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BLS: Private Employer Costs for Pay and Benefits Were Highest in the Pacific Region in December 2019
March 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily:

Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $34.72 per hour worked in December 2019. Employer costs ranged from an average of $27.94 per hour worked in the East South Central census region to $42.04 in the Pacific region.

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