Table 45. Standard errors for dental care benefits: Amount of annual plan maximum,(1) private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, 2011 Amount of annual plan maximum With With no Not Characteristics annual 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th annual determin- maximum percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- maximum able le le le le le (median) All workers............................. 1.4 $0 $44 $0 $307 $0 1.4 0.3 Worker characteristic Management, professional, and related... 2.1 0 265 0 78 0 2.1 0.3 Management, business, and financial... 2.3 0 147 0 0 0 2.2 0.3 Professional and related.............. 3.0 0 114 0 301 0 3.0 0.5 Service................................. 5.2 0 48 98 0 196 – – Protective service.................... 0.6 0 – 200 83 – – – Sales and office........................ 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 0.5 Sales and related..................... 2.5 0 0 0 34 240 2.6 0.9 Office and administrative support..... 3.1 0 59 0 0 0 3.1 0.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 3.4 69 180 0 124 184 – – Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................. 2.3 68 156 0 295 0 2.2 0.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair 5.6 – 20 0 0 42 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 1.6 0 0 0 275 0 1.3 0.8 Production............................ 1.6 0 0 49 221 0 1.5 0.5 Transportation and material moving.... 2.4 0 39 0 426 0 2.0 1.7 Full time............................... 1.3 0 28 0 303 0 1.4 0.3 Part time............................... 4.6 39 49 0 279 0 4.6 0.5 Union................................... 4.0 0 0 39 0 0 4.0 0.1 Nonunion................................ 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0.4 Average wage within the following categories:(2) Lowest 25 percent..................... 3.1 69 20 290 20 102 – – Lowest 10 percent................... 6.0 – 0 0 234 – – – Second 25 percent..................... 3.5 0 0 237 0 0 3.6 0.5 Third 25 percent...................... 1.8 0 0 0 274 0 1.8 0.7 Highest 25 percent.................... 1.5 0 67 0 51 0 1.5 0.2 Highest 10 percent.................. 2.0 0 201 0 0 85 2.1 0.1 Establishment characteristic Goods-producing industries.............. 1.0 0 0 0 316 0 1.1 0.4 Construction.......................... 5.3 – 0 0 344 0 – – Manufacturing......................... 1.2 0 0 0 371 0 – – Service-providing industries............ 1.7 0 118 0 279 0 1.8 0.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities.. 2.4 0 44 91 0 0 2.5 1.2 Wholesale trade..................... 5.4 0 44 0 69 203 – – Retail trade........................ 3.7 – 0 0 0 234 3.8 1.2 Transportation and warehousing...... 3.3 0 – 0 0 139 – – Utilities........................... 1.9 0 51 69 301 310 – – Information........................... 2.5 55 0 0 0 747 2.5 0.6 Financial activities.................. 3.0 0 – 0 341 225 2.9 0.7 Finance and insurance............... 1.9 0 0 0 98 251 1.8 0.9 Credit intermediation and related activities........................ 2.3 0 287 0 – – 1.8 1.5 Insurance carriers and related activities........................ 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Professional and business services.... 4.2 0 255 0 169 0 4.2 – Professional and technical services 6.0 189 0 0 0 0 – – Administrative and waste services... 11.5 0 – 0 0 – 11.5 – Education and health services......... 4.1 0 39 85 0 0 – – Educational services................ 5.4 0 0 0 243 0 3.6 5.6 Junior colleges, colleges, and universities...................... 3.8 0 221 0 166 – – – Healthcare and social assistance.... 4.5 0 111 185 0 0 – – Leisure and hospitality............... 1.9 – – 69 – 98 – – Accommodation and food services..... 1.0 – – 170 0 – – – 1 to 99 workers......................... 2.6 0 0 0 254 0 2.6 0.7 1 to 49 workers....................... 3.3 0 0 0 473 85 3.2 1.2 50 to 99 workers...................... 4.1 0 214 0 136 0 – – 100 workers or more..................... 1.4 0 65 0 296 0 1.5 0.3 100 to 499 workers.................... 2.0 0 139 0 39 0 1.9 0.7 500 workers or more................... 2.3 0 46 0 161 0 2.3 0.2 Geographic area New England............................. 4.2 0 0 306 0 0 – – Middle Atlantic......................... 1.5 0 0 0 389 139 1.9 0.6 East North Central...................... 1.5 0 20 0 0 147 1.5 (3) West North Central...................... 2.7 0 178 0 574 0 – – South Atlantic.......................... 4.9 0 106 0 0 0 5.1 0.3 East South Central...................... 3.9 – 0 153 0 0 – – West South Central...................... 1.7 0 107 0 223 214 – – Mountain................................ 2.9 0 135 0 327 170 – – Pacific................................. 4.8 0 118 0 0 506 4.8 (3) 1 Includes all covered dental procedures except orthodontia. Coverage for dental procedures may be subject to scheduled allowance, deductible, or coinsurance provisions, in addition to annual plan maximum. If separate annual maximums applied to different dental procedures, the sum of the maximum was tabulated. 2 The 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, 2010." See Technical Note for more details. 3 Less than 0.05. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data do 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/glossary20112012.htm.