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 SEPTEMBER 20, 2000

STAFF & BENEFITS

What Benefits Cost:
By Industry and Occupation
How does the compensation at your company stack up against your peers?

Check these tables, which look at costs per hour and percent of total compensation.
Figures cover private companies with 1-99 and 100-499 employees, broken down by type of industry and type of worker.

COSTS PER HOUR                  
Industry and occupational group,
and size of company		 Total
Compen-
sation		 Wages
and Salaries		 Total
Benefits
Costs		 Paid
Leave		 Supple-
mental
Pay		 Insur-
ance		 Retire-
ment/
Savings		 Legally
Required
Benefits		 Other
Benefits
                   
All workers in private industry $19.85 $14.49 $5.36 $1.28 $0.60 $1.19 $0.59 $1.67 $0.03
1-99 workers 17.16 12.95 4.21 0.92 0.47 0.89 0.40 1.53 -2.00
100-499 workers 19.30 14.05 5.25 1.23 0.59 1.20 0.56 1.65 0.02
                   
Goods-producing industries 23.55 16.25 7.30 1.51 1.02 1.77 0.83 2.09 0.07
1-99 workers 19.96 14.38 5.58 0.89 0.75 1.27 0.60 2.06 -2.00
100-499 workers 22.08 15.15 6.93 1.43 1.00 1.75 0.81 1.93 0.02
                   
Service-producing industries 18.72 13.95 4.77 1.20 0.47 1.02 0.51 1.54 -2.00
1-99 workers 16.52 12.62 3.90 0.93 0.40 0.80 0.35 1.41 -2.00
100-499 workers 18.30 13.65 4.65 1.16 0.45 1.00 0.47 1.55 0.02
                   
White-collar occupations. 24.19 17.91 6.28 1.76 0.67 1.34 0.70 1.78 0.03
1-99 workers 20.86 15.83 5.03 1.33 0.58 1.05 0.48 1.58 -2.00
100-499 workers 23.52 17.44 6.08 1.65 0.64 1.32 0.68 1.78 0.03
                   
Blue-collar occupations 18.73 12.99 5.73 1.01 0.76 1.39 0.69 1.85 0.04
1-99 workers 17.19 12.51 4.68 0.74 0.55 1.06 0.50 1.83 -2.00
100-499 workers 17.94 12.35 5.59 1.04 0.75 1.40 0.63 1.76 -2.00
                   
DATA: Bureau of Labor Statistics                  
                   
                   
COMPONENTS AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL COMPENSATION

                  
Industry and occupational group,   Wages Total   Supple-   Retire- Legally  
and employment size   and Benefit Paid mental   ment/ required Other
    salaries Costs leave pay Insurance savings benefits benefits
                   
All workers in private industry   73.0 27.0 6.4 3.0 6.0 3.0 8.4 0.2
1-99 workers.   75.5 24.5 5.4 2.7 5.2 2.3 8.9 -5.0
100-499 workers   72.8 27.2 6.4 3.1 6.2 2.9 8.5 0.1
                   
Goods-producing industries   69.0 31.0 6.4 4.3 7.5 3.5 8.9 0.3
1-99 workers.   72.0 28.0 4.5 3.8 6.4 3.0 10.3 -5.0
100-499 workers   68.6 31.4 6.5 4.5 7.9 3.7 8.7 0.1
                   
Service-producing industries   74.5 25.5 6.4 2.5 5.4 2.7 8.2 -5.0
1-99 workers   76.4 23.6 5.6 2.4 4.8 2.1 8.5 -5.0
100-499 workers   74.6 25.4 6.3 2.5 5.5 2.6 8.5 0.1
                   
White-collar occupations   74.0 26.0 7.3 2.8 5.5 2.9 7.4 0.1
1-99 workers   75.9 24.1 6.4 2.8 5.0 2.3 7.6 -5.0
100-499 workers   74.1 25.9 7.0 2.7 5.6 2.9 7.6 0.1
                   
Blue-collar occupations   69.4 30.6 5.4 4.1 7.4 3.7 9.9 0.2
1-99 workers   72.8 27.2 4.3 3.2 6.2 2.9 10.6 -5.0
100-499 workers   68.8 31.2 5.8 4.2 7.8 3.5 9.8 -5.0
                   
DATA: Bureau of Labor Statistics                  





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