Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee Data Table

Employee Benefits Survey

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Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee Data Table

Table 10. Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2009
(In percent)
Characteristics	Single coverage		Family coverage
Characteristics	Employer share	Employee share	Employer share	Employee share
All workers	82	18	71	29
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	84	16	71	29
Management, business, and financial	83	17	72	28
Professional and related	84	16	71	29
Teachers	89	11	69	31
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	89	11	67	33
Registered nurses	82	18	71	29
Service	82	18	69	31
Protective service	85	15	76	24
Sales and office	80	20	68	32
Sales and related	76	24	65	35
Office and administrative support	82	18	70	30
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	83	17	72	28
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	85	15	73	27
Installation, maintenance, and repair	81	19	71	29
Production, transportation, and material moving	82	18	74	26
Production	82	18	75	25
Transportation and material moving	83	17	73	27
Full time	83	17	71	29
Part time	79	21	68	32
Union	91	9	84	16
Nonunion	80	20	67	33
Wage percentiles:2
Lowest 10 percent	75	25	61	39
Lowest 25 percent	77	23	63	37
Second 25 percent	81	19	68	32
Third 25 percent	83	17	72	28
Highest 25 percent	85	15	74	26
Highest 10 percent	85	15	76	24
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	82	18	75	25
Service-providing industries	82	18	70	30
Education and health services	85	15	69	31
Educational services	88	12	69	31
Elementary and secondary schools	89	11	68	32
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	87	13	71	29
Health care and social assistance	83	17	69	31
Hospitals	82	18	74	26
Public administration	90	10	79	21
1 to 99 workers	81	19	66	34
1 to 49 workers	81	19	66	34
50 to 99 workers	81	19	67	33
100 workers or more	83	17	73	27
100 to 499 workers	82	18	71	29
500 workers or more	85	15	75	25
Geographic areas
New England	79	21	73	27
Middle Atlantic	84	16	77	23
East North Central	81	19	75	25
West North Central	82	18	71	29
South Atlantic	81	19	66	34
East South Central	81	19	64	36
West South Central	83	17	63	37
Mountain	82	18	67	33
Pacific	85	15	73	27
Footnotes:
1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation. 2The 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, 2008." See Technical Note for more details. NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. 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.