Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment

Table 24. Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment, private industry
workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2013

(All workers with short-term disability coverage = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Flat dollar
amounts

Dollar
amount
varies

Fixed
percent of
annual
earnings

Percent
varies by
annual
earnings

Other

All workers

6

2

68

23

1

Worker characteristics

          

Management, professional, and related

1

1

63

33

1

    Management, business, and financial

2

1

57

39

1

    Professional and related

1

1

68

29

1

Service

5

–

88

5

–

Sales and office

3

1

67

28

[1]

    Sales and related

4

–

70

25

–

    Office and administrative support

3

1

66

29

1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

17

–

58

19

–

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

32

8

50

–

–

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

7

–

63

26

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

15

–

68

11

–

    Production

18

–

62

13

–

    Transportation and material moving

13

–

77

8

–

Full time

7

2

66

25

1

Part time

4

–

85

10

–

Union

22

–

54

14

–

Nonunion

4

1

70

25

1

Average wage within the following categories:2

          

    Lowest 25 percent

5

–

85

8

–

        Lowest 10 percent

–

–

95

4

–

    Second 25 percent

8

2

73

17

1

    Third 25 percent

8

2

67

22

[1]

    Highest 25 percent

4

2

59

33

1

        Highest 10 percent

2

1

59

37

1

Establishment characteristics

          

Goods-producing industries

17

–

59

19

–

    Construction

27

4

57

–

–

    Manufacturing

15

5

59

19

1

Service-providing industries

3

1

71

25

1

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

7

–

75

17

–

        Wholesale trade

5

–

73

20

–

        Retail trade

4

–

78

17

–

        Transportation and warehousing

–

–

76

8

–

        Utilities

–

–

50

48

–

    Information

–

–

36

61

–

    Financial activities

–

–

48

51

–

        Finance and insurance

–

1

43

57

–

            Credit intermediation and related activities

–

–

32

67

–

            Insurance carriers and related activities

–

–

56

44

–

        Real estate and rental and leasing

–

–

87

–

–

    Professional and business services

–

–

68

30

–

        Professional and technical services

–

–

71

28

–

        Administrative and waste services

–

–

79

–

–

    Education and health services

4

–

84

10

–

        Educational services

–

–

83

12

–

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

–

–

80

18

–

        Healthcare and social assistance

4

–

85

9

–

    Leisure and hospitality

4

–

90

–

–

        Accommodation and food services

4

–

90

–

–

    Other services

2

–

92

–

–

1 to 99 workers

6

–

75

17

–

    1 to 49 workers

6

–

74

18

–

    50 to 99 workers

6

–

77

14

–

100 workers or more

6

2

63

27

1

    100 to 499 workers

8

1

70

21

[1]

    500 workers or more

5

4

56

34

1

Geographic areas

          

New England

5

–

65

28

–

Middle Atlantic

4

–

84

11

–

East North Central

12

4

59

25

[1]

South Atlantic

6

1

66

27

[1]

East South Central

9

–

64

21

–

West South Central

6

–

56

36

–

Mountain

5

–

66

29

–

Pacific

3

2

65

28

3

1Less than 0.5.


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

2Surveyed 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& nbsp;Compensation - March 2013."