Employee Benefits in the United States

July 11, 2012
Medical care benefits were available to 57 percent of private industry workers in establishments with fewer than 100 employees compared to 89 percent of workers in establishments with 500 or more workers in March 2012. More...
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Employment Cost Index (ECI)

April 30, 2013
Compensation costs up 0.3 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2012-March 2013. Over the year, compensation rose 1.8 percent, wages and salaries 1.6 percent, and benefits 1.9 percent. More...
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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)

June 12, 2013
Private employers spent an average of $29.13 per hour worked for compensation in March 2013. Health insurance was the largest individual employer benefit cost at $2.26, accounting for 7.8 percent of total compensation costs. More...
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Archived NCS News Releases

• ECI Archives - Complete set of ECI news releases from 1976.
• ECEC Archives - Complete set of ECEC news releases from 1986.
• Employee Benefits—latest benefit news releases.
  • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2011 (TXT) (PDF)
  • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 (TXT) (PDF)
  • Health Plan Provision in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011 (PDF)
  • Employee Benefits in State and Local Government, September 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
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