Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Payroll and benefits	$	261,932	$	263,072
Employee deferred compensation plans	352,161		333,528
Workers’ compensation	18,847		18,251
Payroll taxes	37,405		23,918
Accrued payroll and benefit costs	$	670,345	$	638,769

Employee Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	89,434	$	89,212