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

Table 13. Medical care benefits, family coverage: Employer and employee premiums by employee
contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2014

(All workers with family 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

$1,008.50

10

$1,307.10

90

$977.34

$450.76

Worker characteristics

              

Management, professional, and related

100

996.36

9

1,324.07

91

963.64

474.79

    Professional and related

100

985.20

10

1,337.60

90

948.38

490.20

        Teachers

100

960.27

11

1,347.19

89

912.14

517.50

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

100

951.28

13

1,343.12

87

895.51

550.27

Service

100

1,027.07

10

1,291.74

90

997.26

421.10

    Protective service

100

1,126.30

10

1,367.41

90

1,100.59

359.03

Sales and office

100

1,029.21

10

1,268.15

90

1,003.66

422.33

    Office and administrative support

100

1,032.74

10

1,274.84

90

1,007.69

423.18

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

100

1,006.05

10

1,384.82

90

966.88

401.30

Production, transportation, and material moving

100

1,013.08

11

1,204.84

89

990.27

432.00

Full time

100

1,008.73

10

1,313.77

90

977.10

448.71

Part time

100

1,002.60

11

1,159.76

89

983.53

503.93

Union

100

1,155.52

16

1,326.18

84

1,122.88

433.40

Nonunion

100

862.71

3

1,202.36

97

852.57

465.65

Average wage within the following categories1:

              

    Lowest 25 percent

100

843.28

6

1,287.94

94

818.10

492.01

        Lowest 10 percent

100

732.85

2

1,371.09

98

720.14

541.71

    Second 25 percent

100

1,041.87

8

1,255.11

92

1,022.87

411.16

    Third 25 percent

100

1,004.60

10

1,315.71

90

972.18

451.52

    Highest 25 percent

100

1,097.40

13

1,333.41

87

1,061.21

453.62

        Highest 10 percent

100

1,167.32

18

1,319.76

82

1,134.18

413.50

Establishment characteristics

              

Service-providing industries

100

1,008.01

10

1,308.24

90

976.65

452.24

    Education and health services

100

944.44

9

1,327.76

91

905.08

503.74

        Educational services

100

926.38

10

1,332.85

90

882.36

515.15

            Elementary and secondary schools

100

908.09

11

1,342.70

89

853.03

562.49

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

100

988.03

5

1,284.99

95

971.78

369.70

        Health care and social assistance

100

1,057.50

6

1,279.39

94

1,042.23

434.84

            Hospitals

100

1,039.61

8

1,287.88

92

1,018.29

435.33

    Public administration

100

1,120.24

10

1,289.19

90

1,103.52

370.41

1 to 99 workers

100

971.98

8

1,246.95

92

949.09

410.46

    1 to 49 workers

100

1,002.43

6

1,156.81

94

991.75

368.79

    50 to 99 workers

100

942.08

–

–

–

–

–

100 workers or more

100

1,012.96

10

1,312.93

90

980.86

455.79

    100 to 499 workers

100

1,026.40

9

1,428.10

91

991.36

462.62

    500 workers or more

100

1,008.67

10

1,284.03

90

977.43

453.56

State government

100

1,057.23

3

1,207.85

97

1,053.44

356.70

Local government

100

988.58

13

1,315.19

87

942.74

493.53

Geographic areas

              

Northeast

100

1,255.89

28

1,292.97

72

1,241.51

344.22

    New England

100

1,339.12

8

1,365.37

92

1,336.96

377.23

    Middle Atlantic

100

1,228.15

35

1,287.67

65

1,196.49

328.65

South

100

778.48

[2]

1,237.81

100

777.22

499.45

    South Atlantic

100

898.98

[2]

1,257.03

100

897.70

450.59

    East South Central

100

654.88

–

–

–

–

–

    West South Central

100

675.39

–

–

–

–

–

Midwest

100

1,157.35

12

1,309.70

88

1,137.29

395.80

    East North Central

100

1,234.18

11

1,297.16

89

1,226.17

349.22

    West North Central

100

1,037.55

12

1,327.83

88

997.29

469.16

West

100

1,071.54

9

1,351.03

91

1,047.35

476.96

    Mountain

100

851.06

3

1,153.28

97

842.56

514.06

    Pacific

100

1,148.02

11

1,370.23

89

1,123.94

463.08

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 ECEC data for March 2014.

2Less 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/glossary20132014.htm.