the average compensation for every worker in the civil sector was $30.84. This is the total wage that the employer lost for every hour worked by each worker based on average. The cost of compensation was high with some higher working levels such as the management professionals reaching $51.03 and lowest in sales and office workers each earning $16.62. Taking an average of the total wages earned by all these categories of employees brings the figure to$30.84. This compensation is a sum of salaries and wages

as well as all other benefits that each of the worker has to receive as part of the compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics