Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

Accrued payroll and benefit costs consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Payroll and benefits	$	311,442	$	256,804
Employee deferred compensation plans	348,364		312,429
Workers’ compensation	19,010		17,092
Payroll taxes	40,140		26,574
Accrued payroll and benefit costs	$	718,956	$	612,899

Employee Retirement Obligations

Included in employee deferred compensation plans is the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	88,065	$	86,145