04/20/2024

Vacation Perks and Retirement Benefits Are Propelling Worker Pay Packages

Employers are spending more on vacation perks and retirement contributions, helping to propel overall compensation package growth to its fastest pace in two years.

Private-sector workers’ average hourly compensation, including both pay and benefits, advanced 4% from a year earlier in the third quarter, according to new Labor Department data. It’s the best gain in total compensation since the same quarter in 2015.

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