WASHINGTON, DC / September 7, 2011 — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its annual report from the National Compensation Survey on Health and Retirement Plan Provisions in Private Industry in the United States, 2010 (August 2011, Bulletin 2770). The survey was based on a sample of approximately 3,200 establishments. Among the data…
WASHINGTON, DC /July 26, 2011 — Domestic partner benefits will be included in this year’s annual release of “Employee Benefits in the United States — March 2011”, to be released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on July 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. This marks the first time the National Compensation Survey…
WASHINGTON, DC June 15, 2011 Bill Wiatrowski, an Associate Commissioner of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will present a workshop on “The Morphing of Retirement Benefits—BLS Data Speak” at the upcoming Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2011 Annual Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, on Monday, June 27. Attendees will see…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Compensation and Working Conditions Online (CWC Online) is a monthly journal that features analytical articles on compensation (wages and benefits), collective bargaining, and safety and health issues. Most articles feature data from BLS surveys and are written by the agency’s analysts who know the data thoroughly and have the…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will soon be releasing “Zooming in on Compensation Data — A guide to BLS data for Human Resources Professionals”. The guide is available free of charge. Anyone that wants an understanding of the comprehensive data on wages and benefits from BLS can request the guide by sending an…
Legally required and insurance benefits make up the largest benefit categories. Private industry employers pay, on average, $8.20 per hour worked for employee benefits, which represents 29.4 percent of their total compensation package. Combined with an average wage of $19.68, their total compensation costs are $27.88 per hour worked. These data are from Employer Costs…
The most recent issue of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Program Perspectives publication focuses on one of the most significant changes to American worker benefits in recent years—the change in employer-provided retirement plans, most notably the wide-spread movement towards defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans, that has occurred in private industry…
BLS examines new option for employer based health plans A recent article in Compensation and Working Conditions Online, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, examines consumer-driven health plans. With the rising costs to employers of providing health insurance to their employees, consumer-driven health plans are being considered by some employers. Because they generally…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 4, 2010 — The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, has released Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas, 2009. The report shows that pay for civilian workers in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA metropolitan area was 20 percent above the national average while the…
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