Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6
percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in December 2015,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which
make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.6 percent, and
benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.7
percent. (See chart 1 and tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)
Civilian Workers
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.0
percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015. In December 2014,
compensation costs increased 2.2 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.1
percent for the current 12-month period, unchanged from the 12-month period
ending in December 2014. Benefit costs increased 1.7 percent for the 12-month
period ending in December 2015.
In December 2014, the increase was 2.6 percent. (See
chart 2 and tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)
Private Industry
Workers
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased
1.9 percent over the year, slowing from the December 2014 increase of 2.3
percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.1 percent for the current 12-month
period. In December 2014, the increase was 2.2 percent. The increase in the
cost of benefits was 1.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in December
2015, lower than December 2014 when the increase was 2.5 percent. (See charts 3
and 4 and tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)
Employer costs for health benefits increased 3.0 percent
over the year. In December 2014, the increase was 2.4 percent. (For further information,
see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)
Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases
for private industry workers for the 12-month period ending in December 2015
ranged from 1.4 percent for natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations to 2.6 percent for production, transportation, and material moving
occupations. (See table 5.)
Among industry supersectors, compensation cost changes
for private industry workers for the current 12-month period ranged from -1.4
percent for information to +2.6 percent for other services, except public
administration. (See table 5.)
State and Local
Government Workers
Compensation costs for state and local government workers
increased 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015. In
December 2014, the increase was 2.0 percent. Wages and salaries increased 1.8
percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015, and in December 2014
the increase was 1.6 percent. Benefit costs increased 3.5 percent in December
2015, higher than in December 2014 when the increase was 2.9 percent. (See
chart 5 and tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)
Follow the source link below for a complete data set and detailed
tables by industry.
Source: BLS
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