benefits package cost employers how much
Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $34.90 per hour worked in December 2016, the. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $23.87 per hour worked. and accounted for 68.4 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $11.03 and accounted for the. remaining 31.6 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged. $32.76 per hour worked in December 2016.