Long-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement Data Table

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Long-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement Data Table

Table 28. Long-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(All workers with long-term disability coverage = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Employee contribution required	Employee contribution not required
All workers	18	82
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	19	81
Professional and related	19	81
Teachers	21	79
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	22	78
Service	17	83
Protective service	18	82
Sales and office	16	84
Office and administrative support	17	83
Full time	18	82
Part time	22	78
Union	18	82
Nonunion	17	83
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	20	80
Second 25 percent	14	86
Third 25 percent	16	84
Highest 25 percent	20	80
Highest 10 percent	20	80
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	18	82
Education and health services	19	81
Educational services	20	80
Elementary and secondary schools	21	79
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	18	82
Health care and social assistance	13	87
Hospitals	15	85
Public administration	16	84

100 workers or more	18	82
100 to 499 workers	17	83
500 workers or more	18	82
State government	20	80
Local government	17	83
Geographic areas
Middle Atlantic	6	94
East North Central	37	63
West North Central	8	92
South Atlantic	6	94
Mountain	51	49
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: 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.