Labor Department: Total employee compensation averages $29.39 an hour - Denver Business Journal:

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Of that, wages and salaries averaged $20.49, accountintg for 69.7 percent of these Benefits, which averaged $8.90, accounted for the remaining 30.3 percentt of the cost for nonfarm private and stats and localgovernment workers. The amount spent on costds for legallyrequired benefits, including Social Security, unemployment insurance and compensation, averaged $2.28 an hour. Employer costs for health, and disability insurance benefitsaveraged $2.52, while paid leave benefits (vacations, sick leave and personall leave) averaged $2.08. Retirement and savings benefits averagexdjust $1.31 an hour Among the four regions, costs for healtyh insurance benefits ranged from $1.
71 an hour in the South to $2.289 in the Northeast. Health care costs were $2.13e in the Midwest and $2.05 in the West.