The latest Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news release

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The latest Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news release
([url]http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf[/url])
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Employers spent an average of $28.46 per hour worked for compensation in March 2008. Wages and
salaries averaged $19.83 and benefits averaged $8.63. Health insurance was the largest individual
benefit cost at $2.26 per hour worked, which accounted for 7.9 percent of total compensation
costs.

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