Standard Errors
Short-term disability plans: method of funding

Table 23. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Method of funding,
private industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Non-
commercially
insured1

Commercially
insured

Legally
required

Other

All workers

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.2

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

1.8

1.9

0.9

0.4

    Management, business, and financial

2.3

2.0

1.0

0.4

    Professional and related

2.1

2.2

1.3

0.4

Service

3.6

2.3

4.2

0.4

    Protective service

–

9.4

5.4

–

Sales and office

1.3

1.3

0.9

0.2

    Sales and related

2.1

2.1

1.3

0.4

    Office and administrative support

1.5

1.5

1.0

0.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.1

2.7

1.8

1.1

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

3.1

4.4

3.3

2.0

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

2.6

3.0

1.6

0.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.6

1.6

0.9

0.6

    Production

2.0

1.9

1.2

0.6

    Transportation and material moving

2.4

2.6

1.4

1.1

Full time

1.1

1.1

0.7

0.2

Part time

3.9

1.7

4.2

0.5

Union

2.1

2.0

2.1

1.0

Nonunion

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.2

Average wage within the following categories:2

        

    Lowest 25 percent

3.5

2.7

4.1

0.2

        Lowest 10 percent

6.4

–

7.3

–

    Second 25 percent

1.7

1.5

1.5

0.3

    Third 25 percent

1.2

1.3

0.8

0.4

    Highest 25 percent

1.4

1.5

0.7

0.3

        Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.9

0.8

0.5

Establishment characteristics

        

Goods-producing industries

1.5

1.6

1.3

0.5

    Construction

2.2

4.1

4.4

1.9

    Manufacturing

1.7

1.7

0.9

0.4

Service-providing industries

1.5

1.2

1.3

0.2

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

1.7

1.7

0.9

0.5

        Wholesale trade

2.9

2.7

–

–

        Transportation and warehousing

4.2

5.1

2.1

2.3

        Utilities

5.8

4.6

–

–

    Information

2.7

3.6

–

–

    Financial activities

2.5

1.9

–

–

        Finance and insurance

1.9

1.8

–

–

            Credit intermediation and related activities

2.3

1.9

–

–

            Insurance carriers and related activities

4.3

4.3

–

–

        Real estate and rental and leasing

4.5

10.6

–

–

    Professional and business services

3.2

3.6

–

–

        Professional and technical services

3.7

4.3

3.1

–

        Administrative and waste services

6.8

5.3

–

–

    Education and health services

3.0

3.1

1.7

0.6

        Educational services

2.8

3.5

–

–

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2.3

2.2

0.7

[3]

        Health care and social assistance

3.6

3.4

1.9

0.6

    Leisure and hospitality

–

4.2

7.5

–

        Accommodation and food services

8.6

–

8.9

–

    Other services

–

8.0

9.3

–

1 to 99 workers

1.8

1.8

2.2

0.4

    1 to 49 workers

1.7

1.9

1.5

0.5

    50 to 99 workers

3.5

3.3

5.3

0.5

100 workers or more

1.2

1.2

1.0

0.2

    100 to 499 workers

1.5

1.8

1.5

0.3

    500 workers or more

2.1

1.5

1.5

0.3

Geographic areas

        

Middle Atlantic

2.1

1.6

1.9

0.4

East North Central

2.3

2.3

–

0.5

West North Central

2.8

2.7

–

1.4

South Atlantic

2.4

2.6

–

0.4

East South Central

4.8

4.6

–

–

West South Central

3.5

3.4

–

0.5

Mountain

3.4

3.5

–

–

Pacific

3.3

3.4

1.1

0.3

1Employer assumes all risks and expenses of
providing the benefit.

3Less than 0.05.

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.