Medical care benefits, single coverage: Employee participation by type of contribution Data Table

Table 13. Medical care benefits, single coverage: Employee participation by type of contribution, State and local
government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010

(All workers with contributory coverage = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Single coverage

Total with
contributory
coverage

Flat dollar
amount

Composite
rate1

Varies2

Flexible
benefits3

Percent of
earnings

Exists, but
unknown

Other

All workers

100

77

–

13

3

1

5

–

Worker characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management, professional, and related

100

77

–

13

3

1

5

–

    Professional and related

100

77

–

14

2

1

5

–

        Teachers

100

79

–

12

2

–

6

–

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

100

78

–

10

2

–

7

–

Service

100

78

–

12

2

1

6

–

    Protective service

100

80

–

11

2

–

5

–

Sales and office

100

77

–

15

2

1

3

–

    Office and administrative support

100

78

–

15

2

1

3

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

100

79

–

14

2

1

4

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

100

77

–

11

–

–

10

–

Full time

100

77

–

13

3

1

5

–

Part time

100

74

–

14

4

–

7

–

Union

100

75

–

14

2

2

6

–

Nonunion

100

79

–

13

3

[4]

4

–

Average wage within the following categories:5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Lowest 25 percent

100

80

–

11

3

[4]

5

–

        Lowest 10 percent

100

82

–

10

–

–

6

–

    Second 25 percent

100

79

–

15

1

1

3

–

    Third 25 percent

100

78

–

11

2

1

6

–

    Highest 25 percent

100

73

–

15

3

2

5

–

        Highest 10 percent

100

70

–

16

4

3

6

–

Establishment characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service-providing industries

100

77

–

13

3

1

5

–

    Education and health services

100

77

–

15

2

1

5

–

        Educational services

100

78

–

13

2

1

5

–

            Elementary and secondary schools

100

79

–

11

2

–

7

–

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

100

77

–

21

–

–

–

–

        Health care and social assistance

100

70

–

21

–

–

5

–

            Hospitals

100

76

–

16

–

–

5

–

    Public administration

100

78

–

12

4

2

4

–

1 to 99 workers

100

70

–

17

7

–

6

–

    1 to 49 workers

100

61

–

20

10

–

–

–

    50 to 99 workers

100

80

–

–

–

–

3

–

100 workers or more

100

78

–

13

2

1

5

–

    100 to 499 workers

100

83

–

11

3

–

3

–

    500 workers or more

100

76

–

13

2

2

5

–

State government

100

70

–

21

4

–

–

–

Local government

100

81

–

9

2

[4]

7

–

Geographic areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England

100

84

–

–

–

–

–

–

Middle Atlantic

100

69

–

11

–

10

11

–

East North Central

100

79

–

17

–

–

4

–

West North Central

100

71

–

–

–

–

7

–

South Atlantic

100

92

–

5

–

–

2

–

East South Central

100

73

–

27

–

–

–

–

West South Central

100

80

–

–

–

–

8

–

Mountain

100

77

–

–

7

–

–

–

Pacific

100

64

–

22

8

–

2

–

Footnotes:

1A composite rate is a set contribution covering more than one benefit area, for example, health care and life insurance. Cost data for individual plans cannot be determined.

2Based on worker attributes. For example, employee contributions may vary based on earnings, length of service, or age.

3Amount varies by options selected under a "cafeteria plan" or employer-sponsored reimbursement account.

4Less than 0.5 percent.

5The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The average
wages are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009." See Technical Note for more details.


NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of
major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.