worked in June 2021. Wage and salary costs averaged $33.09 and accounted for 61.7 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $20.50 and accounted for 38.3 percent. The average cost of health insurance benefits was $6.10 per hour worked and accounted for 11.4 percent of total compensation in June 2021. (See charts 1 and 2, and table 1.)

