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Nonproduction bonuses: Access Data Table

Table 41. Nonproduction bonuses: Access, State and local government workers, National Compensation
Survey, March 2010

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

All
nonproduction
bonuses1

Employee
recognition
bonus

End-of-year
bonus

Holiday
bonus

Payment in
lieu of
benefits
bonus

Longevity
bonus

Referral
bonus

Other
bonus2

All workers

30

4

1

1

11

6

1

12

Worker characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management, professional, and related

29

4

1

1

11

5

1

12

    Professional and related

28

4

[3]

1

11

4

1

11

        Teachers

24

2

–

–

12

3

–

10

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

28

2

–

–

14

3

–

12

Service

32

4

1

2

10

9

–

12

    Protective service

42

7

–

3

12

13

–

17

Sales and office

32

5

1

2

12

6

1

12

    Office and administrative support

32

5

2

2

13

6

1

12

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

33

3

–

–

11

10

–

11

Production, transportation, and material moving

29

2

–

–

11

5

–

11

Full time

34

5

1

1

12

7

1

14

Part time

11

1

–

1

3

2

–

3

Union

35

4

[3]

[3]

19

5

–

12

Nonunion

27

4

1

2

5

7

1

12

Average wage within the following categories:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Lowest 25 percent

23

1

1

2

6

5

1

10

        Lowest 10 percent

17

[3]

–

3

4

4

–

7

    Second 25 percent

33

6

1

2

10

8

–

13

    Third 25 percent

33

5

1

1

12

6

1

14

    Highest 25 percent

33

5

[3]

[3]

16

4

[3]

12

        Highest 10 percent

32

5

–

–

17

3

–

11

Establishment characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service-providing industries

30

4

1

1

11

6

1

12

    Education and health services

25

3

1

1

10

4

1

10

        Educational services

23

3

–

–

10

3

–

9

            Elementary and secondary schools

24

1

–

–

12

3

–

10

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

20

7

–

–

5

3

–

8

        Health care and social assistance

45

8

3

6

10

6

4

15

            Hospitals

41

4

2

5

9

4

5

13

    Public administration

40

7

1

2

14

10

–

17

1 to 99 workers

29

2

4

6

9

10

–

7

    1 to 49 workers

28

2

3

8

7

9

–

9

    50 to 99 workers

32

3

5

3

12

11

–

4

100 workers or more

31

5

[3]

1

11

6

1

13

    100 to 499 workers

33

2

1

2

14

8

1

12

    500 workers or more

30

6

–

–

11

5

1

13

State government

41

12

–

–

12

7

2

19

Local government

27

2

1

2

11

6

[3]

10

Geographic areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England

37

–

–

–

18

10

–

19

Middle Atlantic

30

–

1

–

14

3

–

15

East North Central

30

1

–

–

18

8

–

7

West North Central

19

–

[3]

–

5

–

–

6

South Atlantic

37

6

–

3

4

7

3

21

West South Central

33

3

–

–

7

8

[3]

16

Mountain

20

4

–

–

–

6

–

9

Pacific

36

15

1

–

24

1

–

6

Footnotes:

1The sum of the individual components may be greater than the total because some employees may have access to more than one type of nonproduction bonus.

2Includes all other bonuses provided to employees and not published separately.

3Less than 0.5 percent.

4The 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.