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

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

Table 11. Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(In percent)
Characteristics	Single coverage		Family coverage
Characteristics	Employer share	Employee share	Employer share	Employee share
All workers	82	18	70	30
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	84	16	72	28
Management, business, and financial	82	18	72	28
Professional and related	84	16	71	29
Teachers	88	12	69	31
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	89	11	67	33
Registered nurses	81	19	72	28
Service	82	18	68	32
Protective service	86	14	75	25
Sales and office	80	20	68	32
Sales and related	76	24	65	35
Office and administrative support	82	18	69	31
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	83	17	70	30
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	85	15	70	30
Installation, maintenance, and repair	82	18	71	29
Production, transportation, and material moving	82	18	73	27
Production	81	19	74	26
Transportation and material moving	82	18	72	28
Full time	82	18	70	30
Part time	80	20	70	30
Union	89	11	82	18
Nonunion	80	20	67	33
Average wage within the following categories:2
Lowest 25 percent	78	22	63	37
Lowest 10 percent	76	24	62	38
Second 25 percent	80	20	67	33
Third 25 percent	83	17	72	28
Highest 25 percent	84	16	75	25
Highest 10 percent	84	16	76	24
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	82	18	74	26
Service-providing industries	82	18	69	31
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	86	14	71	29
Health care and social assistance	82	18	69	31
Hospitals	82	18	75	25
Public administration	89	11	79	21
1 to 99 workers	80	20	65	35
1 to 49 workers	81	19	64	36
50 to 99 workers	80	20	66	34
100 workers or more	83	17	73	27
100 to 499 workers	81	19	71	29
500 workers or more	84	16	75	25
Geographic areas
New England	79	21	74	26
Middle Atlantic	84	16	77	23
East North Central	82	18	76	24
West North Central	82	18	71	29
South Atlantic	80	20	65	35
East South Central	81	19	63	37
West South Central	83	17	63	37
Mountain	83	17	69	31
Pacific	83	17	71	29
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 categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings 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, 2009." 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/glossary20092010.htm.