Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk— Compensation Costs

• Union and nonunion wages, December 2011 (05/13/2013)
• Compensation costs in March 2013: state and local government workers (05/01/2013)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, December 2012 (03/21/2013)
• Compensation costs increased in December 2012 (02/06/2013)
• Employer costs for defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans (12/26/2012)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2011 (12/21/2012)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2012 (12/19/2012)
• Changes in private industry compensation costs, September 2011–September 2012 (11/02/2012)
• Employer costs for employee compensation $28.80 in June 2012 (09/19/2012)
• Compensation costs up in June (08/01/2012)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits in March 2012 (06/08/2012)
• Compensation costs for private industry workers: March 2011–March 2012 (04/30/2012)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits in December 2011 (03/22/2012)
• Employment costs in private industry and state and local government, December 2011 (02/01/2012)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2010 (12/27/2011)
• State and local government employer costs for employee compensation, September 2011 (12/09/2011)
• Compensation costs for state and local government workers, September 2011 (11/01/2011)
• Retirement and savings benefit costs for employers in private industry, June 2011 (09/13/2011)
• Interactive dashboards from International Labor Comparisons (09/01/2011)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs, June 2011 (08/02/2011)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs, March 2010–March 2011 (05/03/2011)
• Labor costs in the auto industry (04/27/2011)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in China, 2008 (04/07/2011)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and U.S., 2009 (03/10/2011)
• The compensation-productivity gap (02/24/2011)
• It pays to be the boss—supervisory wages in 2009 (02/02/2011)
• Private industry compensation costs increase 2.1 percent in 2010 (02/01/2011)
• Insurance benefits costs for employers in private industry, September 2010 (12/13/2010)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs increase 2.0 percent (11/02/2010)
• Health insurance costs to employers and employees, 1999 to 2009 (11/01/2010)
• Costs of retirement and savings benefits for employers in private industry, June 2010 (09/16/2010)
• International comparisons of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 2008 (09/01/2010)
• Compensation costs in June 2010 (08/04/2010)
• Health insurance benefit costs in private industry, March 2010 (06/14/2010)
• Compensation costs in India (06/03/2010)
• Compensation costs for nonresidential construction workers are rising (05/17/2010)
• Compensation costs in March 2010 (05/04/2010)
• Paid leave benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (03/16/2010)
• Employment costs for private industry workers, December 2009 (02/03/2010)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2009 (12/14/2009)
• Wages for sales and related workers down substantially in first three quarters of 2009 (11/30/2009)
• Small increases in compensation costs in September 2009 (11/05/2009)
• Employer costs for employee compensation in metropolitan areas, March 2009 (09/28/2009)
• Wages and benefits by occupational group, June 2009 (09/11/2009)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs increase in June: 1.5 percent (08/03/2009)
• Compensation costs per hour, March 2009 (06/12/2009)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (06/11/2009)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 1.9 percent from March 2008 to March 2009 (05/01/2009)
• Bonuses as percentage of cash compensation (04/02/2009)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and U.S., 2007 (03/30/2009)
• Employer costs and paid leave, December 2008 (03/13/2009)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 2.4 percent in 2008 (02/02/2009)
• Compensation costs per hour worked in private industry, September 2008 (12/11/2008)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2008 (11/04/2008)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/2008)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2007 in Taiwan, Japan, U.S. (10/02/2008)
• New Employment Cost Indexes for selected metropolitan areas (09/26/2008)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2008 (09/11/2008)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/2008)
• Change in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2007-June 2008 (08/01/2008)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/2008)
• Change in compensation costs, December 2007-March 2008 (05/01/2008)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2007 (03/20/2008)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/2008)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/2008)
• Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/2008)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/2008)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2007 (11/02/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2007 (11/01/2007)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped most in 2006 in Japan (10/02/2007)
• Private industry compensation $25.93 per hour on average in June 2007 (09/25/2007)
• Wages and salaries in constant dollars increase from June 2006 to June 2007 (08/02/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2007 (08/01/2007)
• Health benefit costs by region (07/06/2007)
• Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/2007)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2006 (06/21/2007)
• Employment costs in private industry, March 2007 (04/30/2007)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/2007)
• Private industry compensation $25.67 per hour on average in December 2006 (03/30/2007)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2006 (03/09/2007)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/2007)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/2007)
• Labor costs in China’s manufacturing sector (01/05/2007)
• Cost of benefits for State and local government employees, September 2006 (12/21/2006)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/2006)
• State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/2006)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/2006)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/2006)
• Decline in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2005-June 2006 (08/01/2006)
• Employment costs rise 0.8 percent from March to June (07/31/2006)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2006 (06/22/2006)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from December to March (05/01/2006)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2005 (02/09/2006)
• Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/2006)
• Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/2006)
• Drop in compensation costs in constant dollars, September 2005 (10/31/2005)
• Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/2005)
• Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/2005)
• Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/2005)
• Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/2005)
• Trends in real hourly compensation (06/09/2005)
• Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/2005)
• Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/2005)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped in 2003 in Japan, Taiwan, U.S. (03/09/2005)
• Over-the-year union and nonunion compensation cost changes, December 2004 (01/31/2005)
• Employer costs for paid leave (12/16/2004)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2004 (11/01/2004)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2003 in Taiwan (10/05/2004)
• Declines in labor costs among service-producing industries (09/27/2004)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/2004)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2004 (07/30/2004)
• Compensation by occupational group in March 2004 (07/02/2004)
• 9/11 and the New York City economy (07/01/2004)
• Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/2004)
• Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/2004)
• State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/2004)
• Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/2004)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2002 in U.S., Canada, Taiwan (04/01/2004)
• Compensation of State and local government employees at end of 2003 (03/02/2004)
• Private industry compensation averages $22.92 per hour in December (02/27/2004)
• Employment cost increases by region in 2003 (02/04/2004)
• Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/2004)
• Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/2003)
• Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/2003)
• Employment costs up 1.0 percent from June to September (10/31/2003)
• Earnings and union status (10/30/2003)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2002 in U.S., Japan, Taiwan (09/16/2003)
• Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/2003)
• Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/2003)
• Growth in wages and salaries by region over the year (08/13/2003)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers jump over the year (08/06/2003)
• Employment costs up 0.8 percent from March to June (08/01/2003)
• Average compensation $22.37 per hour in private industry in March (06/12/2003)
• Compensation growth most rapid in Midwest over the year (05/12/2003)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers in first quarter of 2003 (05/07/2003)
• Employment costs rose 1.4 percent from December to March (04/30/2003)
• Private-industry compensation averages $22.14 per hour in December (03/20/2003)
• Drop in unit labor costs in manufacturing last year (02/12/2003)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/2003)
• Wages and benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2002 (02/03/2003)
• Employment costs advanced 0.7 percent from September to December (01/31/2003)
• ECI and Medicare payments (01/06/2003)
• Average compensation $23.44 per hour in September (12/12/2002)
• Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/2002)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from June to September (11/01/2002)
• Compensation costs in foreign factories two-thirds of U.S. costs (10/02/2002)
• U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing (09/23/2002)
• Average compensation $23.20 per hour in June (09/18/2002)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/2002)
• Long-term unemployment most common in Northeast (07/30/2002)
• Variation in employment cost increases (07/29/2002)
• Compensation costs rise (07/26/2002)
• Cost of health benefits in private industry, March 2002 (07/15/2002)
• Employment costs by occupation in March (07/10/2002)
• Labor costs in wholesale trade (07/05/2002)
• Average compensation $23.15 per hour in March (06/20/2002)
• Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/2002)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Germany, Denmark in 2000 (05/03/2002)
• Compensation costs up in first quarter (04/29/2002)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers rise in step at the beginning of 2002 (04/26/2002)
• Unit labor costs down in fourth quarter of 2001 (03/14/2002)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/2002)
• Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/2002)
• Smaller rise in benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2001 (02/06/2002)
• Employment costs up 4.2 percent for the year (02/01/2002)
• Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/2001)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers up sharply in past 3 months (10/30/2001)
• Employment costs up 4.1 percent (10/26/2001)
• Mexico has biggest increase in hourly compensation in 2000 (10/03/2001)
• Unit labor costs in second quarter (08/09/2001)
• Employment cost increase by occupation (08/03/2001)
• Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both up 1.1 percent in past 3 months (07/30/2001)
• Employment costs in private industry rise 4.0 percent over the year (07/27/2001)
• Benefits in State and local government, 2001 (07/11/2001)
• Health benefits 5.6 percent of total compensation (07/05/2001)
• Average compensation $22.15 per hour (07/02/2001)
• Long-term declines in unit labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/2001)
• Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/2001)
• Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/2001)
• Nonfarm business unit labor costs up again (05/09/2001)
• State and local government employment costs up 3.3 percent over the year (05/01/2001)
• Employment costs increase 4.2 percent in past 12 months (04/27/2001)
• Compensation stats for the new century (04/03/2001)
• Prevalence of bonus plans in service sector (03/30/2001)
• Size of workplaces and cost of bonuses (03/27/2001)
• Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both rise 0.8 percent (01/30/2001)
• Employment costs increase 4.4 percent over the year (01/26/2001)
• Comparing hourly earnings measures (11/28/2000)
• Small change in benefit costs for State and local government workers (10/30/2000)
• Compensation costs rise 0.9 percent from June to September (10/27/2000)
• Earnings by occupation in 1998 (10/25/2000)
• U.S. factory costs dip compared to competitors (10/24/2000)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/2000)
• Stock options most likely for the higher paid (10/12/2000)
• Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999 (09/28/2000)
• Pay gap crosses occupational lines (08/04/2000)
• Compensation costs for State and local government workers rise 3.5 percent (08/02/2000)
• Compensation costs up 4.6 percent over the year (07/28/2000)
• Health care 5½ percent of compensation (07/12/2000)
• Wages and benefits highest in Northeast (07/06/2000)
• Average compensation $21.16 per hour (06/30/2000)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, 1999 (05/22/2000)
• Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (05/19/2000)
• Trends in health insurance (05/16/2000)
• Hourly benefits $5.58 in 1999 (05/10/2000)
• Increases in wages and salaries and benefits, March 1999-March 2000 (05/02/2000)
• Employment costs rise in March (04/28/2000)
• Union-nonunion wage gap narrows (04/25/2000)
• Unit labor costs fall in fourth quarter (03/15/2000)
• Productivity increase in 1999 (02/09/2000)
• Compensation costs up 3.4 percent in 1999 (01/31/2000)
• Hourly compensation still higher in Europe than U.S. (01/19/2000)
• Hourly compensation drops the most in Korea in 1998 (01/12/2000)
• Variation in unit labor costs by industry (01/04/2000)
• Declines in unit labor costs and gains in productivity (12/30/1999)
• Unit labor costs in the third quarter (12/08/1999)
• Compensation rising more rapidly in service sector than in goods-producing sector (11/05/1999)
• Benefits now increasing at slower rate than wages and salaries (11/03/1999)
• Movements in constant-dollar wages and salaries, 1976-98 (11/01/1999)
• Unit labor costs fall in 1990s in U.S. auto industry (09/14/1999)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Korea, Taiwan, Japan in 1998 (09/03/1999)
• Importance of retirement benefits in compensation (08/02/1999)
• Compensation highest in biggest establishments (07/26/1999)
• Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (07/16/1999)
• Differences in benefits between government and private industry (07/08/1999)
• Benefits nearly a third of compensation in manufacturing (06/29/1999)
• Employers costs for Medicare, workers’ compensation rise from 1966-98 (04/28/1999)
• Retirement costs share of compensation rises from 1966-98 (04/14/1999)
• Health care costs fluctuate with employer cost-containment efforts (04/08/1999)
• Factory unit labor costs rise for first time in five years (02/18/1999)
• Highest compensation reported in white-collar occupations (02/17/1999)
• Total compensation package up 3.4 percent in 1998 (01/29/1999)
• Benefits share of compensation costs changed little from 1986 to 1998 (01/22/1999)
• Compensation costs increase with establishment size (11/04/1998)
• Total compensation costs double from 1981 to 1997 (10/29/1998)
• International average of factory worker compensation falls relative to U.S. (10/22/1998)
• Employer costs for employee compensation higher in goods-producing industries (10/07/1998)
• Unit labor costs fall in broad range of countries (10/05/1998)