plans; legally required benefits--social
security, railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad
unemployment insurance, Federal and state unemployment insurance,
workers' compensation, and other benefits required by law, such as
state temporary disability insurance; and other benefits--severance
pay and supplemental unemployment plans.
 
The Survey
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation cover all occupations in
private industry, excluding farms and households, and state and local
governments.  These cost levels are published once a year with the
payroll period including March 12th as the reference period.
 
    The cost levels are based on compensation cost data collected for
the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI), released
quarterly.  Cost data were collected from the ECI's March 1995 sample
which consisted of about 22,000 occupations within 4,200 sample
establishments in private industry and 6,000 occupations within 900
establishments in state and local governments.  The sample estab 
lishments are classified in industry categories based on the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, as defined by the
U.S. Office of Management and Budget.  Within an establishment,
specific job categories are selected to represent broader major
occupational groups such as professional specialty and technical
occupations.
 
     The cost levels are calculated with current employment weights
each year.  In contrast, the ECI, which measures the change in
employer costs for employee compensation, is calculated with fixed
1990 employment counts to prevent employment shifts among occupations
and industries from influencing the changes.  Therefore, year-to-year
changes in the cost levels will differ from those in the ECI.
 
    The March 1995 compensation cost levels were calculated with the
March 1995 employment counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Employment Statistics program benchmarked to the 1994 universe
of all private nonfarm establishments.  For private industry, in most
cases, the employment counts used were total employment estimates for
2-digit major industry groups (such as primary metal manufacturing or
food stores) as defined by the SIC system.  (For the aerospace in 
dustries, employment estimates for 4-digit industries such as aircraft
manufacturing were used.) For state and local governments, the employ 
ment counts used ranged from those for 3-digit industries such as
hospitals to those for major industry divisions, such as public
administration.
 
     The employment data from these 2-digit, 3-digit, or 4-digit
industries were distributed to major occupational groups (such as
executives, administrators, and managers or machine operators, as 
semblers, and inspectors), using the relative importance of the groups
as estimated by the ECI sample.  Because the ECI establishment sample
is completely replaced, industry by industry, on a 4-year cycle, the
major occupational group employment counts from the ECI are, on
average, 2 to 3 years old.  However, comparisons of cost level es 
timates showed that differences of a few years in the age of the
occupation data within industries have a negligible impact on the
estimates.
 
     More information on the cost levels, including how the costs are
calculated, appears in the article "Analyzing employers' costs for
wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of the
Monthly Labor Review.  The published cost levels for March 1987 also
appear in that article.
 
     An annual bulletin is issued from the ECI program.  The most
recent bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels--1975-94 (Bulletin
2447), provides complete historical data on ECI indexes and levels,
and measures of the precision of the two series through June 1994.  It
also includes an explanation of survey methods and discussion of the
published information.  The next annual bulletin, to be issued later
this year, will include this material as well as complete historical
ECI data and measures of precision through June 1995.
 
The Relative Standard Errors
 
     Because the data are based on a sample survey, the compensation
cost estimates probably differ from the figures that would be obtained
from all units covered by the survey.  To determine the precision of
each cost level estimate, a standard error was calculated.
 
     The standard error defines a range (confidence interval) around
the cost estimate.  The approximate 95-percent confidence interval is
the estimate plus or minus twice the standard error.  The standard
error can also be expressed as a percent of the cost estimate, or the
relative standard error.  For example, the 95-percent confidence
interval for a cost estimate of $10 with a relative standard error of
1.0 percent would be $10.00 plus or minus 2.0 percent (2 times 1.0
percent) or $9.80 to $10.20.  We can be 95 percent confident that the
"true" cost falls within the confidence interval.
 
     The relative standard error is shown with the cost estimates for
some series in the appendix.  Relative standard errors for all pub 
lished estimates are available upon request.  They also will appear in
the 1995 ECI annual bulletin to be published later this year.  A
fuller explanation of the relative standard errors is provided in the
article "Analyzing employers' costs for wages, salaries, and benefits"
in the October 1987 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
 
Table 1. CIVILIAN WORKERS BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs
as a percent of total compensation, March 1995
 
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                                                 | Civilian workers  |   White-collar    |    Blue-collar    |      Service
             Compensation Component              |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------
                                                 |  Total  | Percent |  Total  | Percent |  Total  | Percent |  Total  | Percent
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                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Total compensation...............................| $18.38  |  100.0% | $21.87  |  100.0% | $16.92  |  100.0% |  $9.98  |  100.0%
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries..............................|  13.12  |   71.4  |  15.94  |   72.9  |  11.39  |   67.3  |   7.21  |   72.2
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits..................................|   5.26  |   28.6  |   5.93  |   27.1  |   5.53  |   32.7  |   2.77  |   27.8
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave.....................................|   1.22  |    6.6  |   1.54  |    7.0  |   1.00  |    5.9  |    .57  |    5.7
   Vacations.....................................|    .55  |    3.0  |    .66  |    3.0  |    .52  |    3.1  |    .26  |    2.6
   Holidays......................................|    .41  |    2.3  |    .52  |    2.4  |    .35  |    2.1  |    .18  |    1.8
   Sick leave....................................|    .19  |    1.0  |    .27  |    1.2  |    .09  |     .6  |    .10  |    1.0
   Other leave...................................|    .06  |     .4  |    .09  |     .4  |    .04  |     .2  |    .03  |     .3
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay...............................|    .42  |    2.3  |    .42  |    1.9  |    .59  |    3.5  |    .16  |    1.6
   Premium pay...................................|    .17  |     .9  |    .09  |     .4  |    .39  |    2.3  |    .09  |     .9
   Shift pay.....................................|    .05  |     .3  |    .04  |     .2  |    .07  |     .4  |    .04  |     .4
   Nonproduction bonuses.........................|    .20  |    1.1  |    .29  |    1.3  |    .13  |     .7  |    .04  |     .4
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance......................................|   1.29  |    7.0  |   1.46  |    6.7  |   1.38  |    8.1  |    .66  |    6.6
   Life insurance................................|    .05  |     .2  |    .06  |     .3  |    .04  |     .3  |    .02  |     .2
   Health insurance..............................|   1.21  |    6.6  |   1.35  |    6.2  |   1.29  |    7.6  |    .63  |    6.3
   Sickness and accident insurance...............|    .04  |     .2  |    .05  |     .2  |    .04  |     .3  |    *    |    *
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Retirement and savings.........................|    .71  |    3.9  |    .86  |    3.9  |    .65  |    3.8  |    .36  |    3.6
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required benefits1/....................|   1.59  |    8.7  |   1.63  |    7.5  |   1.87  |   11.1  |   1.01  |   10.1
   Social Security...............................|   1.06  |    5.8  |   1.25  |    5.7  |    .98  |    5.8  |    .59  |    6.0
   Federal unemployment..........................|    .03  |     .1  |    .03  |     .1  |    .03  |     .2  |    .03  |     .3
   State unemployment............................|    .11  |     .6  |    .11  |     .5  |    .13  |     .8  |    .09  |     .9
   Workers' compensation.........................|    .38  |    2.1  |    .24  |    1.1  |    .70  |    4.1  |    .30  |    3.0
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits2/...............................|    .03  |     .2  |    .03  |     .1  |    .04  |     .2  |    *    |    *
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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   1/  Includes railroad retirement and supplemental
retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other
legally required benefits in addition to those shown.
   2/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment
benefits.
   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 2. CIVILIAN WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
 by occupational and industry group, March 1995
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                                                  |        |        |                        Benefit costs
                                                  | Total  |  Wages |--------------------------------------------------------------
               Series                             |compen- |  and   |        |        |Supple- |        |Retire- |Legally | Other
                                                  | sation |salaries| Total  |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |ment and|required| bene-
                                                  |        |        |        | leave  |  pay   |  ance  |savings |benefits|fits1/
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                                                  |                             Cost per hour worked
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Civilian workers...............................| $18.38 | $13.12 |  $5.26 |  $1.22 |  $0.42 |  $1.29 |  $0.71 |  $1.59 |  $0.03
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Occupational group                           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         White-collar occupations.................|  21.87 |  15.94 |   5.93 |   1.54 |    .42 |   1.46 |    .86 |   1.63 |    .03
         Professional specialty and technical.....|  29.07 |  21.42 |   7.65 |   1.95 |    .39 |   1.87 |   1.36 |   2.04 |    .04
           Professional...........................|  30.17 |  22.36 |   7.81 |   1.95 |    .38 |   1.90 |   1.45 |   2.08 |    .04
             Nurses...............................|  28.00 |  20.34 |   7.67 |   2.05 |   1.10 |   1.47 |    .74 |   2.29 |    .02
             Teachers.............................|  30.26 |  23.06 |   7.20 |   1.42 |    .06 |   1.95 |   1.79 |   1.97 |    .02
           Technical..............................|  23.87 |  16.97 |   6.90 |   1.91 |    .47 |   1.68 |    .96 |   1.83 |    .04
         Executive, administrative, and managerial|  32.34 |  23.14 |   9.20 |   2.77 |    .94 |   1.83 |   1.32 |   2.30 |    .05
         Administrative support including clerical|  14.86 |  10.51 |   4.36 |   1.10 |    .26 |   1.31 |    .50 |   1.17 |    .02
       Blue-collar occupations....................|  16.92 |  11.39 |   5.53 |   1.00 |    .59 |   1.38 |    .65 |   1.87 |    .04
       Service occupations........................|   9.98 |   7.21 |   2.77 |    .57 |    .16 |    .66 |    .36 |   1.01 |    *
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Industry group                               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         Services.................................|  19.53 |  14.38 |   5.15 |   1.28 |    .25 |   1.32 |    .79 |   1.51 |    .02
         Health services..........................|  19.59 |  13.90 |   5.69 |   1.59 |    .56 |   1.42 |    .56 |   1.55 |    *
           Hospitals..............................|  21.14 |  14.83 |   6.31 |   1.81 |    .64 |   1.62 |    .62 |   1.60 |    .02
         Educational services.....................|  24.99 |  18.51 |   6.48 |   1.49 |    .07 |   1.81 |   1.46 |   1.63 |    .02
           Elementary and secondary education.....|  24.57 |  18.27 |   6.30 |   1.34 |    .05 |   1.88 |   1.43 |   1.57 |    .02
           Higher education.......................|  28.11 |  20.43 |   7.68 |   2.05 |    .12 |   1.85 |   1.83 |   1.82 |    *
 
                                                                              Percent of total compensation
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Civilian workers...............................|  100.0%|   71.4%|   28.6%|    6.6%|    2.3%|    7.0%|    3.9%|    8.7%|     .2%
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Occupational group                           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         White-collar occupations.................|  100.0 |   72.9 |   27.1 |    7.0 |    1.9 |    6.7 |    3.9 |    7.5 |     .1
         Professional specialty and technical.....|  100.0 |   73.7 |   26.3 |    6.7 |    1.4 |    6.4 |    4.7 |    7.0 |     .1
           Professional...........................|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    6.5 |    1.3 |    6.3 |    4.8 |    6.9 |     .1
             Nurses...............................|  100.0 |   72.6 |   27.4 |    7.3 |    3.9 |    5.3 |    2.6 |    8.2 |     .1
             Teachers.............................|  100.0 |   76.2 |   23.8 |    4.7 |     .2 |    6.4 |    5.9 |    6.5 |     .1
           Technical..............................|  100.0 |   71.1 |   28.9 |    8.0 |    2.0 |    7.0 |    4.0 |    7.7 |     .2
         Executive, administrative, and managerial|  100.0 |   71.5 |   28.5 |    8.6 |    2.9 |    5.6 |    4.1 |    7.1 |     .2
         Administrative support including clerical|  100.0 |   70.7 |   29.3 |    7.4 |    1.7 |    8.8 |    3.4 |    7.9 |     .1
       Blue-collar occupations....................|  100.0 |   67.3 |   32.7 |    5.9 |    3.5 |    8.1 |    3.8 |   11.1 |     .2
       Service occupations........................|  100.0 |   72.2 |   27.8 |    5.7 |    1.6 |    6.6 |    3.6 |   10.1 |    *
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     Industry group                               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         Services.................................|  100.0 |   73.6 |   26.4 |    6.5 |    1.3 |    6.7 |    4.1 |    7.7 |     .1
         Health services..........................|  100.0 |   71.0 |   29.0 |    8.1 |    2.8 |    7.2 |    2.9 |    7.9 |    *
           Hospitals..............................|  100.0 |   70.2 |   29.8 |    8.6 |    3.0 |    7.7 |    2.9 |    7.6 |     .1
         Educational services.....................|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    6.0 |     .3 |    7.2 |    5.8 |    6.5 |     .1
           Elementary and secondary education.....|  100.0 |   74.4 |   25.6 |    5.5 |     .2 |    7.7 |    5.8 |    6.4 |     .1
           Higher education.......................|  100.0 |   72.7 |   27.3 |    7.3 |     .4 |    6.6 |    6.5 |    6.5 |    *
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    1/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.       *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 3. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1995
 
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                                                 |  All workers in   |                   |                   |
                  Compensation                   |  State and local  |   White-collar    |     Service       |      Service
                    component                    |    governments    |    occupations    |    occupations    |     industries
                                                 |-------------------|---------|---------|----------|---------|--------|
                                                 |  Total  | Percent | Total   | Percent |  Total  | Percent |  Total  | Percent
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Total compensation...............................| $24.86  |  100.0% | $27.60  |  100.0% | $18.39  |  100.0% | $25.92  |  100.0%
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries..............................|  17.31  |   69.6  |  19.69  |   71.3  |  11.77  |   64.0  |  18.60  |   71.7
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits..................................|   7.56  |   30.4  |   7.91  |   28.7  |   6.62  |   36.0  |   7.32  |   28.3
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave.....................................|   1.95  |    7.9  |   2.03  |    7.4  |   1.70  |    9.3  |   1.78  |    6.9
   Vacations.....................................|    .68  |    2.7  |    .64  |    2.3  |    .72  |    3.9  |    .51  |    2.0
   Holidays......................................|    .63  |    2.5  |    .66  |    2.4  |    .54  |    2.9  |    .59  |    2.3
   Sick leave....................................|    .49  |    2.0  |    .55  |    2.0  |    .34  |    1.8  |    .52  |    2.0
   Other leave...................................|    .16  |     .6  |    .18  |     .7  |    .11  |     .6  |    .17  |     .6
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay...............................|    .22  |     .9  |    .14  |     .5  |    .40  |    2.2  |    .15  |     .6
   Premium pay...................................|    .11  |     .4  |    .04  |     .2  |    .22  |    1.2  |    .05  |     .2
   Shift pay.....................................|    .05  |     .2  |    .03  |     .1  |    .10  |     .5  |    .04  |     .2
   Nonproduction bonuses.........................|    .06  |     .3  |    .06  |     .2  |    .08  |     .5  |    .06  |     .2
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance......................................|   2.03  |    8.2  |   2.14  |    7.8  |   1.72  |    9.4  |   2.04  |    7.9
   Life insurance................................|    .05  |     .2  |    .05  |     .2  |    .04  |     .2  |    .05  |     .2
   Health insurance..............................|   1.95  |    7.8  |   2.05  |    7.4  |   1.66  |    9.0  |   1.95  |    7.5
   Sickness and accident insurance...............|    .04  |     .1  |    .04  |     .1  |    .03  |     .2  |    .03  |     .1
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Retirement and savings.........................|   1.78  |    7.1  |   1.90  |    6.9  |   1.57  |    8.6  |   1.77  |    6.8
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required benefits1/....................|   1.55  |    6.3  |   1.67  |    6.0  |   1.19  |    6.5  |   1.57  |    6.0
   Social Security...............................|   1.19  |    4.8  |   1.36  |    4.9  |    .76  |    4.1  |   1.29  |    5.0
   Federal unemployment..........................|    *    |    *    |    *    |    *    |    *    |    *    |    *    |    *
   State unemployment............................|    .04  |     .2  |    .05  |     .2  |    .04  |     .2  |    .04  |     .2
   Workers' compensation.........................|    .31  |    1.2  |    .26  |     .9  |    .38  |    2.1  |    .23  |     .9
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits2/...............................|    .02  |     .1  |    .03  |     .1  |    .03  |     .1  |    .02  |     .1
                                                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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   1/  Includes railroad retirement and supplemental
retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other
legally required benefits in addition to those shown.
   2/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment
benefits.
   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 4. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, by occupational and industry group, March 1995
 
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                                                 |        |            |                    Benefit costs
                                                 | Total  | Wages  |--------------------------------------------------------------
                     Series                      |compen- |  and   |        |        |Supple- |        |Retire- |Legally | Other
                                                 | sation |salaries| Total  |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |ment and|required| bene-
                                                 |        |        |        | leave  |  pay   |  ance  |savings |benefits|fits1/
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                                                                              Cost per hour worked
 
  State and local government workers.............| $24.86 | $17.31 |  $7.56 |  $1.95 |  $0.22 |  $2.03 |  $1.78 |  $1.55 |  $0.02
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Occupational group                            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
       White-collar occupations..................|  27.60 |  19.69 |   7.91 |   2.03 |    .14 |   2.14 |   1.90 |   1.67 |    .03
       Professional specialty and technical......|  32.63 |  23.91 |   8.72 |   2.01 |    .15 |   2.27 |   2.32 |   1.93 |    .04
         Professional............................|  33.88 |  24.95 |   8.93 |   2.02 |    .13 |   2.33 |   2.41 |   1.99 |    .04
           Teachers..............................|  36.30 |  27.11 |   9.19 |   1.82 |    .07 |   2.46 |   2.73 |   2.07 |    .04
       Executive, administrative, and managerial.|  32.02 |  22.08 |   9.94 |   3.28 |    .18 |   2.25 |   2.26 |   1.97 |   (2)
       Administrative support including clerical.|  15.99 |  10.59 |   5.40 |   1.47 |    .09 |   1.84 |    .95 |   1.03 |   (2)
     Blue-collar occupations.....................|  20.12 |  12.99 |   7.13 |   1.92 |    .36 |   1.93 |   1.39 |   1.51 |    .02
     Service occupations.........................|  18.39 |  11.77 |   6.62 |   1.70 |    .40 |   1.72 |   1.57 |   1.19 |    .03
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Industry group                                |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
       Services..................................|  25.92 |  18.60 |   7.32 |   1.78 |    .15 |   2.04 |   1.77 |   1.57 |    .02
       Health services...........................|  21.11 |  14.13 |   6.98 |   2.16 |    .51 |   1.71 |   1.08 |   1.50 |    .02
         Hospitals...............................|  21.42 |  14.46 |   6.96 |   2.20 |    .49 |   1.65 |   1.09 |   1.51 |    .02
       Educational services......................|  27.09 |  19.67 |   7.41 |   1.70 |    .08 |   2.09 |   1.91 |   1.60 |    .03
         Elementary and secondary education......|  26.89 |  19.67 |   7.22 |   1.52 |    .06 |   2.16 |   1.89 |   1.56 |    .03
         Higher education........................|  28.29 |  20.17 |   8.12 |   2.22 |    .15 |   1.93 |   2.04 |   1.77 |   (2)
     Public administration.......................|  22.82 |  14.94 |   7.89 |   2.27 |    .31 |   1.97 |   1.88 |   1.43 |    .03
 
                                                                         Percent of total compensation
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  State and local government workers.............|  100.0%|   69.6%|   30.4%|    7.9%|    0.9%|    8.2%|    7.1%|    6.3%|    0.1%
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Occupational group                            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
       White-collar occupations..................|  100.0 |   71.3 |   28.7 |    7.4 |     .5 |    7.8 |    6.9 |    6.0 |     .1
       Professional specialty and technical......|  100.0 |   73.3 |   26.7 |    6.2 |     .5 |    6.9 |    7.1 |    5.9 |     .1
         Professional............................|  100.0 |   73.6 |   26.4 |    6.0 |     .4 |    6.9 |    7.1 |    5.9 |     .1
           Teachers..............................|  100.0 |   74.7 |   25.3 |    5.0 |     .2 |    6.8 |    7.5 |    5.7 |     .1
       Executive, administrative, and managerial.|  100.0 |   69.0 |   31.0 |   10.2 |     .6 |    7.0 |    7.1 |    6.1 |    *
       Administrative support including clerical.|  100.0 |   66.2 |   33.8 |    9.2 |     .5 |   11.5 |    5.9 |    6.4 |    *
     Blue-collar occupations.....................|  100.0 |   64.6 |   35.4 |    9.6 |    1.8 |    9.6 |    6.9 |    7.5 |     .1
     Service occupations.........................|  100.0 |   64.0 |   36.0 |    9.3 |    2.2 |    9.4 |    8.6 |    6.5 |     .1
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Industry group                                |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
       Services..................................|  100.0 |   71.7 |   28.3 |    6.9 |     .6 |    7.9 |    6.8 |    6.0 |     .1
       Health services...........................|  100.0 |   66.9 |   33.1 |   10.2 |    2.4 |    8.1 |    5.1 |    7.1 |     .1
         Hospitals...............................|  100.0 |   67.5 |   32.5 |   10.3 |    2.3 |    7.7 |    5.1 |    7.1 |     .1
       Educational services......................|  100.0 |   72.6 |   27.4 |    6.3 |     .3 |    7.7 |    7.1 |    5.9 |     .1
         Elementary and secondary education......|  100.0 |   73.2 |   26.8 |    5.7 |     .2 |    8.0 |    7.0 |    5.8 |     .1
         Higher education........................|  100.0 |   71.3 |   28.7 |    7.9 |     .5 |    6.8 |    7.2 |    6.2 |    *
     Public administration.......................|  100.0 |   65.5 |   34.5 |   10.0 |    1.3 |    8.6 |    8.2 |    6.3 |     .1
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   1/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.         *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
private industry, by broad industry categories, March 1995
 
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                                  | All workers in  | Goods-producing |Service-producing|  Manufacturing  |Nonmanufacturing
           Compensation           |private industry | industries 1/   | industries 2/   |   industries    |   industries
            component              ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------
                                  |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent
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                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total compensation................| $17.10 |  100.0%| $20.75 |  100.0%| $15.88 |  100.0%| $20.47 |  100.0%| $16.29 |  100.0%
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Wage rate........................|  12.25 |   71.6 |  13.97 |   67.3 |  11.67 |   73.5 |  13.72 |   67.0 |  11.89 |   73.0
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total benefits...................|   4.85 |   28.4 |   6.78 |   32.7 |   4.20 |   26.5 |   6.74 |   33.0 |   4.39 |   27.0
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Paid Leave......................|   1.09 |    6.4 |   1.37 |    6.6 |   1.00 |    6.3 |   1.54 |    7.5 |    .98 |    6.0
   Vacations......................|    .54 |    3.1 |    .73 |    3.5 |    .47 |    3.0 |    .80 |    3.9 |    .47 |    2.9
   Holidays.......................|    .37 |    2.2 |    .49 |    2.4 |    .33 |    2.1 |    .57 |    2.8 |    .33 |    2.0
   Sick leave.....................|    .14 |     .8 |    .11 |     .5 |    .14 |     .9 |    .12 |     .6 |    .14 |     .8
   Other leave....................|    .05 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .05 |     .3 |    .05 |     .2 |    .04 |     .3
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Supplemental pay................|    .47 |    2.8 |    .78 |    3.7 |    .37 |    2.3 |    .80 |    3.9 |    .39 |    2.4
   Premium pay....................|    .19 |    1.1 |    .40 |    1.9 |    .12 |     .7 |    .40 |    2.0 |    .14 |     .8
   Shift pay......................|    .05 |     .3 |    .07 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .09 |     .4 |    .05 |     .3
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|    .23 |    1.3 |    .31 |    1.5 |    .20 |    1.3 |    .30 |    1.5 |    .21 |    1.3
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Insurance.......................|   1.15 |    6.7 |   1.66 |    8.0 |    .98 |    6.2 |   1.72 |    8.4 |   1.02 |    6.2
   Life...........................|    .04 |     .3 |    .06 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .06 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2
   Health.........................|   1.06 |    6.2 |   1.53 |    7.4 |    .90 |    5.7 |   1.58 |    7.7 |    .94 |    5.8
   Sickness and accident..........|    .04 |     .3 |    .07 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .07 |     .4 |    .04 |     .2
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Retirement and savings..........|    .52 |    3.0 |    .82 |    4.0 |    .41 |    2.6 |    .75 |    3.7 |    .46 |    2.8
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Legally required................|   1.59 |    9.3 |   2.08 |   10.0 |   1.43 |    9.0 |   1.86 |    9.1 |   1.53 |    9.4
   Social security................|   1.02 |    6.0 |   1.21 |    5.8 |    .96 |    6.1 |   1.21 |    5.9 |    .98 |    6.0
   Federal unemployment...........|    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .1 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .1 |    .03 |     .2
   State unemployment.............|    .12 |     .7 |    .16 |     .8 |    .11 |     .7 |    .14 |     .7 |    .12 |     .7
   Workers' compensation..........|    .39 |    2.3 |    .67 |    3.2 |    .30 |    1.9 |    .48 |    2.3 |    .37 |    2.3
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Other benefits..................|    .03 |     .2 |    .07 |     .4 |    *   |    *   |    .09 |     .4 |    .02 |     .1
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing
   2/  Includes transportation, communication, and public
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and service industries.
   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
 
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                                  |    All workers in     |     White-collar      |      Blue-collar      |        Service
           Compensation           |   private industry    |        workers        |        workers        |        workers
            component              ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                  |   Cost    |  Percent  |   Cost    |  Percent  |   Cost    |  Percent  |   Cost    |  Percent
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                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Total compensation................|  $17.10   |   100.0%  |  $20.50   |   100.0%  |  $16.69   |   100.0%  |   $8.39   |   100.0%
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
 Wage rate........................|   12.25   |    71.6   |   14.98   |    73.0   |   11.28   |    67.6   |    6.35   |    75.7
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
 Total benefits...................|    4.85   |    28.4   |    5.53   |    27.0   |    5.42   |    32.4   |    2.04   |    24.3
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Paid Leave......................|    1.09   |     6.4   |    1.45   |     7.1   |     .94   |     5.6   |     .36   |     4.2
   Vacations......................|     .54   |     3.1   |     .69   |     3.4   |     .50   |     3.0   |     .17   |     2.0
   Holidays.......................|     .37   |     2.2   |     .49   |     2.4   |     .33   |     2.0   |     .11   |     1.3
   Sick leave.....................|     .14   |      .8   |     .20   |     1.0   |     .07   |      .4   |     .06   |      .7
   Other leave....................|     .05   |      .3   |     .06   |      .3   |     .03   |      .2   |     .02   |      .2
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Supplemental pay................|     .47   |     2.8   |     .52   |     2.5   |     .60   |     3.6   |     .13   |     1.5
   Premium pay....................|     .19   |     1.1   |     .11   |      .5   |     .40   |     2.4   |     .06   |      .7
   Shift pay......................|     .05   |      .3   |     .05   |      .3   |     .07   |      .4   |     .03   |      .4
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|     .23   |     1.3   |     .36   |     1.7   |     .13   |      .8   |     .03   |      .4
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Insurance.......................|    1.15   |     6.7   |    1.29   |     6.3   |    1.34   |     8.0   |     .45   |     5.4
   Life...........................|     .04   |      .3   |     .06   |      .3   |     .04   |      .3   |     *     |     *
   Health.........................|    1.06   |     6.2   |    1.18   |     5.7   |    1.25   |     7.5   |     .43   |     5.1
   Sickness and accident..........|     .04   |      .3   |     .06   |      .3   |     .05   |      .3   |     *     |     *
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Retirement and savings..........|     .52   |     3.0   |     .61   |     3.0   |     .60   |     3.6   |     .11   |     1.3
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Legally required................|    1.59   |     9.3   |    1.62   |     7.9   |    1.90   |    11.4   |     .99   |    11.8
   Social security................|    1.02   |     6.0   |    1.22   |     6.0   |     .98   |     5.9   |     .57   |     6.7
   Federal unemployment...........|     .03   |      .2   |     .03   |      .2   |     .03   |      .2   |     .04   |      .4
   State unemployment.............|     .12   |      .7   |     .12   |      .6   |     .14   |      .8   |     .10   |     1.1
   Workers' compensation..........|     .39   |     2.3   |     .24   |     1.2   |     .72   |     4.3   |     .28   |     3.4
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Other benefits..................|     .03   |      .2   |     .03   |      .2   |     .04   |      .2   |     *     |     *
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
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   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
private industry, by region and union status, March 1995
 
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                                  |                            Region                             |         Union status
                                   --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------
           Compensation           |   Northeast   |     South     |    Midwest    |     West      |     Union     |   Nonunion
                                   --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
            component             | Cost  |Percent| Cost  |Percent| Cost  |Percent| Cost  |Percent| Cost  |Percent| Cost  |Percent
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                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total compensation................|$20.09 | 100.0%|$15.31 | 100.0%|$15.89 | 100.0%|$18.35 | 100.0%|$22.40 | 100.0%|$16.26 | 100.0%
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Wage rate........................| 14.25 |  70.9 | 11.04 |  72.1 | 11.24 |  70.8 | 13.39 |  73.0 | 14.42 |  64.3 | 11.90 |  73.2
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Total benefits...................|  5.84 |  29.1 |  4.27 |  27.9 |  4.65 |  29.2 |  4.96 |  27.0 |  7.99 |  35.7 |  4.35 |  26.8
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Paid Leave......................|  1.40 |   7.0 |   .93 |   6.1 |   .99 |   6.2 |  1.14 |   6.2 |  1.55 |   6.9 |  1.02 |   6.3
   Vacations......................|   .67 |   3.3 |   .46 |   3.0 |   .50 |   3.1 |   .56 |   3.0 |   .84 |   3.8 |   .49 |   3.0
   Holidays.......................|   .48 |   2.4 |   .31 |   2.1 |   .35 |   2.2 |   .39 |   2.1 |   .49 |   2.2 |   .36 |   2.2
   Sick leave.....................|   .19 |    .9 |   .11 |    .7 |   .11 |    .7 |   .15 |    .8 |   .16 |    .7 |   .13 |    .8
   Other leave....................|   .07 |    .4 |   .04 |    .3 |   .04 |    .2 |   .04 |    .2 |   .06 |    .3 |   .04 |    .3
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Supplemental pay................|   .57 |   2.8 |   .42 |   2.7 |   .47 |   2.9 |   .45 |   2.5 |   .73 |   3.3 |   .43 |   2.6
   Premium pay....................|   .18 |    .9 |   .19 |   1.2 |   .21 |   1.3 |   .17 |    .9 |   .49 |   2.2 |   .14 |    .9
   Shift pay......................|   .06 |    .3 |   .04 |    .3 |   .06 |    .4 |   .06 |    .3 |   .12 |    .5 |   .04 |    .3
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|   .33 |   1.6 |   .19 |   1.2 |   .20 |   1.2 |   .22 |   1.2 |   .12 |    .5 |   .24 |   1.5
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Insurance.......................|  1.39 |   6.9 |  1.01 |   6.6 |  1.15 |   7.3 |  1.11 |   6.0 |  2.24 |  10.0 |   .98 |   6.0
   Life...........................|   .05 |    .3 |   .04 |    .3 |   .04 |    .3 |   .04 |    .2 |   .07 |    .3 |   .04 |    .2
   Health.........................|  1.29 |   6.4 |   .92 |   6.0 |  1.06 |   6.7 |  1.03 |   5.6 |  2.09 |   9.3 |   .90 |   5.5
   Sickness and accident..........|   .05 |    .2 |   .04 |    .3 |   .05 |    .3 |   .04 |    .2 |   .08 |    .4 |   .04 |    .2
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Retirement and savings..........|   .62 |   3.1 |   .46 |   3.0 |   .49 |   3.1 |   .51 |   2.8 |  1.15 |   5.1 |   .42 |   2.6
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Legally required................|  1.82 |   9.1 |  1.44 |   9.4 |  1.50 |   9.4 |  1.72 |   9.4 |  2.24 |  10.0 |  1.49 |   9.2
   Social security................|  1.17 |   5.8 |   .93 |   6.1 |   .96 |   6.1 |  1.11 |   6.0 |  1.23 |   5.5 |   .99 |   6.1
   Federal unemployment...........|   .03 |    .2 |   .03 |    .2 |   .03 |    .2 |   .03 |    .2 |   .03 |    .1 |   .03 |    .2
   State unemployment.............|   .18 |    .9 |   .08 |    .5 |   .12 |    .8 |   .13 |    .7 |   .16 |    .7 |   .12 |    .7
   Workers' compensation..........|   .41 |   2.0 |   .38 |   2.5 |   .36 |   2.3 |   .44 |   2.4 |   .72 |   3.2 |   .34 |   2.1
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Other benefits..................|   .03 |    .1 |   .02 |    .1 |   .04 |    .3 |   .03 |    .1 |   .08 |    .3 |   .02 |    .1
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 3.
Table 8. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and percent of compensation,
private industry, by establishment employment size, March 1995
 
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                                  |                 |                 |                 100 workers or more
                                                                       -----------------------------------------------------
           Compensation           |      Total      |      1-99       |                 |     100-499     | 500 workers or
            component             |     Private     |     workers     |      Total      |     workers     |      more
                                   ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------
                                  |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent |  Cost  |Percent
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                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total compensation................| $17.10 |  100.0 | $14.58 |  100.0 | $19.44 |  100.0 | $16.30 |  100.0 | $22.85 |  100.0
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Wages and salaries...............|  12.25 |   71.6 |  10.81 |   74.1 |  13.58 |   69.9 |  11.62 |   71.3 |  15.72 |   68.8
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total benefits...................|   4.85 |   28.4 |   3.77 |   25.9 |   5.85 |   30.1 |   4.68 |   28.7 |   7.13 |   31.2
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Paid leave......................|   1.09 |    6.4 |    .77 |    5.3 |   1.39 |    7.2 |   1.01 |    6.2 |   1.81 |    7.9
   Vacations......................|    .54 |    3.1 |    .37 |    2.5 |    .69 |    3.6 |    .49 |    3.0 |    .91 |    4.0
   Holidays.......................|    .37 |    2.2 |    .27 |    1.9 |    .47 |    2.4 |    .35 |    2.2 |    .60 |    2.6
   Sick leave.....................|    .14 |     .8 |    .10 |     .7 |    .17 |     .9 |    .12 |     .8 |    .22 |    1.0
   Other leave....................|    .05 |     .3 |    .03 |     .2 |    .06 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .07 |     .3
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Supplemental pay................|    .47 |    2.8 |    .35 |    2.4 |    .58 |    3.0 |    .51 |    3.1 |    .66 |    2.9
   Premium pay....................|    .19 |    1.1 |    .12 |     .9 |    .25 |    1.3 |    .23 |    1.4 |    .27 |    1.2
   Shift pay......................|    .05 |     .3 |    *   |    *   |    .10 |     .5 |    .06 |     .3 |    .14 |     .6
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|    .23 |    1.3 |    .22 |    1.5 |    .24 |    1.2 |    .22 |    1.3 |    .25 |    1.1
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Insurance.......................|   1.15 |    6.7 |    .82 |    5.7 |   1.45 |    7.5 |   1.14 |    7.0 |   1.80 |    7.9
   Life...........................|    .04 |     .3 |    .03 |     .2 |    .05 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3 |    .07 |     .3
   Health.........................|   1.06 |    6.2 |    .77 |    5.3 |   1.34 |    6.9 |   1.05 |    6.5 |   1.65 |    7.2
   Sickness and accident..........|    .04 |     .3 |    .03 |     .2 |    .06 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .08 |     .4
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Retirement and savings..........|    .52 |    3.0 |    .33 |    2.3 |    .69 |    3.5 |    .48 |    2.9 |    .91 |    4.0
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Legally required................|   1.59 |    9.3 |   1.48 |   10.2 |   1.69 |    8.7 |   1.53 |    9.4 |   1.87 |    8.2
   Social Security................|   1.02 |    6.0 |    .91 |    6.2 |   1.13 |    5.8 |    .97 |    6.0 |   1.31 |    5.7
   Federal unemployment...........|    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .1
   State unemployment.............|    .12 |     .7 |    .12 |     .8 |    .12 |     .6 |    .13 |     .8 |    .11 |     .5
   Workers' compensation..........|    .39 |    2.3 |    .42 |    2.8 |    .37 |    1.9 |    .39 |    2.4 |    .35 |    1.5
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Other benefits..................|    .03 |     .2 |    *   |    *   |    .05 |     .3 |    .02 |     .1 |    .08 |     .3
                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 9. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as
a percent of total compensation, March 1995
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                                                   | Total  |  Wages |                        Benefit costs
                                                                      -------------------------------------------------------------
        Industry and occupational category,        |compen- |  and   |        |        |Supple- |        |Retire- |Legally | Other
                and employment size                | sation |salaries| Total  |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |ment and|required| bene-
                                                   |        |        |        | leave  |  pay   |  ance  |savings |benefits|fits1/
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                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                                          Cost per hour worked
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All full-time workers in private industry........| $19.44 | $13.71 |  $5.73 |  $1.33 |  $0.57 |  $1.40 |  $0.63 |  $1.76 |  $0.04
    White-collar occupations.......................|  22.84 |  16.49 |   6.35 |   1.72 |    .59 |   1.52 |    .73 |   1.75 |    .04
       Sales occupations...........................|  17.86 |  13.54 |   4.32 |    .91 |    .50 |   1.03 |    .38 |   1.49 |    .02
       Administrative support, including clerical..|  15.55 |  10.95 |   4.60 |   1.16 |    .33 |   1.39 |    .47 |   1.24 |    .02
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  17.51 |  11.74 |   5.78 |   1.02 |    .65 |   1.44 |    .64 |   1.98 |    .05
    Service occupations............................|  10.49 |   7.60 |   2.89 |    .60 |    .20 |    .77 |    .20 |   1.12 |    *
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Service-producing industries2/.................|  18.70 |  13.52 |   5.18 |   1.30 |    .46 |   1.27 |    .54 |   1.60 |    .02
       Retail trade................................|  12.25 |   9.40 |   2.85 |    .58 |    .24 |    .63 |    .17 |   1.23 |    *
       Service industries..........................|  18.85 |  13.75 |   5.10 |   1.37 |    .36 |   1.26 |    .54 |   1.56 |    .02
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All part-time workers in private industry........|   8.98 |   7.17 |   1.81 |    .25 |    .14 |    .28 |    .10 |   1.02 |    *
    White-collar occupations.......................|  11.34 |   9.05 |   2.29 |    .39 |    .22 |    .39 |    .15 |   1.14 |    *
       Sales occupations...........................|   7.57 |   6.07 |   1.50 |    .22 |    .11 |    .25 |    .08 |    .84 |    *
       Administrative support, including clerical..|  10.21 |   8.12 |   2.09 |    .36 |    .16 |    .40 |    .17 |   1.00 |    *
    Blue-collar occupations........................|   9.16 |   7.06 |   2.11 |    .20 |    .16 |    .38 |    .19 |   1.16 |    *
    Service occupations............................|   6.24 |   5.08 |   1.16 |    .11 |    .05 |    .13 |    .02 |    .85 |    *
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Service-producing industries2/.................|   8.91 |   7.13 |   1.78 |    .25 |    .14 |    .28 |    .10 |   1.01 |    *
       Retail trade................................|   6.52 |   5.29 |   1.23 |    .13 |    .07 |    .17 |    .05 |    .81 |    *
       Service industries..........................|  11.27 |   8.98 |   2.29 |    .38 |    .21 |    .36 |    .12 |   1.21 |    *
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                                        Percent of total compensation
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All full-time workers in private industry........|  100.0%|   70.5%|   29.5%|    6.9%|    2.9%|    7.2%|    3.3%|    9.0%|     .2
    White-collar occupations.......................|  100.0 |   72.2 |   27.8 |    7.5 |    2.6 |    6.7 |    3.2 |    7.7 |     .2
       Sales occupations...........................|  100.0 |   75.8 |   24.2 |    5.1 |    2.8 |    5.8 |    2.1 |    8.3 |     .1
       Administrative support, including clerical..|  100.0 |   70.4 |   29.6 |    7.4 |    2.1 |    8.9 |    3.0 |    8.0 |     .1
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  100.0 |   67.0 |   33.0 |    5.8 |    3.7 |    8.2 |    3.7 |   11.3 |     .3
    Service occupations............................|  100.0 |   72.4 |   27.6 |    5.7 |    1.9 |    7.3 |    1.9 |   10.7 |    *
    Service-producing industries2/.................|  100.0 |   72.3 |   27.7 |    7.0 |    2.5 |    6.8 |    2.9 |    8.5 |     .1
       Retail trade................................|  100.0 |   76.7 |   23.3 |    4.7 |    1.9 |    5.2 |    1.4 |   10.0 |    *
       Service industries..........................|  100.0 |   72.9 |   27.1 |    7.3 |    1.9 |    6.7 |    2.8 |    8.3 |     .1
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All part-time workers in private industry........|  100.0 |   79.9 |   20.1 |    2.8 |    1.6 |    3.2 |    1.2 |   11.4 |    *
    White-collar occupations.......................|  100.0 |   79.8 |   20.2 |    3.4 |    1.9 |    3.5 |    1.3 |   10.1 |    *
       Sales occupations...........................|  100.0 |   80.2 |   19.8 |    3.0 |    1.4 |    3.3 |    1.0 |   11.1 |    *
       Administrative support, including clerical..|  100.0 |   79.5 |   20.5 |    3.5 |    1.6 |    4.0 |    1.7 |    9.8 |    *
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  100.0 |   77.0 |   23.0 |    2.2 |    1.7 |    4.2 |    2.1 |   12.7 |    *
    Service occupations............................|  100.0 |   81.4 |   18.6 |    1.7 |     .9 |    2.0 |     .4 |   13.6 |    *
    Service-producing industries2/.................|  100.0 |   80.0 |   20.0 |    2.8 |    1.6 |    3.1 |    1.2 |   11.4 |    *
       Retail trade................................|  100.0 |   81.1 |   18.9 |    2.0 |    1.1 |    2.6 |     .8 |   12.4 |    *
       Service industries..........................|  100.0 |   79.7 |   20.3 |    3.4 |    1.9 |    3.2 |    1.1 |   10.7 |    *
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   1/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment       real estate; and service industries.
benefits.                                                            3/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing
   2/  Includes transportation, communication, and public            *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and
Table 10A. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
               Occupational               | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All workers in private industry...........| $17.10 | $12.25 |  $4.85 |  $1.09 |  $0.47 |  $1.15 |   $0.52  |  $1.59 |  $0.03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
 White-collar workers.....................|  20.50 |  14.98 |   5.53 |   1.45 |    .52 |   1.29 |     .61  |   1.62 |    .03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Professional specialty and technical....|  28.19 |  20.65 |   7.54 |   2.10 |    .63 |   1.67 |     .91  |   2.17 |    .05
   Professional...........................|  29.95 |  22.04 |   7.91 |   2.22 |    .68 |   1.71 |     .96  |   2.27 |    .06
   Technical..............................|  23.76 |  17.15 |   6.60 |   1.78 |    .50 |   1.57 |     .79  |   1.92 |    .04
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Executive, administrative, managerial...|  32.43 |  23.36 |   9.06 |   2.67 |   1.11 |   1.73 |    1.12  |   2.37 |    .06
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Sales workers...........................|  13.63 |  10.47 |   3.16 |    .63 |    .34 |    .71 |     .26  |   1.22 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Admin. support, including clerical......|  14.64 |  10.47 |   4.17 |   1.02 |    .30 |   1.22 |     .42  |   1.20 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
 Blue-collar workers......................|  16.69 |  11.28 |   5.42 |    .94 |    .60 |   1.34 |     .60  |   1.90 |    .04
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Precision production, craft, repair.....|  21.70 |  14.72 |   6.98 |   1.28 |    .72 |   1.67 |     .82  |   2.44 |    .06
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors..|  15.22 |   9.93 |   5.29 |    .97 |    .70 |   1.43 |     .53  |   1.58 |    .07
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Transportation and material moving......|  16.97 |  11.42 |   5.55 |    .88 |    .56 |   1.31 |     .65  |   2.14 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers...|  11.62 |   8.18 |   3.44 |    .48 |    .36 |    .83 |     .35  |   1.41 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
 Service workers..........................|   8.39 |   6.35 |   2.04 |    .36 |    .13 |    .45 |     .11  |    .99 |    *
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All workers in private industry...........|  100.0%|   71.6%|   28.4%|    6.4%|    2.8%|    6.7%|     3.0% |    9.3%|    0.2%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
 White-collar workers.....................|  100.0 |   73.0 |   27.0 |    7.1 |    2.5 |    6.3 |     3.0  |    7.9 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Professional specialty and technical....|  100.0 |   73.3 |   26.7 |    7.4 |    2.2 |    5.9 |     3.2  |    7.7 |     .2
   Professional...........................|  100.0 |   73.6 |   26.4 |    7.4 |    2.3 |    5.7 |     3.2  |    7.6 |     .2
   Technical..............................|  100.0 |   72.2 |   27.8 |    7.5 |    2.1 |    6.6 |     3.3  |    8.1 |     .2
  Executive, administrative, managerial...|  100.0 |   72.0 |   28.0 |    8.2 |    3.4 |    5.3 |     3.4  |    7.3 |     .2
  Sales workers...........................|  100.0 |   76.8 |   23.2 |    4.6 |    2.5 |    5.2 |     1.9  |    9.0 |    *
  Admin. support, including clerical......|  100.0 |   71.5 |   28.5 |    7.0 |    2.0 |    8.3 |     2.9  |    8.2 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
 Blue-collar workers......................|  100.0 |   67.6 |   32.4 |    5.6 |    3.6 |    8.0 |     3.6  |   11.4 |     .2
  Precision production, craft, repair.....|  100.0 |   67.8 |   32.2 |    5.9 |    3.3 |    7.7 |     3.8  |   11.2 |     .3
  Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors..|  100.0 |   65.2 |   34.8 |    6.4 |    4.6 |    9.4 |     3.5  |   10.4 |     .5
  Transportation and material moving......|  100.0 |   67.3 |   32.7 |    5.2 |    3.3 |    7.7 |     3.8  |   12.6 |    *
  Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers...|  100.0 |   70.4 |   29.6 |    4.2 |    3.1 |    7.2 |     3.0  |   12.1 |    *
 Service workers..........................|  100.0 |   75.7 |   24.3 |    4.2 |    1.5 |    5.4 |     1.3  |   11.8 |    *
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   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 10B. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
private industry, by industry categories, March 1995
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
                 Industry                 | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All workers in private industry...........| $17.10 | $12.25 |  $4.85 |  $1.09 |  $0.47 |  $1.15 |   $0.52  |  $1.59 |  $0.03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries 1/...........|  20.75 |  13.97 |   6.78 |   1.37 |    .78 |   1.66 |     .82  |   2.08 |    .07
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Construction..........................|  21.03 |  14.42 |   6.61 |    .66 |    .67 |   1.41 |     .96  |   2.90 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Manufacturing industries .............|  20.47 |  13.72 |   6.74 |   1.54 |    .80 |   1.72 |     .75  |   1.86 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
      Durables............................|  22.29 |  14.64 |   7.65 |   1.68 |    .95 |   2.00 |     .86  |   2.03 |    .13
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
      Nondurables.........................|  17.99 |  12.48 |   5.51 |   1.33 |    .59 |   1.33 |     .60  |   1.62 |    .03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries 2/.........|  15.88 |  11.67 |   4.20 |   1.00 |    .37 |    .98 |     .41  |   1.43 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and public utilities...|  23.24 |  15.91 |   7.33 |   1.76 |    .59 |   1.88 |     .86  |   2.22 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Wholesale trade.......................|  18.60 |  13.54 |   5.06 |   1.16 |    .49 |   1.23 |     .52  |   1.65 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Retail trade..........................|   9.32 |   7.30 |   2.02 |    .35 |    .15 |    .40 |     .11  |   1.01 |    *
    Finance, insurance, and real estate...|  21.39 |  15.15 |   6.24 |   1.54 |    .90 |   1.45 |     .74  |   1.56 |    .04
    Services..............................|  16.92 |  12.53 |   4.39 |   1.12 |    .32 |   1.03 |     .43  |   1.47 |    *
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All workers in private industry...........|  100.0%|   71.6%|   28.4%|    6.4%|    2.8%|    6.7%|     3.0% |    9.3%|    0.2%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries 1/...........|  100.0 |   67.3 |   32.7 |    6.6 |    3.7 |    8.0 |     4.0  |   10.0 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Construction..........................|  100.0 |   68.6 |   31.4 |    3.1 |    3.2 |    6.7 |     4.6  |   13.8 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Manufacturing industries .............|  100.0 |   67.0 |   33.0 |    7.5 |    3.9 |    8.4 |     3.7  |    9.1 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
      Durables............................|  100.0 |   65.7 |   34.3 |    7.6 |    4.3 |    9.0 |     3.9  |    9.1 |     .6
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
      Nondurables.........................|  100.0 |   69.4 |   30.6 |    7.4 |    3.3 |    7.4 |     3.3  |    9.0 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries 2/.........|  100.0 |   73.5 |   26.5 |    6.3 |    2.3 |    6.2 |     2.6  |    9.0 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and public utilities...|  100.0 |   68.5 |   31.5 |    7.6 |    2.5 |    8.1 |     3.7  |    9.6 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Wholesale trade.......................|  100.0 |   72.8 |   27.2 |    6.2 |    2.6 |    6.6 |     2.8  |    8.9 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Retail trade..........................|  100.0 |   78.3 |   21.7 |    3.7 |    1.6 |    4.3 |     1.2  |   10.9 |    *
    Finance, insurance, and real estate...|  100.0 |   70.8 |   29.2 |    7.2 |    4.2 |    6.8 |     3.5  |    7.3 |     .2
    Services..............................|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    6.6 |    1.9 |    6.1 |     2.5  |    8.7 |    *
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1/  Mining, construction, and manufacturing.                          *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
2/  Transportation and public utilities, wholesale and retail
    trade, finance, insurance, and real estate, and services.
Table 11A. GOODS-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES;  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
total compensation, private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
               Occupational               | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
Goods-producing industries 1/.............| $20.75 | $13.97 |  $6.78 |  $1.37 |  $0.78 |  $1.66 |   $0.82  |  $2.08 |  $0.07
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  27.37 |  19.25 |   8.13 |   2.24 |    .83 |   1.83 |     .99  |   2.13 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  33.21 |  23.18 |  10.03 |   2.99 |    .99 |   2.25 |    1.23  |   2.43 |    .14
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  36.39 |  25.79 |  10.60 |   2.95 |   1.25 |   2.03 |    1.43  |   2.84 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  15.97 |  11.12 |   4.85 |   1.14 |    .43 |   1.36 |     .51  |   1.36 |    .05
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  18.24 |  11.95 |   6.29 |   1.03 |    .76 |   1.60 |     .76  |   2.07 |    .07
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  23.23 |  15.34 |   7.90 |   1.27 |    .85 |   1.87 |    1.06  |   2.74 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors|  15.97 |  10.27 |   5.69 |   1.04 |    .76 |   1.57 |     .60  |   1.64 |    .08
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  18.05 |  11.61 |   6.45 |    .95 |    .87 |   1.65 |     .80  |   2.15 |    .03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  13.41 |   9.09 |   4.32 |    .53 |    .51 |   1.07 |     .49  |   1.71 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  14.32 |   9.47 |   4.86 |    .88 |    .62 |   1.36 |     .50  |   1.41 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goods-producing industries 1/.............|  100.0%|   67.3%|   32.7%|    6.6%|    3.7%|    8.0%|     4.0% |   10.0%|    0.4%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  100.0 |   70.3 |   29.7 |    8.2 |    3.0 |    6.7 |     3.6  |    7.8 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  100.0 |   69.8 |   30.2 |    9.0 |    3.0 |    6.8 |     3.7  |    7.3 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  100.0 |   70.9 |   29.1 |    8.1 |    3.4 |    5.6 |     3.9  |    7.8 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  100.0 |   69.6 |   30.4 |    7.1 |    2.7 |    8.5 |     3.2  |    8.5 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  100.0 |   65.5 |   34.5 |    5.7 |    4.2 |    8.8 |     4.2  |   11.4 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  100.0 |   66.0 |   34.0 |    5.5 |    3.7 |    8.1 |     4.6  |   11.8 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors|  100.0 |   64.3 |   35.7 |    6.5 |    4.8 |    9.8 |     3.8  |   10.3 |     .5
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  100.0 |   64.3 |   35.7 |    5.2 |    4.8 |    9.1 |     4.4  |   11.9 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  100.0 |   67.8 |   32.2 |    4.0 |    3.8 |    8.0 |     3.6  |   12.7 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  100.0 |   66.1 |   33.9 |    6.1 |    4.3 |    9.5 |     3.5  |    9.9 |     .6
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1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.        *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 11B. SERVICE-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES;  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
total compensation, private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
               Occupational               | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Service-producing industries 1/...........| $15.88 | $11.67 |  $4.20 |  $1.00 |  $0.37 |  $0.98 |   $0.41  |  $1.43 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  19.39 |  14.29 |   5.10 |   1.32 |    .46 |   1.20 |     .55  |   1.54 |  $0.02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  27.06 |  20.08 |   6.98 |   1.90 |    .55 |   1.54 |     .84  |   2.11 |    .03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  31.16 |  22.59 |   8.58 |   2.59 |   1.06 |   1.64 |    1.01  |   2.22 |    .05
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Sales workers.........................|  13.36 |  10.29 |   3.07 |    .60 |    .33 |    .68 |     .25  |   1.20 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  14.43 |  10.37 |   4.07 |   1.00 |    .28 |   1.20 |     .40  |   1.17 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  14.66 |  10.39 |   4.27 |    .81 |    .40 |   1.00 |     .39  |   1.67 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  19.39 |  13.78 |   5.61 |   1.30 |    .51 |   1.35 |     .46  |   1.98 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  16.52 |  11.35 |   5.18 |    .85 |    .43 |   1.17 |     .59  |   2.14 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  10.57 |   7.64 |   2.93 |    .45 |    .28 |    .69 |     .27  |   1.23 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|   8.24 |   6.28 |   1.97 |    .34 |    .12 |    .43 |     .10  |    .98 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Service-producing industries 1/...........|  100.0%|   73.5%|   26.5%|    6.3%|    2.3%|    6.2%|     2.6% |    9.0%|    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  100.0 |   73.7 |   26.3 |    6.8 |    2.4 |    6.2 |     2.8  |    8.0 |    0.1%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  100.0 |   74.2 |   25.8 |    7.0 |    2.0 |    5.7 |     3.1  |    7.8 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  100.0 |   72.5 |   27.5 |    8.3 |    3.4 |    5.3 |     3.3  |    7.1 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Sales workers.........................|  100.0 |   77.0 |   23.0 |    4.5 |    2.5 |    5.1 |     1.9  |    9.0 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  100.0 |   71.8 |   28.2 |    7.0 |    1.9 |    8.3 |     2.8  |    8.1 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  100.0 |   70.9 |   29.1 |    5.6 |    2.7 |    6.8 |     2.6  |   11.4 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  100.0 |   71.1 |   28.9 |    6.7 |    2.6 |    7.0 |     2.4  |   10.2 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  100.0 |   68.7 |   31.3 |    5.1 |    2.6 |    7.1 |     3.6  |   12.9 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  100.0 |   72.3 |   27.7 |    4.3 |    2.6 |    6.6 |     2.6  |   11.6 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  100.0 |   76.1 |   23.9 |    4.2 |    1.4 |    5.2 |     1.2  |   11.8 |    *
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1/  Includes transportation and public utilities; wholesale and         *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate, and services.
Table 12A. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
 
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
               Occupational               | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing industries .................| $20.47 | $13.72 |  $6.74 |  $1.54 |  $0.80 |  $1.72 |   $0.75  |  $1.86 |  $0.09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  27.62 |  19.47 |   8.15 |   2.36 |    .75 |   1.87 |     .97  |   2.10 |    .09
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  32.80 |  23.01 |   9.79 |   2.98 |    .85 |   2.26 |    1.14  |   2.43 |    .12
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  37.42 |  26.63 |  10.79 |   3.26 |   1.16 |   2.11 |    1.46  |   2.69 |    .11
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  16.19 |  11.27 |   4.92 |   1.23 |    .40 |   1.35 |     .52  |   1.37 |    .06
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  17.34 |  11.20 |   6.14 |   1.17 |    .82 |   1.65 |     .66  |   1.76 |    .08
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  22.82 |  14.70 |   8.12 |   1.73 |   1.06 |   2.04 |     .92  |   2.22 |    .14
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors|  15.90 |  10.22 |   5.68 |   1.05 |    .76 |   1.57 |     .60  |   1.63 |    .08
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  17.48 |  11.23 |   6.25 |   1.04 |    .89 |   1.72 |     .66  |   1.90 |    .04
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  12.94 |   8.65 |   4.29 |    .70 |    .60 |   1.21 |     .42  |   1.34 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  15.37 |   9.96 |   5.41 |   1.01 |    .70 |   1.56 |     .58  |   1.46 |    .10
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturing industries .................|  100.0%|   67.0%|   33.0%|    7.5%|    3.9%|    8.4%|     3.7% |    9.1%|    0.4%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  100.0 |   70.5 |   29.5 |    8.6 |    2.7 |    6.8 |     3.5  |    7.6 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Professional specialty and technical..|  100.0 |   70.2 |   29.8 |    9.1 |    2.6 |    6.9 |     3.5  |    7.4 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  100.0 |   71.2 |   28.8 |    8.7 |    3.1 |    5.6 |     3.9  |    7.2 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Admin. support, including clerical....|  100.0 |   69.6 |   30.4 |    7.6 |    2.5 |    8.3 |     3.2  |    8.5 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  100.0 |   64.6 |   35.4 |    6.8 |    4.7 |    9.5 |     3.8  |   10.1 |     .5
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  100.0 |   64.4 |   35.6 |    7.6 |    4.7 |    9.0 |     4.0  |    9.7 |     .6
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Machine opers., assemblers, inspectors|  100.0 |   64.3 |   35.7 |    6.6 |    4.8 |    9.8 |     3.7  |   10.2 |     .5
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  100.0 |   64.3 |   35.7 |    6.0 |    5.1 |    9.8 |     3.8  |   10.9 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  100.0 |   66.8 |   33.2 |    5.4 |    4.6 |    9.4 |     3.2  |   10.4 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  100.0 |   64.8 |   35.2 |    6.6 |    4.6 |   10.1 |     3.8  |    9.5 |     .7
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Table 12B. NONMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of
total compensation, private industry, by occupational categories, March 1995
 
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ________________________________________________________________
               Occupational               | Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           __________________________________________________________________________________
Nonmanufacturing industries ..............| $16.29 | $11.89 |  $4.39 |  $0.98 |  $0.39 |  $1.02 |   $0.46  |  $1.53 |  $0.02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  19.55 |  14.38 |   5.18 |   1.33 |    .48 |   1.21 |     .56  |   1.56 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  31.33 |  22.64 |   8.69 |   2.55 |   1.09 |   1.65 |    1.04  |   2.30 |    .05
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Sales workers.........................|  13.38 |  10.30 |   3.08 |    .60 |    .33 |    .68 |     .25  |   1.20 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Administrative support, including     |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
      clerical............................|  14.45 |  10.37 |   4.08 |   1.00 |    .29 |   1.20 |     .41  |   1.18 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  16.22 |  11.33 |   4.89 |    .77 |    .44 |   1.11 |     .56  |   2.00 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  21.18 |  14.72 |   6.45 |   1.07 |    .55 |   1.49 |     .78  |   2.54 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  16.84 |  11.47 |   5.37 |    .84 |    .48 |   1.20 |     .65  |   2.20 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  11.24 |   8.04 |   3.20 |    .42 |    .30 |    .72 |     .33  |   1.43 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|   8.24 |   6.28 |   1.97 |    .34 |    .12 |    .43 |     .10  |    .98 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           __________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           __________________________________________________________________________________
Nonmanufacturing industries ..............|  100.0%|   73.0%|   27.0%|    6.0%|    2.4%|    6.2%|     2.8% |    9.4%|    0.1%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  White-collar workers....................|  100.0 |   73.5 |   26.5 |    6.8 |    2.5 |    6.2 |     2.9  |    8.0 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Executive, administrative, managerial.|  100.0 |   72.3 |   27.7 |    8.1 |    3.5 |    5.3 |     3.3  |    7.3 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Sales workers.........................|  100.0 |   77.0 |   23.0 |    4.5 |    2.5 |    5.1 |     1.9  |    9.0 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Administrative support, including     |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
       clerical...........................|  100.0 |   71.8 |   28.2 |    6.9 |    2.0 |    8.3 |     2.8  |    8.1 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Blue-collar workers.....................|  100.0 |   69.9 |   30.1 |    4.7 |    2.7 |    6.9 |     3.4  |   12.3 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Precision production, craft, repair...|  100.0 |   69.5 |   30.5 |    5.1 |    2.6 |    7.0 |     3.7  |   12.0 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Transportation and material moving....|  100.0 |   68.1 |   31.9 |    5.0 |    2.8 |    7.1 |     3.8  |   13.1 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Handlers, cleaners, helpers, laborers.|  100.0 |   71.5 |   28.5 |    3.7 |    2.6 |    6.4 |     3.0  |   12.7 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service workers.........................|  100.0 |   76.2 |   23.8 |    4.1 |    1.4 |    5.2 |     1.2  |   11.8 |    *
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 13A.  UNION WORKERS, employer costs per hour worked for  employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, by industry and occupation, March 1995
 
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
Union status, by industry and occupational| Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All union workers, private industry.......| $22.40 | $14.42 |  $7.99 |  $1.55 |  $0.73 |  $2.24 |   $1.15  |  $2.24 |  $0.08
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
     Blue-collar workers..................|  23.07 |  14.43 |   8.64 |   1.47 |    .91 |   2.34 |    1.31  |   2.51 |    .10
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries..............|  23.67 |  14.57 |   9.10 |   1.46 |   1.02 |   2.52 |    1.44  |   2.52 |    .14
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries............|  21.23 |  14.27 |   6.96 |   1.63 |    .47 |   1.99 |     .87  |   1.98 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Manufacturing...........................|  21.40 |  13.00 |   8.41 |   1.63 |   1.11 |   2.36 |    1.09  |   2.05 |    .18
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Blue-collar workers...................|  21.28 |  12.75 |   8.53 |   1.58 |   1.17 |   2.40 |    1.11  |   2.08 |    .19
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Nonmanufacturing........................|  22.98 |  15.23 |   7.75 |   1.51 |    .52 |   2.17 |    1.18  |   2.35 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All union workers, private industry.......|  100.0%|   64.3%|   35.7%|    6.9%|    3.3%|   10.0%|     5.1% |   10.0%|    0.3%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
     Blue-collar workers..................|  100.0 |   62.5 |   37.5 |    6.4 |    3.9 |   10.2 |     5.7  |   10.9 |     .4
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries..............|  100.0 |   61.6 |   38.4 |    6.2 |    4.3 |   10.6 |     6.1  |   10.6 |     .6
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries............|  100.0 |   67.2 |   32.8 |    7.7 |    2.2 |    9.4 |     4.1  |    9.3 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Manufacturing...........................|  100.0 |   60.7 |   39.3 |    7.6 |    5.2 |   11.0 |     5.1  |    9.6 |     .8
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Blue-collar workers...................|  100.0 |   59.9 |   40.1 |    7.4 |    5.5 |   11.3 |     5.2  |    9.8 |     .9
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Nonmanufacturing........................|  100.0 |   66.3 |   33.7 |    6.6 |    2.3 |    9.5 |     5.1  |   10.2 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
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Table 13B.  NONUNION WORKERS, employer costs per hour worked for  employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, by industry and occupation, March 1995
 
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                                          |        |        |                         Benefit costs
                                                             ----------------------------------------------------------------
Union status, by industry and occupational| Total  |        |        |        |Supple- |        |Retirement|        |
                  group                   |compen- |Wage and|        |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |   and    |Legally | Other
                                          | sation |salaries| Total  | Leave  |  pay   |  ance  | savings  |required|benefits
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                                          |                               Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
All nonunion workers, private industry....| $16.26 | $11.90 |  $4.35 |  $1.02 |  $0.43 |  $0.98 |   $0.42  |  $1.49 |  $0.02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
     Blue-collar workers..................|  14.14 |  10.01 |   4.13 |    .72 |    .48 |    .94 |     .31  |   1.66 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries..............|  19.72 |  13.75 |   5.96 |   1.34 |    .69 |   1.36 |     .60  |   1.92 |    .05
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries............|  15.32 |  11.40 |   3.92 |    .93 |    .36 |    .88 |     .37  |   1.37 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Manufacturing...........................|  20.14 |  13.97 |   6.17 |   1.51 |    .69 |   1.49 |     .64  |   1.79 |    .06
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Blue-collar workers...................|  15.39 |  10.44 |   4.96 |    .97 |    .65 |   1.28 |     .43  |   1.60 |    .03
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Nonmanufacturing........................|  15.48 |  11.49 |   3.99 |    .92 |    .38 |    .88 |     .37  |   1.43 |    .02
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                          Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
All nonunion workers, private industry....|  100.0%|   73.2%|   26.8%|    6.3%|    2.6%|    6.0%|     2.6% |    9.2%|    0.1%
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
     Blue-collar workers..................|  100.0 |   70.8 |   29.2 |    5.1 |    3.4 |    6.6 |     2.2  |   11.7 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Goods-producing industries..............|  100.0 |   69.8 |   30.2 |    6.8 |    3.5 |    6.9 |     3.0  |    9.8 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Service-producing industries............|  100.0 |   74.4 |   25.6 |    6.1 |    2.3 |    5.7 |     2.4  |    9.0 |    *
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Manufacturing...........................|  100.0 |   69.4 |   30.6 |    7.5 |    3.4 |    7.4 |     3.2  |    8.9 |     .3
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
    Blue-collar workers...................|  100.0 |   67.8 |   32.2 |    6.3 |    4.2 |    8.3 |     2.8  |   10.4 |     .2
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
  Nonmanufacturing........................|  100.0 |   74.2 |   25.8 |    6.0 |    2.4 |    5.7 |     2.4  |    9.2 |     .1
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |
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   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and percent of compensation, by establishment employment size,
by major industry and occupational categories in private industry, March 1995
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                                          |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                                               --------------------------------------------------------------------
   Industry and occupational category,    |  Total  |         |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- |         |
           and employment size            | compen- |Wage and |         |  Paid   | mental  | Insur-  |ment and | Legally |  Other
                                          | sation  |salaries |  Total  |  leave  |   pay   |  ance   | savings |required |benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goods-producing industries 1/.............| $20.75  | $13.97  |  $6.78  |  $1.37  |  $0.78  |  $1.66  |  $0.82  |  $2.08  |  $0.07
 1-99 workers.............................|  17.94  |  12.56  |   5.38  |    .82  |    .56  |   1.15  |    .60  |   2.24  |    .02
 100 workers or more......................|  22.26  |  14.72  |   7.54  |   1.67  |    .89  |   1.94  |    .94  |   1.99  |    .10
    100-499 workers.......................|  19.06  |  12.79  |   6.27  |   1.23  |    .81  |   1.61  |    .69  |   1.89  |    .03
    500 workers or more...................|  25.37  |  16.60  |   8.77  |   2.10  |    .97  |   2.26  |   1.18  |   2.09  |    .17
Service-producing industries 2/...........|  15.88  |  11.67  |   4.20  |   1.00  |    .37  |    .98  |    .41  |   1.43  |   (3)
 1-99 workers.............................|  13.83  |  10.42  |   3.41  |    .76  |    .31  |    .75  |    .27  |   1.32  |   (3)
 100 workers or more......................|  18.14  |  13.06  |   5.08  |   1.26  |    .44  |   1.23  |    .57  |   1.55  |    .02
    100-499 workers.......................|  15.12  |  11.12  |   4.01  |    .92  |    .38  |    .94  |    .38  |   1.38  |    .02
    500 workers or more...................|  21.59  |  15.28  |   6.31  |   1.66  |    .51  |   1.57  |    .78  |   1.75  |    .03
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
White-collar workers......................|  20.50  |  14.98  |   5.53  |   1.45  |    .52  |   1.29  |    .61  |   1.62  |    .03
 1-99 workers.............................|  17.66  |  13.24  |   4.42  |   1.09  |    .43  |   1.01  |    .42  |   1.47  |   (3)
 100 workers or more......................|  23.01  |  16.51  |   6.49  |   1.77  |    .59  |   1.54  |    .78  |   1.76  |    .05
    100-499 workers.......................|  19.55  |  14.30  |   5.26  |   1.32  |    .56  |   1.22  |    .55  |   1.58  |    .03
    500 workers or more...................|  26.03  |  18.45  |   7.58  |   2.16  |    .62  |   1.82  |    .99  |   1.92  |    .06
Blue-collar workers.......................|  16.69  |  11.28  |   5.42  |    .94  |    .60  |   1.34  |    .60  |   1.90  |    .04
 1-99 workers.............................|  14.96  |  10.59  |   4.37  |    .64  |    .42  |    .96  |    .40  |   1.93  |   (3)
 100 workers or more......................|  18.19  |  11.87  |   6.32  |   1.19  |    .76  |   1.66  |    .77  |   1.87  |    .07
    100-499 workers.......................|  15.91  |  10.71  |   5.20  |    .91  |    .62  |   1.36  |    .57  |   1.73  |    .02
    500 workers or more...................|  21.21  |  13.40  |   7.80  |   1.57  |    .94  |   2.06  |   1.03  |   2.06  |    .14
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                                          |                              Percent of total compensation
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goods-producing industries 1/.............|  100.0  |   67.3  |   32.7  |    6.6  |    3.7  |    8.0  |    4.0  |   10.0  |    0.4
 1-99 workers.............................|  100.0  |   70.0  |   30.0  |    4.5  |    3.1  |    6.4  |    3.3  |   12.5  |     .1
 100 workers or more......................|  100.0  |   66.1  |   33.9  |    7.5  |    4.0  |    8.7  |    4.2  |    9.0  |     .5
    100-499 workers.......................|  100.0  |   67.1  |   32.9  |    6.4  |    4.3  |    8.5  |    3.6  |    9.9  |     .2
    500 workers or more...................|  100.0  |   65.4  |   34.6  |    8.3  |    3.8  |    8.9  |    4.6  |    8.2  |     .7
Service-producing industries 3/...........|  100.0  |   73.5  |   26.5  |    6.3  |    2.3  |    6.2  |    2.6  |    9.0  |   (2)
 1-99 workers.............................|  100.0  |   75.3  |   24.7  |    5.5  |    2.2  |    5.4  |    2.0  |    9.5  |   (2)
 100 workers or more......................|  100.0  |   72.0  |   28.0  |    7.0  |    2.4  |    6.8  |    3.1  |    8.6  |     .1
    100-499 workers.......................|  100.0  |   73.5  |   26.5  |    6.1  |    2.5  |    6.2  |    2.5  |    9.1  |     .1
    500 workers or more...................|  100.0  |   70.8  |   29.2  |    7.7  |    2.3  |    7.3  |    3.6  |    8.1  |     .1
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
White-collar workers......................|  100.0  |   73.0  |   27.0  |    7.1  |    2.5  |    6.3  |    3.0  |    7.9  |     .2
 1-99 workers.............................|  100.0  |   75.0  |   25.0  |    6.2  |    2.4  |    5.7  |    2.4  |    8.3  |   (2)
 100 workers or more......................|  100.0  |   71.8  |   28.2  |    7.7  |    2.6  |    6.7  |    3.4  |    7.6  |     .2
    100-499 workers.......................|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.8  |    2.8  |    6.3  |    2.8  |    8.1  |     .2
    500 workers or more...................|  100.0  |   70.9  |   29.1  |    8.3  |    2.4  |    7.0  |    3.8  |    7.4  |     .2
Blue-collar workers.......................|  100.0  |   67.6  |   32.4  |    5.6  |    3.6  |    8.0  |    3.6  |   11.4  |     .2
 1-99 workers.............................|  100.0  |   70.8  |   29.2  |    4.3  |    2.8  |    6.4  |    2.7  |   12.9  |   (2)
 100 workers or more......................|  100.0  |   65.3  |   34.7  |    6.5  |    4.2  |    9.1  |    4.2  |   10.3  |     .4
    100-499 workers.......................|  100.0  |   67.3  |   32.7  |    5.7  |    3.9  |    8.5  |    3.6  |   10.9  |     .1
    500 workers or more...................|  100.0  |   63.2  |   36.8  |    7.4  |    4.4  |    9.7  |    4.9  |    9.7  |     .7
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   1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing          3/  Includes transportation and public utilities, wholesale and
   2/  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.                    retail trade, finance, insurance, and real estate, and services.
Table 15. PRIVATE INDUSTRY HEALTH SERVICES BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1995
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                                              |        |        |                        Benefit costs
                                              | Total  | Wages  |--------------------------------------------------------------
                                              |compen- |  and   |        |        |Supple- |        |Retire- |Legally | Other
                    Series                    | sation |salaries| Total  |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |ment and|required| bene-
                                              |        |        |        | leave  |  pay   |  ance  |savings |benefits|fits1/
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                                              |        |        |        | Cost per hour worked     |        |        |
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Health services.............................| $17.99 | $13.17 |  $4.82 |  $1.27 |  $0.47 |  $1.13 |  $0.43 |  $1.51 |    *
    Professional specialty and technical......|  24.89 |  18.45 |   6.44 |   1.78 |    .74 |   1.33 |    .54 |   2.03 |    *
      Professional occupations................|  28.27 |  20.96 |   7.31 |   2.13 |    .88 |   1.44 |    .60 |   2.24 |  $0.02
        Nurses................................|  27.41 |  19.98 |   7.43 |   2.04 |   1.09 |   1.46 |    .58 |   2.25 |    .02
      Technical occupations...................|  19.73 |  14.63 |   5.10 |   1.24 |    .53 |   1.16 |    .45 |   1.71 |    *
    Administrative support including clerical.|  14.17 |  10.00 |   4.17 |   1.01 |    .35 |   1.20 |    .50 |   1.10 |    *
    Service occupations.......................|  11.06 |   8.03 |   3.04 |    .68 |    .28 |    .77 |    .19 |   1.11 |    *
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Hospitals.................................|  21.06 |  14.93 |   6.12 |   1.70 |    .68 |   1.61 |    .48 |   1.63 |    .02
      Professional specialty and technical....|  25.58 |  18.33 |   7.25 |   2.05 |    .98 |   1.63 |    .57 |   1.99 |    .02
        Professional occupations..............|  27.90 |  20.17 |   7.74 |   2.21 |   1.10 |   1.62 |    .61 |   2.18 |    .02
          Nurses..............................|  28.35 |  20.40 |   7.95 |   2.18 |   1.28 |   1.63 |    .61 |   2.23 |    .02
        Technical occupations.................|  19.40 |  13.46 |   5.94 |   1.63 |    .68 |   1.68 |    .44 |   1.49 |    .02
      Administrative support including        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     clerical occupations.....................|  14.91 |  10.33 |   4.58 |   1.18 |    .30 |   1.55 |    .39 |   1.13 |    *
      Service occupations.....................|  13.24 |   8.93 |   4.31 |    .99 |    .40 |   1.56 |    .29 |   1.06 |    *
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Nursing Homes.............................|  11.30 |   8.33 |   2.96 |    .69 |    .23 |    .58 |    .12 |   1.34 |    *
      Professional specialty and technical....|  17.61 |  13.11 |   4.50 |   1.11 |    .42 |    .67 |    .20 |   2.10 |    *
        Professional occupations..............|  19.59 |  14.87 |   4.73 |   1.27 |    .36 |    .69 |    .20 |   2.21 |    *
        Technical occupations.................|  15.95 |  11.65 |   4.30 |    .98 |    .47 |    .64 |    .20 |   2.01 |    *
      Service occupations.....................|   9.19 |   6.70 |   2.49 |    .52 |    .20 |    .54 |    .09 |   1.14 |    *
 
                                              |        |        |    Percent of total compensation  |        |        |
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Health services.............................|  100.0%|   73.2%|   26.8%|    7.1%|    2.6%|    6.3%|    2.4%|    8.4%|    *
    Professional specialty and technical......|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    7.2 |    3.0 |    5.3 |    2.2 |    8.2 |    *
      Professional occupations................|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    7.6 |    3.1 |    5.1 |    2.1 |    7.9 |    0.1%
        Nurses................................|  100.0 |   72.9 |   27.1 |    7.4 |    4.0 |    5.3 |    2.1 |    8.2 |     .1
      Technical occupations...................|  100.0 |   74.1 |   25.9 |    6.3 |    2.7 |    5.9 |    2.3 |    8.7 |    *
    Administrative support including clerical.|  100.0 |   70.6 |   29.4 |    7.1 |    2.5 |    8.5 |    3.5 |    7.8 |    *
    Service occupations.......................|  100.0 |   72.5 |   27.5 |    6.2 |    2.5 |    6.9 |    1.8 |   10.0 |    *
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Hospitals.................................|  100.0 |   70.9 |   29.1 |    8.1 |    3.2 |    7.7 |    2.3 |    7.7 |     .1
      Professional specialty and technical....|  100.0 |   71.7 |   28.3 |    8.0 |    3.8 |    6.4 |    2.2 |    7.8 |     .1
        Professional occupations..............|  100.0 |   72.3 |   27.7 |    7.9 |    3.9 |    5.8 |    2.2 |    7.8 |     .1
          Nurses..............................|  100.0 |   72.0 |   28.0 |    7.7 |    4.5 |    5.7 |    2.1 |    7.9 |     .1
        Technical occupations.................|  100.0 |   69.4 |   30.6 |    8.4 |    3.5 |    8.7 |    2.3 |    7.7 |     .1
      Administrative support including        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     clerical occupations.....................|  100.0 |   69.3 |   30.7 |    7.9 |    2.0 |   10.4 |    2.6 |    7.6 |    *
      Service occupations.....................|  100.0 |   67.5 |   32.5 |    7.5 |    3.0 |   11.8 |    2.2 |    8.0 |    *
                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Nursing Homes.............................|  100.0 |   73.8 |   26.2 |    6.1 |    2.1 |    5.2 |    1.1 |   11.8 |    *
      Professional specialty and technical....|  100.0 |   74.5 |   25.5 |    6.3 |    2.4 |    3.8 |    1.1 |   11.9 |    *
        Professional occupations..............|  100.0 |   75.9 |   24.1 |    6.5 |    1.8 |    3.5 |    1.0 |   11.3 |    *
        Technical occupations.................|  100.0 |   73.0 |   27.0 |    6.1 |    3.0 |    4.0 |    1.2 |   12.6 |    *
      Service occupations.....................|  100.0 |   72.9 |   27.1 |    5.7 |    2.2 |    5.9 |     .9 |   12.4 |    *
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 1/  Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.     *Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 16. SPECIAL INDUSTRIES: Employer costs for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1995
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                                                   |        |        |                        Benefit costs
                                                   | Total  | Wages  |-------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |compen- |  and   |        |        |Supple- |        |Retire- |Legally | Other
                      Series                       | sation |salaries| Total  |  Paid  | mental | Insur- |ment and|required| bene-
                                                   |        |        |        | leave  |  pay   |  ance  |savings |benefits|fits1/
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                                                                              Cost per hour worked
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Transportation equipment manufacturing (SIC 37)..| $31.37 | $18.07 | $13.29 |  $2.60 |  $1.58 |  $3.67 |  $2.14 |  $2.87 |  $0.43
    White-collar occupations.......................|  32.94 |  22.02 |  10.92 |   3.03 |    .78 |   3.08 |   1.36 |   2.59 |    .08
      Professional specialty and technical.........|  34.27 |  23.13 |  11.14 |   3.18 |    .64 |   3.10 |   1.40 |   2.75 |    .07
      Executive, administrative, managerial........|  39.94 |  27.80 |  12.14 |   3.85 |    .63 |   3.41 |   1.29 |   2.91 |    .05
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  30.70 |  16.40 |  14.30 |   2.42 |   1.93 |   3.92 |   2.47 |   2.99 |    .58
    Service occupations............................|  30.61 |  16.22 |  14.39 |   2.30 |   1.77 |   4.24 |   2.56 |   2.72 |    .79
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).............|  30.66 |  20.28 |  10.38 |   2.72 |    .89 |   2.83 |   1.38 |   2.53 |    .03
       White-collar occupations....................|  31.78 |  21.52 |  10.26 |   2.98 |    .46 |   2.78 |   1.52 |   2.48 |    .04
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  29.06 |  18.47 |  10.59 |   2.32 |   1.57 |   2.88 |   1.19 |   2.60 |    .02
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Public utilities (SIC's 48, 49).................|  26.51 |  17.97 |   8.54 |   2.47 |    .79 |   2.39 |    .89 |   1.96 |    .04
    White-collar occupations.......................|  26.55 |  18.23 |   8.33 |   2.47 |    .72 |   2.35 |    .85 |   1.89 |    .05
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  27.12 |  18.00 |   9.13 |   2.55 |    .93 |   2.53 |    .98 |   2.12 |    .02
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
      Communications (SIC 48)......................|  25.38 |  17.28 |   8.10 |   2.36 |    .85 |   2.34 |    .68 |   1.83 |    .05
       White-collar occupations....................|  25.03 |  17.20 |   7.83 |   2.25 |    .84 |   2.26 |    .65 |   1.79 |    .05
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  27.27 |  18.13 |   9.14 |   2.73 |    .94 |   2.68 |    .77 |   1.99 |    .03
      Electric, gas, and sanitary services (SIC 49)|  28.18 |  18.99 |   9.20 |   2.65 |    .70 |   2.46 |   1.21 |   2.15 |    .03
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
       White-collar occupations....................|  29.91 |  20.49 |   9.43 |   2.97 |    .47 |   2.54 |   1.28 |   2.11 |    .05
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  27.00 |  17.88 |   9.12 |   2.40 |    .92 |   2.40 |   1.16 |   2.22 |    *
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                                           Percent of total compensation
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Transportation equipment manufacturing (SIC 37)..|  100.0%|   57.6%|   42.4%|    8.3%|    5.0%|   11.7%|    6.8%|    9.1%|    1.4
    White-collar occupations.......................|  100.0 |   66.8 |   33.2 |    9.2 |    2.4 |    9.3 |    4.1 |    7.9 |     .2
      Professional specialty and technical.........|  100.0 |   67.5 |   32.5 |    9.3 |    1.9 |    9.0 |    4.1 |    8.0 |     .2
      Executive, administrative, managerial........|  100.0 |   69.6 |   30.4 |    9.7 |    1.6 |    8.5 |    3.2 |    7.3 |     .1
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  100.0 |   53.4 |   46.6 |    7.9 |    6.3 |   12.8 |    8.0 |    9.7 |    1.9
    Service occupations............................|  100.0 |   53.0 |   47.0 |    7.5 |    5.8 |   13.8 |    8.4 |    8.9 |    2.6
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).............|  100.0 |   66.2 |   33.8 |    8.9 |    2.9 |    9.2 |    4.5 |    8.2 |     .1
       White-collar occupations....................|  100.0 |   67.7 |   32.3 |    9.4 |    1.5 |    8.8 |    4.8 |    7.8 |     .1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  100.0 |   63.6 |   36.4 |    8.0 |    5.4 |    9.9 |    4.1 |    9.0 |     .1
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   Public utilities (SIC's 48, 49).................|  100.0 |   67.8 |   32.2 |    9.3 |    3.0 |    9.0 |    3.4 |    7.4 |     .1
    White-collar occupations.......................|  100.0 |   68.6 |   31.4 |    9.3 |    2.7 |    8.8 |    3.2 |    7.1 |     .2
    Blue-collar occupations........................|  100.0 |   66.3 |   33.7 |    9.4 |    3.4 |    9.3 |    3.6 |    7.8 |     .1
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
      Communications (SIC 48)......................|  100.0 |   68.1 |   31.9 |    9.3 |    3.4 |    9.2 |    2.7 |    7.2 |     .2
       White-collar occupations....................|  100.0 |   68.7 |   31.3 |    9.0 |    3.3 |    9.0 |    2.6 |    7.1 |     .2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  100.0 |   66.5 |   33.5 |   10.0 |    3.4 |    9.8 |    2.8 |    7.3 |     .1
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
      Electric, gas, and sanitary services (SIC 49)|  100.0 |   67.4 |   32.6 |    9.4 |    2.5 |    8.7 |    4.3 |    7.6 |     .1
       White-collar occupations....................|  100.0 |   68.5 |   31.5 |    9.9 |    1.6 |    8.5 |    4.3 |    7.1 |     .2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................|  100.0 |   66.2 |   33.8 |    8.9 |    3.4 |    8.9 |    4.3 |    8.2 |    *
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   *  Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Appendix. Employer costs per hour worked for components of compensation, and relative standard errors,(1) by major
industry and occupational categories, March 1995
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                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
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                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
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                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian workers                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $18.38 |  $13.12 |   $5.26 |   $1.22 |   $0.42 |   $1.29 |   $0.71 |   $1.59 |   $0.03
      Relative Error...................|     .8% |     .9% |    1.0% |    1.4% |    3.2% |    1.2% |    1.9% |     .8% |    8.1%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  State and local government workers   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $24.86 |  $17.31 |   $7.58 |   $1.95 |    $.22 |   $2.03 |   $1.78 |   $1.55 |    $.02
      Relative Error...................|    1.1% |    1.2% |    1.2% |    1.7% |    4.8% |    1.8% |    2.2% |    1.7% |    9.7%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Private industry workers             |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $17.10 |  $12.25 |   $4.85 |   $1.09 |    $.47 |   $1.15 |    $.52 |   $1.59 |    $.03
      Relative Error...................|    1.0% |    1.0% |    1.3% |    1.8% |    3.4% |    1.4% |    2.5% |     .9% |    9.5%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Goods-producing industries         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.75 |  $13.97 |   $6.78 |   $1.37 |    $.78 |   $1.68 |    $.82 |   $2.08 |    $.07
      Relative Error...................|    1.8% |    1.7% |    2.2% |    2.4% |    5.3% |    2.6% |    3.9% |    2.0% |   11.8%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Service-producing industries       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $15.88 |  $11.67 |   $4.20 |   $1.00 |    $.37 |    $.98 |    $.41 |   $1.43 |     (3)
      Relative Error...................|    1.1% |    1.1% |    1.4% |    2.2% |    3.7% |    1.4% |    3.4% |     .9% |     (3)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Manufacturing                      |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.47 |  $13.72 |   $6.74 |   $1.54 |    $.80 |   $1.72 |    $.75 |   $1.88 |    $.09
      Relative Error...................|    2.1% |    2.1% |    2.5% |    2.5% |    6.0% |    2.8% |    3.9% |    2.1% |   12.6%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Nonmanufacturing                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $16.29 |  $11.89 |   $4.39 |    $.98 |    $.39 |   $1.02 |    $.46 |   $1.53 |    $.02
      Relative Error...................|    1.1% |    1.1% |    1.4% |    2.3% |    3.9% |    1.5% |    3.2% |    1.0% |   15.6%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    White-collar occupations           |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.50 |  $14.98 |   $5.53 |   $1.45 |    $.52 |   $1.29 |    $.61 |   $1.62 |    $.03
      Relative Error...................|    1.3% |    1.3% |    1.6% |    2.1% |    5.2% |    1.7% |    3.8% |    1.1% |   14.4%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Blue-collar occupations            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $16.69 |  $11.28 |   $5.42 |    $.94 |    $.60 |   $1.34 |    $.60 |   $1.90 |    $.04
      Relative Error...................|    1.4% |    1.2% |    1.9% |    2.7% |    2.8% |    2.3% |    3.9% |    1.8% |    8.4%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Service occupations                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|   $8.39 |   $6.35 |   $2.04 |    $.36 |    $.13 |    $.45 |    $.11 |    $.99 |   (3)
      Relative Error...................|    1.2% |    1.1% |    2.4% |    3.5% |    7.0% |    4.7% |    6.8% |    1.8% |   (3)
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  1 The relative error is the standard expressed as a percent of the cost.  We can be 95-percent confident that the interval
around the cost estimate bounded by two times plus and two times minus the standard error contains the "true" cost.
  2 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
  3/ Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.