Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract]  
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENT CAPTIONS
The following tables present financial information underlying certain balance sheet captions.
Compensation and other employee benefits
Compensation and other employee benefits are affected by short-term fluctuations in the timing of payments and were comprised of the following at December 31:
(In thousands)
 
2017
 
2016
Accrued salaries and wages
 
$
21,879

 
$
14,741

Accrued bonus
 
4,210

 
4,371

Accrued employee benefits
 
13,215

 
15,805

Total
 
$
39,304

 
$
34,917


Other accrued liabilities
Other accrued liabilities were comprised of the following at December 31:
(In thousands)
 
2017
 
2016
Workers' compensation, auto and general liability reserve
 
$
4,615

 
$
6,123

Contract related reserves
 
$
7,426

 
$
6,054

Other accrued liabilities
 
$
7,168

 
$
5,516

Total
 
$
19,209

 
$
17,693