The NCS also provides benefits incidence data on the percentage of workers with access to and participating in employer provided benefit plans. The survey covers a broad range of benefits including holidays and vacations, sick leave, health and life insurance, and retirement plans. Details of employer-provided health and retirement plan provisions are also provided.
07/20/2018
Small establishments in private industry provided access for medical care benefits to 55 percent of workers in March 2018. These benefits were available to 83 percent of workers in medium size establishments and 88 percent in large establishments.
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10/31/2018
Compensation costs increased 0.8 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from June 2018 to September 2018. Over the year, compensation rose 2.8 percent, wages and salaries rose 2.9 percent, and benefit costs rose 2.6 percent.
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12/14/2018
Employer costs for state and local government workers averaged $31.23 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $18.80 for benefits in
September 2018. State and local government health benefit costs averaged $5.78 per hour worked.
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