Table B. Health insurance benefits: Employee participation and share of premiums paid by employer and employee for single coverage, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

Table B. Health insurance benefits: Employee participation and share of premiums paid by employer and employee for single coverage, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(All workers=100 percent)
Characteristics	Civilian(1)		Private industry		State and local government
Characteristics	Employer share of premium	Employee share of premium	Employer share of premium	Employee share of premium	Employer share of premium	Employee share of premium
All workers	81	19	78	22	89	11
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	82	18	78	22	89	11
Management, business, and financial	80	20	78	22	-	-
Professional and related	83	17	78	22	90	10
Teachers	89	11	-	-	91	9
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	90	10	-	-	91	9
Registered nurses	77	23	-	-	84	16
Protective service	-	-	-	-	89	11
Service	78	22	73	27	89	11
Sales and office	78	22	76	24	89	11
Sales and related	74	26	74	26	-	-
Office and administrative support	80	20	78	22	89	11
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	83	17	83	17	89	11
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	86	14	86	14	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair	81	19	80	20	-	-
Production, transportation, and material moving	82	18	81	19	91	9
Production	82	18	82	18	-	-
Transportation and material moving	81	19	80	20	-	-
Full time	81	19	78	22	89	11
Part time	77	23	75	25	88	12
Union	90	10	90	10	91	9
Nonunion	77	23	76	24	88	12
Average wage within the following percentiles:(2)
Less than 10	71	29	70	30	89	11
10 to under 25	75	25	74	26	88	12
25 to under 50	78	22	76	24	89	11
50 to under 75	82	18	79	21	89	11
75 to under 90	83	17	81	19	89	11
90 or greater	83	17	79	21	91	9
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	82	18	82	18	87	13
Service-providing industries	80	20	77	23	89	11
Education and health services	83	17	77	23	90	10
Educational services	89	11	80	20	90	10
Elementary and secondary schools	90	10	82	18	91	9
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	86	14	79	21	89	11
Health care and social assistance	78	22	76	24	85	15
Hospitals	75	25	73	27	83	17
Public administration	88	12	-	-	88	12
1 to 99 workers	80	20	79	21	91	9
1 to 49 workers	81	19	80	20	91	9
50 to 99 workers	79	21	78	22	91	9
100 workers or more	81	19	78	22	89	11
100 to 499 workers	80	20	78	22	91	9
500 workers or more	81	19	77	23	88	12
Geographic areas
New England	76	24	74	26	87	13
Middle Atlantic	83	17	80	20	92	8
East North Central	80	20	78	22	90	10
West North Central	81	19	79	21	90	10
South Atlantic	78	22	76	24	87	13
East South Central	75	25	72	28	89	11
West South Central	80	20	78	22	87	13
Mountain	80	20	78	22	87	13
Pacific	85	15	83	17	90	10
Footnotes: (1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (2) The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007," available online at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2007.htm for more detail.
Note: Dashes indicate that data are not available.