PROVIDENCE – Employer costs in New England per employee per hour were $40.89 in March, second highest of any region in the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Monday.
Wages and salaries accounted for $28.17 per hour in the region, while benefits cost $12.71 per hour.
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Benefit costs included paid leave and accounted for $3.25 per hour; supplemental pay was $1.30; insurance was $3.34; retirement and savings was $1.77 and legally required benefits totaled $3.05 per hour.
The U.S. average employer cost per employee per hour was $35.34 in March, including $24.82 for wages and salary and $10.53 on benefits.
New England employer costs were higher than costs for the overall Northeast region, which were $39.76 in March, including $27.30 for wages and salaries and $12.46 for benefits.
New England employer costs were second only to the Pacific region, where costs were $42.94 per hour. The region includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. The lowest cost in the nation was in the East South Central region at $28.16 per hour. The region includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
