Health-related benefits: Access Data Table

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Health-related benefits: Access Data Table

Table 37. Health-related benefits: Access, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2009
(All workers = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Long-term care insurance1	Retiree health care benefits2
Characteristics	Long-term care insurance1	Under age 65	Age 65 and over
All workers	27	70	64
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	29	74	68
Professional and related	28	74	68
Teachers	26	74	68
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	23	74	66
Registered nurses	31	70	56
Service	24	63	57
Protective service	27	68	61
Sales and office	28	69	65
Office and administrative support	29	71	66
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	27	65	57
Production, transportation, and material moving	16	68	62
Full time	30	74	68
Part time	13	49	47
Union	27	77	71
Nonunion	27	65	59
Wage percentiles:3
Lowest 10 percent	15	44	40
Lowest 25 percent	19	57	52
Second 25 percent	30	72	66
Third 25 percent	32	76	70
Highest 25 percent	28	78	71
Highest 10 percent	31	81	75
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	27	70	64
Education and health services	29	73	66
Educational services	29	73	67
Elementary and secondary schools	21	73	66
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	52	73	71
Health care and social assistance	32	71	61
Hospitals	33	68	55
Public administration	25	70	65
1 to 99 workers	15	47	38
1 to 49 workers	14	45	38
50 to 99 workers	16	51	39
100 workers or more	29	74	68
100 to 499 workers	17	63	56
500 workers or more	33	78	73
State government	43	82	79
Local government	22	66	59
Geographic areas
New England	–	80	73
Middle Atlantic	16	85	82
East North Central	15	56	51
West North Central	–	55	40
South Atlantic	44	76	70
East South Central	–	57	51
West South Central	19	71	63
Mountain	24	69	71
Pacific	41	76	71
Footnotes:
1A health plan that provides long-term (more than 1 year) custodial care, home care, or nursing home care. 2A health plan that provides coverage to a retiree beyond what is mandated by COBRA or other health continuation laws. 3The 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: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. 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.