Standard Errors
Short-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement

Table 24. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Employee
contribution requirement, State and local government workers,
National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Employee
contribution
required

Employee
contribution not
required

All workers

1.3

1.3

Worker characteristics

    

Management, professional, and related

1.2

1.2

    Professional and related

1.3

1.3

        Teachers

2.3

2.3

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

3.1

3.1

Service

2.3

2.3

    Protective service

4.5

4.5

Sales and office

2.4

2.4

    Office and administrative support

2.4

2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

3.2

3.2

Full time

1.3

1.3

Part time

2.2

2.2

Union

1.8

1.8

Nonunion

1.6

1.6

Average wage within the following categories:1

    

    Lowest 25 percent

2.2

2.2

        Lowest 10 percent

2.7

2.7

    Second 25 percent

1.8

1.8

    Third 25 percent

1.9

1.9

    Highest 25 percent

1.2

1.2

Establishment characteristics

    

Service-providing industries

1.3

1.3

    Education and health services

1.5

1.5

        Educational services

1.3

1.3

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.7

1.7

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.5

1.5

        Health care and social assistance

4.5

4.5

            Hospitals

5.4

5.4

    Public administration

2.2

2.2
     

100 workers or more

1.3

1.3

    100 to 499 workers

3.7

3.7

    500 workers or more

1.1

1.1

State government

1.9

1.9

Local government

1.5

1.5

Geographic areas

    

New England

–

0.0

Middle Atlantic

3.4

3.4

East North Central

4.0

4.0

West South Central

–

0.0

Mountain

3.2

3.2

Pacific

1.5

1.5

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,
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.