Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, December 2012
Private industry employers spent an average of $28.89 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $20.32 per hour worked and accounted for 70.3 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $8.57 and accounted for the remaining 29.7 percent. Total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $41.94 per hour worked in December 2012. Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers, which include private industry and state and local government workers, averaged $30.84 per hour worked in December 2012.
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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, September 2012
Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $30.80 per hour worked in September 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $21.32 per hour worked and accounted for 69.2 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $9.48 and accounted for the remaining 30.8 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $28.95 per hour worked in September 2012.
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ADP Says U.S. Companies Added 176,000 Workers in June
Companies in the U.S. added more workers than forecast in June, which may ease concern the labor market is deteriorating, a private payrolls report showed.
The 176,000 increase followed a revised 136,000 gain the prior month that was higher than initially estimated, according to figures released today by Roseland, New Jersey-based ADP Employer Services. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for a 100,000 advance.
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BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, December 2011
Private industry employers spent an average of $28.57 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $20.14 per hour worked and accounted for 70.5 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $8.43 and accounted for the remaining 29.5 percent. Total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $40.90 per hour worked in December 2011. Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers, which include private industry and state and local government workers, averaged $30.45 per hour worked in December 2011.
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12 Questions to Measure Employee Engagement
Five years ago, The Gallup Organization began creating a feedback system for employers that would identify and measure elements of worker engagement most tied to the bottom line–things such as sales growth, productivity and customer loyalty.
After hundreds of focus groups and thousands of interviews with employees in a variety of industries, Gallup came up with the Q12, a 12-question survey that identifies strong feelings of employee engagement. Results from the survey show a strong correlation between high scores and superior job performance.
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SHRM 2011 Employee Benefits Survey
SHRM’s 2011 Employee Benefits research report provides comprehensive information about the types of benefits U.S. employers offer to their employees. In 2011, 284 benefits were explored, covering the areas of health care and welfare benefits, preventive health and wellness benefits, retirement savings and planning benefits, financial and compensation benefits, leave benefits, family-friendly benefits, flexible working benefits, employee services benefits, housing and relocation benefits, and business travel benefits. The report also examines trends in employee benefit offerings over the last five years…
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ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report
ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report
June 2011
Staffing employment in June is 3.5% higher than in the same month last year, according to the ASA Staffing Index.
The index for June is 87, unchanged from 87 reported for May. Weekly index data show that staffing employment has been modestly edging upward since February…
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BLS Employer Costs For Employee Compensation, September 2011
Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $30.07 per hour worked in March 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $20.91 per hour worked and accounted for 69.6 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $9.15 and accounted for the remaining 30.4 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged
$28.10 per hour worked in March 2011. Total employer compensation costs for State and local government workers averaged $40.54 per hour worked in March 2011…
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