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Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee

Table 10. Medical care benefits: Share of premiums paid by employer and
employee,  private industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March
2014

(In percent)

Characteristics

Single coverage

Family coverage

Employer
share

Employee
share

Employer
share

Employee
share

All workers

79

21

68

32

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

81

19

70

30

    Management, business, and financial

79

21

69

31

    Professional and related

81

19

71

29

Service

77

23

62

38

    Protective service

77

23

66

34

Sales and office

77

23

66

34

    Sales and related

73

27

63

37

    Office and administrative support

79

21

68

32

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

79

21

67

33

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

80

20

67

33

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

78

22

66

34

Production, transportation, and material moving

79

21

72

28

    Production

79

21

73

27

    Transportation and material moving

79

21

72

28

Full time

79

21

69

31

Part time

72

28

63

37

Union

86

14

84

16

Nonunion

78

22

66

34

Average wage within the following categories1:

        

    Lowest 25 percent

74

26

58

42

        Lowest 10 percent

70

30

57

43

    Second 25 percent

78

22

66

34

    Third 25 percent

79

21

70

30

    Highest 25 percent

81

19

72

28

        Highest 10 percent

81

19

72

28

Establishment characteristics

        

Goods-producing industries

80

20

72

28

    Construction

80

20

64

36

    Manufacturing

80

20

75

25

Service-providing industries

79

21

67

33

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

76

24

67

33

        Wholesale trade

78

22

67

33

        Retail trade

71

29

60

40

        Transportation and warehousing

80

20

76

24

        Utilities

85

15

82

18

    Information

82

18

76

24

    Financial activities

81

19

70

30

        Finance and insurance

80

20

71

29

            Credit intermediation and related activities

80

20

69

31

            Insurance carriers and related activities

81

19

73

27

        Real estate and rental and leasing

82

18

64

36

    Professional and business services

79

21

66

34

        Professional and technical services

81

19

68

32

        Administrative and waste services

77

23

59

41

    Education and health services

80

20

68

32

        Educational services

81

19

67

33

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

80

20

69

31

        Health care and social assistance

80

20

68

32

    Leisure and hospitality

75

25

60

40

        Accommodation and food services

73

27

59

41

    Other services

80

20

65

35

1 to 99 workers

79

21

62

38

    1 to 49 workers

79

21

62

38

    50 to 99 workers

77

23

63

37

100 workers or more

79

21

73

27

    100 to 499 workers

78

22

70

30

    500 workers or more

80

20

76

24

Geographic areas

        

Northeast

80

20

74

26

    New England

77

23

73

27

    Middle Atlantic

81

19

74

26

South

77

23

63

37

    South Atlantic

77

23

63

37

    East South Central

75

25

64

36

    West South Central

78

22

64

36

Midwest

78

22

70

30

    East North Central

78

22

72

28

    West North Central

78

22

65

35

West

81

19

69

31

    Mountain

80

20

70

30

    Pacific

81

19

69

31

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.


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/glossary20132014.htm.