Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.0%, seasonally adjusted, for the three-month period ending in December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 1.0% and benefit costs increased 0.8% from September 2022.
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 5.1% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 and increased 4.0% in December 2021. Wages and salaries increased 5.1% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 and increased 4.5% for the 12-month period ending in December 2021. Benefit costs increased 4.9% over the year and increased 2.8% for the 12-month period ending in December 2021.
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.1% over the year. In December 2021, the increase was 4.4%. Wages and salaries increased 5.1% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 and increased 5.0% in December 2021. The cost of benefits increased 4.8% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 and increased 2.9% in December 2021.
Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) private wages and salaries declined 1.2% for the 12 months ending December 2022. Inflation-adjusted benefit costs in the private sector declined 1.5% over that same period.
Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 ranged from 4.2% for natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations to 6.9% for service occupations. Within industry super sectors, compensation cost increases ranged from 4.3% for construction to 6.4% for leisure and hospitality.
Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 4.8% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022, compared with an increase of 2.6% in December 2021. Wages and salaries increased 4.7% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 and 2.7% a year ago.
Benefit costs increased 5.0% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022. The prior year increase was 2.5%.
