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National Compensation Survey - Benefits produces comprehensive data on the incidence (the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer provided benefit plans) and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.

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Latest Benefits News Release

Retirement benefits available to 91% of state and local government workers in March 2019

09/19/2019

Retirement benefits were available to 91 percent of state and local government workers. Sixty-nine percent of workers in the lowest 10 percent wage category and 95 percent of workers in the highest 10 percent wage category had access.
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Employee Benefits Survey
(1985 to 2006)
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*2007 to 2009 benefits data are not available in the National Compensation Survey data base.
For data during these years, see the NCS publication archive.

 

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Annual Bulletin on Benefit Coverage

National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2019

September 2019
Bulletin 2791
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Overview

Tables organized by ownership

Employee benefits data tables: United States, March 2019 (Tab view)

Tables organized by benefit

Employee benefits data tables: United States, March 2019 (Tab view)

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Latest Bulletin on Benefit Plan Details in Private Industry

Health Plan Provisions for Private Industry Workers in the United States, 2018

April 2019
Bulletin 2790

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Latest Bulletin on Health Benefit Plan Details in Government

National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011

March 2012
Bulletin 2772

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Latest Bulletin on Retirement Benefit Plan Details in Government

National Compensation Survey: Retirement Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2016

April 2017
Bulletin 2786

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EBS Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

        Affordable Care Act (ACA)

  1. How will implementation of the ACA change NCS health care data? Will NCS data collection be any different from pre-ACA?
  2. What are grandfathered health care plans and how prevalent are they?
  3. Does the BLS have any information on the prevalence of the Essential Health benefits that are mentioned in the ACA?

    4. General employee benefit information

  4. What types of benefit data does the BLS provide?
  5. For what worker and establishment characteristics are benefit data available?
  6. How much has the cost of employer-provided benefits changed in the last 5 years?

    7. Retirement benefits information

  7. What are frozen retirement plans and how prevalent are they?
  8. How prevalent are cash account (cash balance) pension plans?

    9. Health benefits information

  9. What are high deductible health plans and how do they differ from traditional health plans?
  10. How much do employees pay for health care?
  11. What information does the NCS collect about Flexible Spending Accounts? Does the NCS capture data regarding the details of how an employer reimburses their employees for valid transactions?

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Other BLS Programs

  • National Compensation Survey—designed to integrate data from separate BLS compensation surveys—currently provides earnings data by worker characteristics and establishment characteristics and by geographic area.
  • Compensation Cost Trends—quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.

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Civilian Workers, Compensation

Access to defined contribution retirement plans
60% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans
26% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday
78% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation
76% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave
76% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave
19% in 2019 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans
52% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs
44% in 2019 Historical Data

Private industry workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans
64% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans
16% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday
79% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation
79% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave
73% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave
18% in 2019 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans
49% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs
41% in 2019 Historical Data

State and local government workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans
37% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans
86% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday
68% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation
61% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave
91% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave
25% in 2019 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans
70% in 2019 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs
62% in 2019 Historical Data

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