Table 2

Growth of specific fringe benefits, 1987–2013 (2013 dollars)

Voluntary benefits Payroll taxes Total benefits and
nonwage compensation
Year* Pension Health** Subtotal
Hourly benefits
1987 $0.96 $2.41 $3.36 $2.25 $5.61
1989 0.78 2.50 3.27 2.34 5.61
1995 0.80 2.25 3.05 2.44 5.48
2000 0.81 1.97 2.78 2.29 5.07
2007 0.99 2.43 3.42 2.51 5.93
2013 1.06 2.42 3.48 2.40 5.88
Annual dollar change
1989–2000 $0.00 -$0.05 -$0.04 -$0.01 -$0.05
1989–1995 0.00 -0.04 -0.04 0.02 -0.02
1995–2000 0.00 -0.06 -0.05 -0.03 -0.08
2000–2007 0.03 0.07 0.09 0.03 0.12
2007–2013 0.01 0.00 0.01 -0.02 -0.01
Annual percent change
1989–2000 0.4% -2.1% -1.5% -0.2% -0.9%
1989–1995 0.5 -1.7 -1.2 0.6 -0.4
1995–2000 0.3 -2.6 -1.8 -1.3 -1.6
2000–2007 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.3 2.3
2007–2013 1.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.7 -0.1

* Data are for March.
** Deflated by medical care price index

Source: Authors' analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Employer Costs for Employee Compensation public data series

UPDATED FROM: Table 4.9 in The State of Working America, 12th Edition, an Economic Policy Institute book published by Cornell University Press in 2012

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