Table 463 of the 2012 Statistacal Abstract of the US

Table 463. State and Local Government—Employer Costs Per Hour Worked:
2011
[In dollars. As of March. Based on a sample; see source for details. Collection of severance pay and supplemental
unemployment plans, which comprised "other benefits" and was published in all tables, was discontinued beginning with
the March 2006 estimates]
Benefit cost
Occupation and industry

Total workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Wages
compenand
sation salaries
40.54
26.55

Occupational group:
Management, professional, and related . . . . . . .
Professional and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Teachers 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Office and administrative support . . . . . . . . . . .
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industry group:
Education and health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elementary and secondary schools . . . . . . . .
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities. . . .
Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . .
Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total
13.99

Paid
leave
3.03

Supplemental
pay
0.33

Insurance
4.88

Retirement Legally
and required
savings benefits
3.32
2.44

49.19
48.28
55.78

33.50
33.06
39.41

15.69
15.22
16.37

3.37
3.04
2.84

0.24
0.23
0.14

5.41
5.40
5.91

3.88
3.83
4.45

2.79
2.72
3.04

56.38
28.04
28.28
30.22

39.62
17.04
17.13
18.04

16.76
11.00
11.15
12.17

2.58
2.50
2.53
2.65

0.15
0.19
0.19
0.56

6.48
4.43
4.50
3.96

4.62
2.12
2.15
2.98

2.92
1.77
1.77
2.03

42.58
43.55
43.08
45.36
35.75
38.04
38.54

28.85
29.75
29.54
30.64
22.57
24.05
23.49

13.72
13.80
13.54
14.72
13.19
14.00
15.05

2.73
2.66
2.29
3.84
3.28
3.54
3.66

0.21
0.15
0.16
0.13
0.61
0.74
0.55

5.10
5.17
5.33
4.68
4.62
4.94
4.68

3.27
3.41
3.42
3.40
2.35
2.37
3.65

2.41
2.42
2.35
2.66
2.32
2.41
2.51

Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, Benefits, Archives, 2011 National Survey
Compensation Publications List, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, News Release, March 2011, .
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Table 464. State and Local Government—Full-Time Employment and Salary
by Sex and Race and Ethnic Group: 1980 to 2009
[As of June 30. (2,350 represents 2,350,000). Excludes school systems and educational institutions. Based on reports from state
governments (42 in 1980; 47 in 1983; 42 in 1980; 47 in 1983; 49 in 1981 and 1984 through 1987; 49 in 1981 and 1984 through
1987; and 50 in 1989 through 1991) and a sample of county, municipal, township, and special district jurisdictions employing
15 or more nonelected, nonappointed full-time employees. Beginning 1993, only for state and local governments with 100 or more
employees. For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]
Employment (1,000)
Year and
occupation

Median annual salary ($1,000)
Minority

Minority

1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1984. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Male Female White1
2,350 1,637 3,146
2,674 1,818 3,423
2,700 1,880 3,458
2,789 1,952 3,563

HisTotal 2 Black 1 panic 3
842
619
163
1,069
768
219
1,121
799
233
1,179
835
248

Male Female White 1
15.2
11.4
13.8
20.1
15.3
18.5
21.4
16.2
19.6
22.3
17.3
20.6

1986. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1987. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,797
2,818
3,030
3,071

1,982
2,031
2,227
2,302

3,549
3,600
3,863
3,918

1,230
1,249
1,394
1,456

865
872
961
994

259
268
308
327

23.4
24.2
26.1
27.3

18.1
18.9
20.6
21.8

21.5
22.4
24.1
25.2

19.6
20.9
22.1
23.3

18.7
19.3
20.7
22.0

20.2
21.1
22.7
23.8

1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,110
2,820
2,960
2,898

2,349
2,204
2,355
2,307

3,965
3,588
3,781
3,676

1,494
1,436
1,534
1,529

1,011
948
993
973

340
341
379
392

28.4
30.6
33.5
34.6

22.7
24.3
27.0
27.9

26.4
28.5
31.4
32.2

23.8
25.9
26.3
30.2

22.7
24.2
26.8
27.4

24.5
26.8
28.6
29.5

1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,939
3,080
3,134
3,185
3,383

2,393
2,554
2,610
2,644
2,823

3,723
3,888
3,919
3,973
4,156

1,609
1,746
1,826
1,856
(NA)

1,012
1,077
1,097
1,100
(NA)

417
471
508
532
(NA)

37.0
39.8
42.2
44.1
(NA)

29.9
32.1
34.7
36.4
(NA)

34.8
37.5
40.0
41.5
(NA)

31.1
34.0
35.9
37.7
(NA)

29.6
31.5
33.6
35.3
(NA)

31.2
33.8
36.6
38.9
(NA)

2009, total. . . . . . . . . . . .
Officials/administrators . . .
Professionals. . . . . . . . . . .
Technicians. . . . . . . . . . . .
Protective service . . . . . . .
Paraprofessionals . . . . . . .
Admiminstrative support . .
Skilled craft . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service/maintenance. . . . .

3,239
230
671
268
998
(NA)
125
407
434

2,742
153
923
206
239
(NA)
774
23
142

3,978
303
1,109
324
857
(NA)
562
305
299

2,004
79
484
151
380
(NA)
337
125
277

1,145
45
261
76
217
(NA)
183
68
180

601
22
117
48
134
(NA)
116
43
79

50
72
62
50
51
(NA)
37
45
37

41
70
53
40
41
(NA)
35
39
29

48
71
57
47
50
(NA)
35
35
29

(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)

40.3
70.8
50.7
39.8
42.2
32.0
35.0
42.0
29.1

44.8
71.3
55.8
44.7
54.2
36.6
36.3
46.9
35.9

Total 2 Black 1
11.8
11.5
15.9
15.6
17.4
16.5
18.4
17.5

Hispanic 3
12.3
17.3
18.4
19.2

NA Not available 1 Non-Hispanic. 2 Includes other minority groups, not shown separately. 3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be
any race.
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1980–1991, “State and Local Government Information Report,”
annual; beginning 1993, biennial, .

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