Nonproduction bonuses: Access Data Table

Table 41. Nonproduction bonuses: Access, private industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2010

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

All
nonproduction
bonuses1

Cash
profit-sharing
bonus

Employee
recognition
bonus

End-of-year
bonus

Holiday
bonus

Payment in
lieu of
benefits
bonus

Longevity
bonus

Referral
bonus

Other
bonus2

All workers

44

5

4

11

10

5

3

6

12

Worker characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management, professional, and related

52

8

6

13

6

8

2

9

17

    Management, business, and financial

59

9

7

18

7

7

2

8

20

    Professional and related

49

7

6

11

5

9

2

10

16

Service

30

1

4

6

7

2

2

7

6

    Protective service

44

1

–

6

5

–

9

–

–

Sales and office

48

4

3

12

14

4

6

6

11

    Sales and related

42

2

2

9

15

3

10

4

8

    Office and administrative support

52

5

4

14

13

6

3

8

12

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

47

5

3

14

13

3

2

2

14

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

43

4

2

15

15

2

1

1

11

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

50

5

5

13

12

4

2

4

18

Production, transportation, and material moving

44

7

2

10

11

5

2

5

14

    Production

49

10

2

12

11

6

2

6

16

    Transportation and material moving

39

5

3

8

11

4

2

4

12

Full time

50

6

5

13

11

6

3

7

15

Part time

27

1

2

6

6

2

3

5

5

Union

37

7

4

4

4

8

1

2

18

Nonunion

45

5

4

12

11

5

3

7

11

Average wage within the following categories:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Lowest 25 percent

30

1

2

6

9

1

3

5

5

        Lowest 10 percent

24

1

2

5

8

[4]

1

4

5

    Second 25 percent

46

4

3

11

13

5

6

7

11

    Third 25 percent

51

6

4

13

11

6

2

6

14

    Highest 25 percent

54

9

7

14

6

8

1

8

20

        Highest 10 percent

56

10

8

15

5

9

1

9

19

Establishment characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goods-producing industries

52

11

3

14

11

6

1

5

17

    Construction

46

4

1

18

17

2

1

–

8

    Manufacturing

54

14

3

13

10

7

1

7

20

Service-providing industries

43

4

4

10

10

5

3

7

11

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

43

4

3

10

15

3

8

4

9

        Wholesale trade

51

7

2

19

12

6

[4]

4

14

        Retail trade

40

1

1

8

18

2

12

4

6

        Transportation and warehousing

41

9

7

5

9

2

2

3

14

        Utilities

60

3

11

26

3

8

–

–

21

    Information

64

2

13

12

4

6

–

6

33

    Financial activities

66

8

7

23

9

4

2

10

21

        Finance and insurance

71

10

8

25

8

4

1

12

25

            Credit intermediation and related activities

73

7

5

28

8

5

1

11

25

            Insurance carriers and related activities

66

15

11

18

9

3

3

14

24

        Real estate and rental and leasing

46

2

5

17

12

4

2

4

8

    Professional and business services

47

7

5

13

8

6

2

9

13

        Professional and technical services

60

13

6

20

11

4

–

11

12

        Administrative and waste services

32

3

3

5

5

4

1

8

10

    Education and health services

41

1

4

6

8

9

3

10

10

        Educational services

21

[4]

4

–

3

9

–

2

3

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

21

1

2

–

1

13

–

3

2

        Health care and social assistance

44

2

4

7

9

9

3

11

11

    Leisure and hospitality

26

[4]

4

6

7

–

1

4

6

        Accommodation and food services

25

1

4

6

7

–

–

5

6

    Other services

32

2

3

11

10

4

–

2

4

1 to 99 workers

41

4

3

13

13

3

1

3

8

    1 to 49 workers

41

4

2

13

14

3

1

2

8

    50 to 99 workers

39

5

5

10

7

4

1

6

10

100 workers or more

48

6

5

9

7

7

5

10

17

    100 to 499 workers

44

4

4

8

10

5

7

9

13

    500 workers or more

54

10

7

10

4

9

2

12

22

Geographic areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England

47

5

4

9

14

7

2

8

8

Middle Atlantic

42

3

3

11

7

8

2

6

11

East North Central

45

7

3

12

9

8

3

8

14

West North Central

45

6

4

13

9

2

3

7

11

South Atlantic

47

4

4

10

12

3

4

8

13

East South Central

48

3

–

13

14

2

5

5

14

West South Central

46

6

4

9

13

2

3

7

15

Mountain

44

5

5

11

12

4

3

5

10

Pacific

39

5

4

11

6

5

3

4

11

Footnotes:

1The sum of the individual components may be greater than the total because some employees may have access to more than one type of nonproduction bonus.

2Includes all other bonuses provided to employees and not published separately.

3The 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.

4Less than 0.5 percent.


NOTE: 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.