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Compensation and Benefits Costs Rose During Fourth Quarter of 2012
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] Link to more items from this source
Jan. 31, 2013
"Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending December 2012 ... Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.3 percent, and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.6 percent.... Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.9 percent over the year.... The increase in the cost of benefits was 2.2 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2012, down from the December 2011 increase of 3.6 percent. Employer costs for health benefits increased 2.8 percent over the year."

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