Standard Errors
Quality of life benefits: Access

Table 40. Standard errors for quality of life benefits: Access, State and local
government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Childcare1

Flexible
workplace

Subsidized
commuting

Wellness
programs

Employee
assistance
programs

All workers

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.7

1.3

Worker characteristics

          

Management, professional, and related

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.7

1.4

    Professional and related

1.2

0.9

1.1

1.7

1.5

        Teachers

1.3

0.8

0.8

1.9

1.5

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

1.0

0.2

0.5

1.8

1.5

Service

1.5

1.2

0.9

2.1

1.6

    Protective service

1.4

1.0

1.4

2.7

2.4

Sales and office

2.0

1.8

1.8

2.7

2.4

    Office and administrative support

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.6

2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.7

0.8

1.7

3.8

2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.4

–

2.4

3.7

4.8

Full time

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.7

1.4

Part time

1.4

0.6

1.1

2.4

2.2

Union

1.2

0.6

1.1

1.7

1.3

Nonunion

1.9

1.8

1.1

2.4

2.0

Average wage within the following categories:2

          

    Lowest 25 percent

1.9

1.5

0.7

2.5

2.2

        Lowest 10 percent

2.3

–

0.8

3.0

3.0

    Second 25 percent

2.0

1.7

1.9

2.3

1.8

    Third 25 percent

1.1

0.8

1.3

1.9

1.6

    Highest 25 percent

1.1

0.8

0.9

1.6

1.4

        Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.6

1.5

2.3

2.0

Establishment characteristics

          

Service-providing industries

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.7

1.3

    Education and health services

1.8

1.4

1.6

1.9

1.8

        Educational services

1.9

1.5

1.2

1.9

1.8

            Elementary and secondary schools

0.9

0.2

0.4

1.8

1.5

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

6.9

–

–

6.2

6.3

        Health care and social assistance

2.2

–

4.0

3.2

3.0

            Hospitals

2.9

–

–

3.2

2.8

    Public administration

1.8

1.7

1.2

2.1

1.9

1 to 99 workers

1.5

1.1

1.1

2.8

3.5

    1 to 49 workers

1.6

1.7

1.8

4.2

4.7

    50 to 99 workers

–

0.6

0.4

4.1

5.3

100 workers or more

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.8

1.4

    100 to 499 workers

1.1

0.6

1.3

2.8

2.4

    500 workers or more

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.9

1.5

State government

4.2

–

3.7

4.3

3.7

Local government

0.6

0.3

0.4

1.5

1.3

Geographic areas

          

New England

–

–

1.5

5.3

2.7

Middle Atlantic

0.8

–

0.7

2.9

3.1

East North Central

0.8

0.5

1.9

2.4

2.0

West North Central

–

–

–

4.5

5.6

South Atlantic

2.5

–

0.9

3.8

1.9

East South Central

–

–

0.9

10.4

9.5

West South Central

1.3

0.4

0.6

5.0

3.5

Mountain

2.8

1.6

2.1

9.9

3.5

Pacific

3.0

1.0

1.7

3.2

2.1

1A workplace program that provides for either the full or partial cost of caring for an employee's children in a nursery, day care
center, or a baby sitter in facilities either on or off the employer's premises.

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, 2010." 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/glossary20102011.htm.