Table 15. Outpatient prescription drug benefits: Type of
coverage, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey,
2009

(All workers participating in outpatient prescription drug plans
= 100 percent)
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                          Higher 
                           Generic  Brand-na-    Mail   reimburs-
     Characteristics        drugs    me drugs   order   ement for
                                                drugs   formulary
                                                         drugs(1)
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
  Worker characteristic                                          
                                                                 
All workers..............       100        99        79        74
                                                                 
Management, professional,                                        
and related..............       100        99        79        79
  Management, business,                                          
  and financial..........       100        99        81        79
  Professional and                                               
  related................       100        99        78        79
Service..................       100        99        62        72
  Protective service.....       100       100        69        63
Sales and office.........        99        98        85        72
  Sales and related......       100        99        85        72
  Office and                                                     
  administrative support         98        98        85        72
Natural resources,                                               
construction, and                                                
maintenance..............       100        99        79        73
  Construction,                                                  
  extraction, farming,                                           
  fishing, and forestry..       100        98        79        70
  Installation,                                                  
  maintenance, and repair       100       100        78        76
Production,                                                      
transportation, and                                              
material moving..........       100       100        79        73
  Production.............       100        99        82        73
  Transportation and                                             
  material moving........       100       100        75        72
                                                                 
Full time................       100        99        79        75
Part time................       100        99        72        62
                                                                 
Union....................       100        99        81        65
Nonunion.................       100        99        78        76
                                                                 
Average wage within the                                          
following categories:(2)                                         
  Lowest 25 percent......        99        99        72        70
  Second 25 percent......        99        99        76        71
  Third 25 percent.......       100        99        77        76
  Highest 25 percent.....       100        99        84        77
    Highest 10 percent...       100        99        82        79
                                                                 
      Establishment                                              
     characteristic                                              
                                                                 
Goods-producing                                                  
industries...............       100        99        82        71
  Construction...........       100        98        73        73
  Manufacturing..........       100       100        86        71
                                                                 
Service-providing                                                
industries...............        99        99        77        75
  Trade, transportation,                                         
  and utilities..........        99        99        81        69
    Retail trade.........       100       100        81        71
    Transportation and                                           
    warehousing..........       100       100        73        70
  Information............       100        99        88        83
  Financial activities...       100        99        90        86
    Finance and insurance       100        99        91        83
      Credit                                                     
      intermediation and                                         
      related activities        100       100        88        78
      Insurance carriers                                         
      and related                                                
      activities.........       100        99        93        90
  Professional and                                               
  business services......        99        99        73        74
    Professional and                                             
    technical services...        98        98        72        79
  Education and health                                           
  services...............       100        99        74        77
    Educational services        100        99        85        87
      Junior colleges,                                           
      colleges, and                                              
      universities.......       100        99        83        85
    Health care and                                              
    social assistance....       100        99        72        76
                                                                 
1 to 99 workers..........       100        99        73        74
  1 to 49 workers........       100        99        72        72
  50 to 99 workers.......       100        99        79        79
100 workers or more......       100        99        83        75
  100 to 499 workers.....        99        98        79        74
  500 workers or more....       100        99        88        76
                                                                 
     Geographic area                                             
                                                                 
New England..............       100       100        84        87
Middle Atlantic..........       100       100        81        78
East North Central.......       100        99        79        68
West North Central.......        99        98        68        76
South Atlantic...........        99        99        77        79
East South Central.......       100       100        58        80
West South Central.......       100        99        81        71
Mountain.................       100        99        77        66
Pacific..................       100        98        86        71

  1 Formulary drugs are a listing of prescription medications
that are covered by the plan.
  2 The categories are based on the average wage for each
occupation surveyed, which may include workers 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, 2008." 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/glossary20092010.htm.