Table 11. Outpatient prescription drug benefits: Type of coverage, private industry
     workers, National Compensation Survey, 2008

     (All workers participating in outpatient prescription drug plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                         Generic  Brand-na-    Mail   Formulary
                  Characteristic                Total     drugs    me drugs   order    drugs(1)
                                                                              drugs            
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
     All workers.............................       100       100        99        79        71
                                                                                               
              Worker characteristic                                                            
                                                                                               
     Management, professional, and related...       100       100       100        80        73
       Management, business, and financial...       100        99       100        86        74
       Professional and related..............       100       100       100        77        73
     Service.................................       100       100       100        68        64
     Sales and office........................       100       100        99        80        76
       Sales and related.....................       100        99        99        76        76
       Office and administrative support.....       100       100        99        83        77
     Natural resources, construction, and                                                      
     maintenance.............................       100        99        96        78        59
       Construction, extraction, farming,                                                      
       fishing, and forestry.................       100        99        99        78        51
       Installation, maintenance, and repair        100       100        94        78        68
     Production, transportation, and material                                                  
     moving..................................       100       100       100        82        71
       Production............................       100       100        99        83        66
       Transportation and material moving....       100       100       100        79        79
                                                                                               
     Full time...............................       100       100        99        80        72
     Part time...............................       100       100        96        63        60
                                                                                               
     Union...................................       100       100        98        77        67
     Nonunion................................       100       100        99        79        72
                                                                                               
     Average wage within the following                                                         
     percentiles:(2)                                                                           
       Less than 10..........................       100       100       100        84        79
       10 to under 25........................       100       100        99        68        60
       25 to under 50........................       100       100        99        79        73
       50 to under 75........................       100       100        99        79        72
       75 to under 90........................       100       100        99        81        69
       90 or greater.........................       100        99        99        82        74
                                                                                               
           Establishment characteristic                                                        
                                                                                               
     Goods-producing industries..............       100        99        99        84        66
       Construction..........................       100        98        98        76        57
       Manufacturing.........................       100        99        99        87        70
     Service-providing industries............       100       100        99        77        73
       Trade, transportation, and utilities..       100       100        99        74        75
         Wholesale trade.....................       100       100        99        78        72
         Retail trade........................       100       100        99        71        76
         Transportation and warehousing......       100       100       100        73        74
         Utilities...........................       100        99       100        95        82
       Information...........................       100       100       100        90        83
       Financial activities..................       100       100        99        86        76
         Finance and insurance...............       100       100        98        82        75
           Credit intermediation and related                                                   
           activities........................       100       100       100        82        75
           Insurance carriers and related                                                      
           activities........................       100        99        96        79        72
         Real estate and rental and leasing..       100       100       100        97        79
       Professional and business services....       100       100        98        76        64
         Professional and technical services        100       100       100        75        68
         Administrative and waste services...       100       100        96        68        46
       Education and health services.........       100       100       100        77        77
         Educational services................       100       100       100        80        78
           Junior colleges, colleges, and                                                      
           universities......................       100       100       100        83        72
         Health care and social assistance...       100       100       100        77        77
       Leisure and hospitality...............       100       100        98        77        61
         Accommodation and food services.....       100       100       100        77        54
       Other services........................       100       100       100        61        77
                                                                                               
     1 to 99 workers.........................       100       100        98        75        70
       1 to 49 workers.......................       100       100        98        76        68
       50 to 99 workers......................       100       100        98        72        73
     100 workers or more.....................       100       100       100        82        72
       100 to 499 workers....................       100        99       100        80        72
       500 workers or more...................       100       100       100        84        72
                                                                                               
                 Geographic area                                                               
                                                                                               
     New England.............................       100       100       100        92        87
     Middle Atlantic.........................       100       100        98        74        70
     East North Central......................       100       100       100        77        68
     West North Central......................       100        99       100        77        70
     South Atlantic..........................       100       100       100        83        78
     East South Central......................       100       100       100        81        81
     West South Central......................       100       100        99        79        74
     Mountain................................       100       100        99        70        59
     Pacific.................................       100        99        98        81        65

       1 Formulary drugs are a listing of prescription medications that are covered by the
     plan.
       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 the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational
     Earnings in the United States, 2007." See Technical Note for more details.
     
     NOTE: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary
     of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20082009.htm.