Standard Errors
Nonproduction bonuses: Access

Table 43. Standard errors for nonproduction bonuses: Access, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March
2013

Characteristics

All
nonproduction
bonuses

Cash
profit-sharing
bonus

Employee
recognition
bonus

End-of-year
bonus

Holiday
bonus

Payment in
lieu of
benefits
bonus

Longevity
bonus

Referral
bonus

Other
bonus2

All workers

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.4

Worker characteristics

                  

Management, professional, and related

1.0

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.3

0.5

0.6

    Management, business, and financial

1.4

0.7

0.6

1.3

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.7

1.2

    Professional and related

1.2

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.9

0.3

0.6

0.7

        Teachers

1.7

–

0.4

–

0.4

1.2

0.4

0.1

0.9

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

2.1

–

0.4

–

–

1.3

0.6

–

1.3

        Registered nurses

3.3

0.4

0.7

1.5

–

3.5

0.8

2.1

2.3

Service

1.3

0.2

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.8

    Protective service

2.6

–

1.2

0.7

1.1

1.4

1.3

1.1

2.4

Sales and office

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

    Sales and related

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.9

0.4

0.6

    Office and administrative support

1.0

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

1.5

0.5

0.7

0.9

1.1

0.4

0.4

0.6

1.0

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

2.1

0.6

0.5

1.5

1.4

0.5

0.3

0.2

1.4

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

2.0

0.7

1.2

1.5

1.3

0.7

0.6

1.2

1.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.4

0.7

0.3

0.7

0.9

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.9

    Production

2.1

1.1

0.5

1.3

1.1

0.7

0.7

0.9

1.3

    Transportation and material moving

1.7

0.5

0.3

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.4

1.2

1.2

Full time

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

Part time

1.0

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.5

Union

1.1

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.9

0.3

0.4

0.9

Nonunion

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

Average wage within the following categories:3

                  

    Lowest 25 percent

1.2

0.2

0.2

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.6

        Lowest 10 percent

1.6

0.1

0.3

1.2

0.9

0.2

0.3

0.8

0.7

    Second 25 percent

1.2

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

    Third 25 percent

1.0

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.7

    Highest 25 percent

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.3

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.6

        Highest 10 percent

1.3

0.8

0.6

1.2

0.7

0.7

0.2

0.5

1.0

Establishment characteristics

                  

Goods-producing industries

1.4

0.8

0.6

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.4

0.6

1.1

Service-providing industries

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

    Education and health services

1.5

0.2

0.3

1.0

0.6

1.0

0.3

0.6

0.6

        Educational services

1.2

–

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.8

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.5

–

0.3

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.5

–

1.1

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.8

–

0.4

0.2

–

0.9

0.9

0.3

1.2

        Healthcare and social assistance

2.3

0.3

0.5

1.6

1.0

1.5

0.5

1.0

1.0

            Hospitals

3.0

0.7

0.7

1.2

0.5

3.5

0.7

1.9

1.7

    Public administration

2.3

–

0.9

0.5

0.7

1.8

1.2

–

2.1

1 to 99 workers

0.9

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

    1 to 49 workers

1.1

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.6

    50 to 99 workers

1.8

0.7

0.7

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.5

1.0

1.3

100 workers or more

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.5

    100 to 499 workers

1.3

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.8

    500 workers or more

1.3

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.4

1.0

0.4

0.7

0.9

Geographic areas

                  

New England

2.2

0.5

–

1.5

0.4

1.3

0.6

1.2

1.2

Middle Atlantic

1.2

0.5

0.2

1.2

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.6

0.6

East North Central

2.0

0.4

0.6

1.2

0.8

1.5

1.0

0.6

1.0

West North Central

3.0

0.6

0.4

1.6

0.9

0.8

0.7

1.0

1.3

South Atlantic

1.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.1

0.5

0.4

1.0

1.2

East South Central

3.8

1.6

0.6

1.8

1.2

0.6

1.2

1.4

2.9

West South Central

2.3

1.2

0.4

1.4

1.1

0.7

0.5

1.1

1.3

Mountain

2.8

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.4

1.1

Pacific

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.7

0.4

0.7

0.4

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further
explanation.

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

3Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the average wage for the occupation, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the
threshold.  The categories were formed using percentile estimates generated using data from the National Compensation Survey publication, "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation -
March 2013."


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/glossary20122013.htm.