Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - September 2021

State and local government worker compensation costs for emp loyers averaged $54.4 6 per hour worked in September 2021. Wage and salary costs averaged $33.76 and accounted for 62.0 percen t of employer costs. Be nefit co sts averaged $20.70 and acco unted for the r emaining 38.0 percent of total compensation. (See chart 2 and table 1.) ................
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