Medical care benefits, family coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee contribution requirement Standard Errors

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Medical care benefits, family coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee contribution requirement Standard Errors

Table 14. Standard errors for medical care benefits, family coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
Characteristics	Average flat monthly employer premium	Employee contribution not required		Employee contribution required
Characteristics	Average flat monthly employer premium	Percent of participating employees	Average flat monthly employer premium	Percent of participating employees	Average flat monthly employer premium	Average flat monthly employee contribution
All workers	$12.75	0.6	$15.55	0.6	$13.84	$7.55
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	13.72	0.8	20.62	0.8	14.83	9.55
Professional and related	14.44	0.9	22.61	0.9	15.49	10.46
Teachers	16.99	1.2	27.01	1.2	18.05	13.24
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	19.97	1.3	34.15	1.3	20.89	13.78
Service	18.47	1.0	30.96	1.0	19.40	9.98
Protective service	22.17	1.5	55.11	1.5	21.76	11.23
Sales and office	22.18	1.8	31.56	1.8	23.44	10.91
Office and administrative support	22.25	1.5	29.27	1.5	23.37	10.67
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	22.86	1.8	�	1.8	23.01	15.07
Production, transportation, and material moving	28.54	3.1	58.39	3.1	30.95	17.36
Full time	13.20	0.7	15.95	0.7	14.26	7.82
Part time	44.30	1.8	38.78	1.8	50.19	21.15
Union	10.99	1.0	17.08	1.0	12.45	7.49
Nonunion	18.34	0.4	42.85	0.4	18.70	11.71
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	23.18	0.8	35.58	0.8	24.01	11.78
Lowest 10 percent	39.69	1.0	87.63	1.0	39.56	18.05
Second 25 percent	15.84	1.0	18.94	1.0	16.86	9.17
Third 25 percent	18.22	1.1	37.72	1.1	19.69	11.58
Highest 25 percent	11.98	1.0	21.06	1.0	13.10	9.35
Highest 10 percent	16.19	1.5	17.48	1.5	20.93	11.09
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	12.88	0.7	15.72	0.7	13.95	7.62
Education and health services	14.48	0.8	22.05	0.8	15.51	10.22
Educational services	15.18	0.9	22.75	0.9	16.13	11.15
Elementary and secondary schools	16.51	1.0	25.03	1.0	16.69	10.88
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	40.46	1.3	37.49	1.3	42.09	26.77
Health care and social assistance	26.55	1.3	41.78	1.3	27.70	11.87
Hospitals	35.76	1.8	43.24	1.8	38.66	15.33
Public administration	15.54	0.9	25.72	0.9	16.26	7.77
1 to 99 workers	30.59	1.5	99.68	1.5	32.52	15.17
1 to 49 workers	42.79	2.1	143.45	2.1	41.83	17.93
50 to 99 workers	38.20	2.5	�	2.5	42.48	25.17
100 workers or more	12.58	0.7	15.26	0.7	13.79	7.81
100 to 499 workers	33.12	2.0	34.22	2.0	35.09	16.80
500 workers or more	12.55	0.6	13.94	0.6	14.07	9.21
State government	23.62	0.7	61.20	0.7	24.12	13.70
Local government	13.47	0.9	15.97	0.9	14.62	7.56
Geographic areas
New England	27.11	2.8	65.63	2.8	24.94	16.15
Middle Atlantic	21.48	3.2	20.17	3.2	29.33	8.90
East North Central	36.45	2.5	22.49	2.5	41.25	17.18
West North Central	40.59	2.2	89.48	2.2	40.58	27.69
South Atlantic	27.51	0.4	161.17	0.4	26.35	17.11
East South Central	57.09	�	�	�	�	�
West South Central	32.46	�	�	�	�	�
Pacific	12.90	1.4	34.93	1.4	15.30	7.87
Footnotes:
1The 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: 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/glossary20092010.htm.