# Employer cost per hour worked: Employment Cost Benchmark

> The median published figure in the Employment Cost Benchmark is 2,083.70 AUD across 1 source's own page in AUD (range 2,083.70 to 2,083.70 AUD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.

AI vs Hire · https://aivshire.com/datasets/employment-cost-benchmark/ · computed 2026-10-23

**Median published figure:** 2,083.7 AUD (range 2,083.7 to 2,083.7 AUD; 1 published figures; 3 of 19 sources read publish one).

3 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 2,083.70 AUD across 1).

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| [ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, employee earnings in the UK](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025) | 39,039 GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| [ABS Average Weekly Earnings, Australia](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/average-weekly-earnings-australia/latest-release) | 2,083.7 AUD | 2026-10-12 |
| [BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, full release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.htm) | 49.46 USD | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (3)

- [ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, employee earnings in the UK](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025), read 2026-10-12: "Median gross annual earnings for full-time employees were £39,039 in April 2025, compared with £37,439 in April 2024, which is an increase of 4.3%."
- [ABS Average Weekly Earnings, Australia](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/average-weekly-earnings-australia/latest-release), read 2026-10-12: "Estimates for average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults (seasonally adjusted): increased by 3.7% annually to $2,083.70 in May 2026"
- [BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, full release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.htm), read 2026-10-12: "Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $49.46 per hour worked in June"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS ECEC table 1, civilian workers](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS ECEC table 2, private industry workers](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t02.htm), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS ECEC table 5, by establishment size](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t05.htm), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS Employment Cost Index news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS National Compensation Survey, Employment Cost Trends](https://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS Employee Benefits Survey](https://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS OEWS national occupational estimates](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wages news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ONS ASHE landing page](https://www.ons.gov.uk/ashe), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ONS ASHE table 2, earnings by occupation](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation2digitsocashetable2), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ONS ASHE table 3, region by occupation](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/regionbyoccupation2digitsocashetable3), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/employee-earnings-and-hours-australia/latest-release), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ABS guide to average earnings statistics](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/understanding-statistics/guide-labour-statistics/earnings-guide/average-earnings-guide), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Statistics Canada table 14-10-0203-01, average weekly earnings (SEPH)](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410020301), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 19 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 16 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in AUD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 117 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the statistical agency's wage per occupation joined to the agency's own measured split of compensation into wages and benefits per hour worked, by establishment size - so the multiple on salary is MEASURED rather than assumed. The figures nobody publishes: the fully-loaded annual cost of a named occupation, at the establishment size the buyer is, in each of the four jurisdictions; how that multiple differs between a 20-person employer and a 500-person one; and the gap between it and the round 25% the market's calculators use. Changed-since on each release.

## Sources

- [BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, full release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS ECEC table 1, civilian workers](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS ECEC table 2, private industry workers](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t02.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS ECEC table 5, by establishment size](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t05.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Employment Cost Index news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS National Compensation Survey, Employment Cost Trends](https://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Employee Benefits Survey](https://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OEWS national occupational estimates](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wages news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, employee earnings in the UK](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ONS ASHE landing page](https://www.ons.gov.uk/ashe) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ONS ASHE table 2, earnings by occupation](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation2digitsocashetable2) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ONS ASHE table 3, region by occupation](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/regionbyoccupation2digitsocashetable3) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS Average Weekly Earnings, Australia](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/average-weekly-earnings-australia/latest-release) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/employee-earnings-and-hours-australia/latest-release) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS guide to average earnings statistics](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/understanding-statistics/guide-labour-statistics/earnings-guide/average-earnings-guide) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Statistics Canada table 14-10-0203-01, average weekly earnings (SEPH)](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410020301) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [bls.gov](https://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Employment Cost Benchmark is 2,083.70 AUD across 1 source's own page in AUD (range 2,083.70 to 2,083.70 AUD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
- 3 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 2,083.70 AUD across 1).

Cite as: "aivshire.com Employment Cost Benchmark", updated 2026-10-23, https://aivshire.com/datasets/employment-cost-benchmark/.

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