Table 46. Vision care benefits: Coverage for selected services,
     private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, 2008

     (All workers participating in vision care plans = 100 percent)
                                                                           
                                                                           
                  Characteristic              Eye exams  Glasses   Contact 
                                                                  lenses(1)
                                                                           
                                                                           
     All workers.............................        99       100        88
                                                                           
              Worker characteristic                                        
                                                                           
     Management, professional, and related...        99        99        86
       Management, business, and financial...        99        99        82
       Professional and related..............       100        99        89
     Service.................................       100       100        85
     Sales and office........................        99       100        93
       Sales and related.....................       100       100        98
       Office and administrative support.....        99       100        91
     Natural resources, construction, and                                  
     maintenance.............................        99       100        85
       Construction, extraction, farming,                                  
       fishing, and forestry.................       100       100        82
       Installation, maintenance, and repair         99        99        87
     Production, transportation, and material                              
     moving..................................        99       100        91
       Production............................        99       100        90
       Transportation and material moving....        99       100        92
                                                                           
     Full time...............................        99       100        88
     Part time...............................       100       100        93
                                                                           
     Union...................................       100        99        88
     Nonunion................................        99       100        89
                                                                           
     Average wage within the following                                     
     percentiles:(2)                                                       
       Less than 10..........................       100       100        82
       10 to under 25........................       100       100        94
       25 to under 50........................        99       100        88
       50 to under 75........................        99       100        90
       75 to under 90........................        99        99        85
       90 or greater.........................        99        99        89
                                                                           
           Establishment characteristic                                    
                                                                           
     Goods-producing industries..............        99       100        89
       Construction..........................       100       100        84
       Manufacturing.........................        99       100        92
     Service-providing industries............        99        99        88
       Trade, transportation, and utilities..        99        99        90
         Wholesale trade.....................       100       100        86
         Retail trade........................       100       100        94
         Transportation and warehousing......       100       100        93
         Utilities...........................        87        77        71
       Information...........................       100       100        97
       Financial activities..................        98       100        88
         Finance and insurance...............        98       100        93
           Credit intermediation and related                               
           activities........................        98       100        92
           Insurance carriers and related                                  
           activities........................       100       100        93
         Real estate and rental and leasing..       100       100        73
       Professional and business services....       100       100        93
         Professional and technical services        100       100        93
         Administrative and waste services...       100       100        97
       Education and health services.........        99        99        81
         Educational services................        98        97        74
           Junior colleges, colleges, and                                  
           universities......................        98        96        77
         Health care and social assistance...        99        99        83
       Leisure and hospitality...............       100       100        81
         Accommodation and food services.....       100       100        78
       Other services........................       100       100        75
                                                                           
     1 to 99 workers.........................       100       100        86
       1 to 49 workers.......................        99       100        86
       50 to 99 workers......................       100       100        84
     100 workers or more.....................        99        99        90
       100 to 499 workers....................        99        99        89
       500 workers or more...................        99        99        91
                                                                           
                 Geographic area                                           
                                                                           
     New England.............................        99       100        78
     Middle Atlantic.........................        99        99        79
     East North Central......................        99       100        91
     West North Central......................        97        97        85
     South Atlantic..........................        99       100        92
     East South Central......................        99       100        86
     West South Central......................        98       100        84
     Mountain................................       100       100        89
     Pacific.................................       100       100        96

       1 Includes plans that provide coverage for elective purchase of
     contact lenses; medically necessary contact lenses (cataract surgery)
     normally are provided under the surgical portion of a medical plan and
     are not described in this table.
       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.