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Life insurance plans: Method of benefit payment

Table 18. Standard errors for life insurance plans: Method of benefit payment, State
and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2014

Characteristics

Basic life insurance method of payment

Fixed
multiple of
annual
earnings

Variable
multiple of
annual
earnings

Flat dollar
amount

Variable
dollar
amount

Other

All workers

2.0

0.3

1.9

0.4

0.6

Worker characteristics

          

Management, professional, and related

2.3

0.3

2.3

0.5

0.6

    Professional and related

2.5

0.4

2.4

0.6

0.7

        Teachers

2.4

0.4

2.4

0.9

0.8

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

2.4

0.4

2.3

1.0

0.8

Service

2.3

0.4

2.3

0.8

0.5

    Protective service

3.3

0.7

3.3

1.7

0.2

Sales and office

3.2

–

3.0

1.4

–

    Office and administrative support

3.2

–

3.0

1.1

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.9

1.4

3.1

–

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

4.1

1.1

4.4

–

–

Full time

2.1

0.3

2.0

0.5

0.6

Part time

5.2

–

4.8

1.1

–

Union

2.0

0.4

1.9

0.8

0.1

Nonunion

2.8

0.5

2.7

0.4

1.2

Average wage within the following categories1:

          

    Lowest 25 percent

2.8

0.3

2.7

0.6

1.3

        Lowest 10 percent

4.4

–

4.1

0.7

0.9

    Second 25 percent

2.9

0.6

2.7

0.6

0.8

    Third 25 percent

2.9

0.6

2.7

1.0

0.8

    Highest 25 percent

1.8

0.3

1.8

0.8

0.2

        Highest 10 percent

2.6

0.6

2.6

0.7

[2]

Establishment characteristics

          

Service-providing industries

2.0

0.3

1.9

0.4

0.6

    Education and health services

2.7

0.4

2.5

0.6

0.8

        Educational services

2.7

0.4

2.6

0.7

0.9

            Elementary and secondary schools

2.3

0.3

2.3

0.6

1.0

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

6.4

–

6.2

1.4

–

        Health care and social assistance

5.6

–

5.7

0.6

–

            Hospitals

7.1

–

7.1

–

–

    Public administration

2.7

0.5

2.7

0.6

0.5

1 to 99 workers

4.7

0.8

4.8

1.2

1.9

    1 to 49 workers

5.0

–

5.6

–

–

    50 to 99 workers

6.2

–

6.3

–

–

100 workers or more

2.2

0.3

2.0

0.5

0.6

    100 to 499 workers

3.2

–

3.4

1.1

–

    500 workers or more

2.5

0.4

2.3

0.6

0.8

State government

5.0

0.8

4.9

1.2

0.8

Local government

1.7

0.3

1.5

0.4

0.6

Geographic areas

          

Northeast

2.3

0.4

2.4

1.4

–

    New England

5.4

–

6.1

–

–

    Middle Atlantic

2.4

0.2

2.5

1.2

–

South

3.5

0.6

3.3

0.5

1.6

    South Atlantic

4.8

0.6

4.5

0.4

3.2

    East South Central

10.8

–

10.1

–

–

    West South Central

2.9

–

2.9

0.4

–

Midwest

5.4

–

5.0

1.0

–

    East North Central

4.3

–

4.0

1.0

–

    West North Central

11.7

1.2

10.9

2.1

–

West

2.1

–

2.5

1.1

–

    Mountain

4.1

–

5.9

–

–

    Pacific

2.3

0.8

2.6

1.2

–

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 0.05.


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/glossary20132014.htm.