Short-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement Data Table

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Short-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement Data Table

Table 23. Short-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(All workers with short-term disability coverage = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Employee contribution required	Employee contribution not required
All workers	12	88
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	11	89
Professional and related	11	89
Teachers	9	91
Service	15	85
Protective service	16	84
Sales and office	13	87
Office and administrative support	13	87
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	12	88
Full time	12	88
Part time	10	90
Union	15	85
Nonunion	9	91
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	10	90
Lowest 10 percent	8	92
Second 25 percent	12	88
Third 25 percent	12	88
Highest 25 percent	15	85
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	12	88
Education and health services	11	89
Educational services	8	92
Elementary and secondary schools	9	91
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	4	96
Health care and social assistance	27	73
Hospitals	31	69
Public administration	16	84
100 workers or more	13	87
100 to 499 workers	18	82
500 workers or more	12	88
State government	13	87
Local government	12	88
Geographic areas
New England	�	100
Middle Atlantic	31	69
East North Central	19	81
West South Central	�	100
Mountain	14	86
Pacific	5	95
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. 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.