Short-term disability plans: Fixed percent of annual earnings Data Table

Table 26. Short-term disability plans: Fixed percent of annual earnings, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(All workers with fixed percent of annual earnings short-term disability coverage = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Fixed percent of annual earnings						Mean fixed percent of annual earnings	Median fixed percent of annual earnings
Characteristics	Less than 50 percent	50 percent	51 to 59 percent	60 percent	61 to 69 percent	Greater than 69 percent	Mean fixed percent of annual earnings	Median fixed percent of annual earnings
All workers	–	31	8	31	17	13	61.0	60.0
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	–	33	10	29	13	15	61.1	60.0
Professional and related	–	33	11	25	14	18	62.1	60.0
Teachers	–	40	8	19	9	24	63.4	60.0
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	–	47	5	14	10	25	62.2	58.0
Service	–	31	4	33	23	9	60.7	60.0
Protective service	–	34	–	37	17	10	60.4	60.0
Sales and office	–	23	7	37	24	9	60.9	60.0
Office and administrative support	–	23	7	37	24	9	60.9	60.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	–	35	–	30	–	–	62.2	60.0
Production, transportation, and material moving	–	37	–	28	–	–	60.0	60.0
Full time	–	30	7	33	17	14	61.2	60.0
Part time	–	43	19	7	23	–	58.7	55.0
Union	–	20	8	36	25	12	62.0	60.0
Nonunion	–	43	7	26	9	15	60.0	58.0
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	–	36	5	31	15	13	60.4	60.0
Lowest 10 percent	–	41	5	30	–	–	60.0	60.0
Second 25 percent	–	30	8	33	20	10	60.6	60.0
Third 25 percent	–	34	6	33	18	10	59.8	60.0
Highest 25 percent	–	26	11	28	17	19	62.9	60.0
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	–	31	8	31	17	13	61.1	60.0
Education and health services	–	34	12	24	13	17	61.8	60.0
Educational services	–	38	12	20	11	20	62.1	60.0
Elementary and secondary schools	–	44	5	21	12	18	60.6	60.0
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	–	22	31	14	6	–	66.5	58.0
Health care and social assistance	–	15	12	48	23	–	59.9	60.0
Hospitals	–	–	–	47	–	–	59.0	60.0
Public administration	–	27	4	36	25	8	60.5	60.0
1 to 99 workers	–	42	–	41	–	2	57.1	60.0
1 to 49 workers	–	51	–	39	–	–	55.7	–
50 to 99 workers	–	–	–	44	–	5	59.4	60.0
100 workers or more	–	30	9	30	18	15	61.6	60.0
100 to 499 workers	–	29	–	41	15	13	61.1	60.0
500 workers or more	–	30	10	27	18	15	61.7	60.0
State government	–	19	17	42	10	–	62.2	60.0
Local government	–	36	4	26	20	13	60.5	60.0
Geographic areas
New England	–	–	–	–	19	68	80.5	–
Middle Atlantic	–	20	3	23	50	4	62.0	67.0
East North Central	–	47	–	30	–	11	59.1	60.0
South Atlantic	–	61	–	22	3	14	58.0	50.0
West South Central	–	–	–	57	–	–	61.8	60.0
Mountain	–	–	–	47	–	–	66.7	60.0
Pacific	–	21	29	43	5	–	57.3	60.0
Footnotes:
1The 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.

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