Medical care benefits, single coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee contribution requirement

Table 11. Medical care benefits, single coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee
contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013

(All workers with single coverage medical care benefits = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Total

Employee contribution not
required

Employee contribution required

Percent of
participating
employees

Average
flat monthly
employer
premium

Percent of
participating
employees

Average
flat monthly
employer
premium

Percent of
participating
employees

Average
flat monthly
employer
premium

Average
flat monthly
employee
contribution

All workers

100

$460.94

29

$506.93

71

$441.80

$103.42

Worker characteristics

              

Management, professional, and related

100

464.83

29

514.27

71

444.18

107.11

    Professional and related

100

462.80

30

512.27

70

441.48

110.91

        Teachers

100

469.93

33

516.00

67

447.27

112.52

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

100

470.50

33

512.50

67

449.46

119.00

Service

100

450.04

29

486.30

71

435.51

99.99

    Protective service

100

469.92

30

506.46

70

454.54

100.10

Sales and office

100

466.00

30

513.58

70

445.74

99.23

    Office and administrative support

100

466.55

29

519.19

71

444.87

100.14

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

100

449.92

30

494.25

70

431.20

89.65

Production, transportation, and material moving

100

459.70

30

500.58

70

442.11

103.78

Full time

100

461.94

29

506.11

71

443.52

101.93

Part time

100

435.29

28

528.99

72

398.39

140.87

Union

100

503.17

33

548.33

67

480.77

119.87

Nonunion

100

419.76

26

454.87

74

407.61

88.98

Average wage within the following categories:1

              

    Lowest 25 percent

100

421.42

29

455.17

71

407.83

95.25

        Lowest 10 percent

100

403.64

26

408.37

74

401.97

86.25

    Second 25 percent

100

464.12

29

512.08

71

444.43

100.37

    Third 25 percent

100

461.18

31

508.70

69

440.08

100.12

    Highest 25 percent

100

485.86

29

537.13

71

464.97

114.30

        Highest 10 percent

100

496.91

34

531.98

66

478.70

100.15

Establishment characteristics

              

Service-providing industries

100

461.17

30

507.00

70

441.91

103.72

    Education and health services

100

450.74

30

498.64

70

430.14

110.50

        Educational services

100

452.16

29

499.59

71

432.36

110.61

            Elementary and secondary schools

100

456.58

32

502.31

68

435.31

118.62

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

100

441.42

23

484.98

77

428.57

82.99

        Healthcare and social assistance

100

442.02

34

493.56

66

415.63

109.81

            Hospitals

100

444.86

37

498.42

63

412.97

113.80

    Public administration

100

477.82

27

529.43

73

458.66

94.35

1 to 99 workers

100

462.36

43

506.08

57

429.80

85.92

    1 to 49 workers

100

465.18

40

492.19

60

447.50

76.18

    50 to 99 workers

100

459.46

46

518.42

54

409.33

97.17

100 workers or more

100

460.77

28

507.09

72

442.97

105.12

    100 to 499 workers

100

473.95

31

521.48

69

452.92

101.40

    500 workers or more

100

456.49

27

501.75

73

439.90

106.26

State government

100

453.54

20

546.52

80

430.64

87.20

Local government

100

463.91

33

497.51

67

447.18

111.23

Geographic areas

              

New England

100

521.63

14

540.17

86

518.67

118.10

Middle Atlantic

100

467.66

38

470.06

62

466.18

105.42

East North Central

100

496.10

19

558.40

81

481.30

86.39

West North Central

100

456.97

47

476.99

53

439.21

89.08

South Atlantic

100

429.55

20

484.12

80

416.04

89.76

East South Central

100

381.62

16

413.95

84

375.63

71.34

West South Central

100

395.14

45

450.41

55

350.06

120.57

Mountain

100

485.25

31

507.72

69

474.95

105.46

Pacific

100

533.71

32

640.40

68

484.15

146.11

1Surveyed 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: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. 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.