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Nonproduction bonuses: Access

Table 43. Nonproduction bonuses: Access, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2015

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

All
nonproduction
bonuses2

Cash
profit-sharing
bonus

Employee
recognition
bonus

End-of-year
bonus

Holiday
bonus

Payment in
lieu of
benefits
bonus

Longevity
bonus

Referral
bonus

Other
bonus3

All workers

38

5

3

9

6

5

3

5

11

Worker characteristics

                  

Management, professional, and related

45

6

5

10

4

9

3

7

14

    Management, business, and financial

54

9

6

16

5

7

2

8

17

    Professional and related

40

4

4

8

4

9

3

6

13

        Teachers

26

–

2

–

1

12

2

[4]

11

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

31

–

1

–

–

14

2

–

14

        Registered nurses

44

2

5

7

5

10

3

14

15

Service

23

1

2

4

5

3

2

3

7

    Protective service

39

–

7

2

3

10

8

3

14

Sales and office

41

5

3

10

9

4

5

6

9

    Sales and related

33

4

1

7

9

2

7

4

7

    Office and administrative support

45

6

4

12

9

5

3

8

10

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

36

6

3

10

8

4

2

5

10

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

30

3

1

11

8

2

2

1

7

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

42

8

5

9

8

5

3

8

13

Production, transportation, and material moving

42

8

2

8

8

5

2

5

16

    Production

46

10

2

10

8

5

2

5

17

    Transportation and material moving

38

5

1

7

7

5

2

5

14

Full time

44

6

4

10

7

7

3

6

14

Part time

19

1

1

3

5

1

2

4

3

Union

36

6

4

3

1

14

3

3

15

Nonunion

38

5

3

10

7

4

3

6

11

Average wage within the following categories:5

                  

    Lowest 25 percent

23

1

1

5

6

1

3

4

5

        Lowest 10 percent

16

1

1

4

5

1

1

2

3

    Second 25 percent

38

4

2

8

9

4

4

5

10

    Third 25 percent

46

6

3

11

6

7

3

6

15

    Highest 25 percent

49

9

6

11

3

10

2

7

17

        Highest 10 percent

52

9

6

13

4

11

2

6

17

Establishment characteristics

                  

Goods-producing industries

47

10

3

12

9

5

1

3

16

Service-providing industries

36

4

3

8

6

5

3

6

10

    Education and health services

31

1

2

5

4

9

3

5

10

        Educational services

24

–

2

1

1

12

2

[4]

9

            Elementary and secondary schools

26

–

1

1

–

13

3

–

11

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

21

–

4

–

1

9

2

1

6

        Health care and social assistance

36

1

3

8

6

6

4

9

10

            Hospitals

45

3

4

5

2

13

4

17

17

    Public administration

42

–

6

1

2

17

9

–

16

1 to 99 workers

34

4

2

11

9

3

2

3

7

    1 to 49 workers

34

3

1

12

10

2

1

2

7

    50 to 99 workers

35

4

3

9

5

4

2

5

10

100 workers or more

41

6

4

6

4

8

4

8

15

    100 to 499 workers

41

5

3

7

6

5

5

8

13

    500 workers or more

42

7

6

5

2

10

3

7

17

Geographic areas

                  

Northeast

38

3

3

11

4

8

2

5

11

    New England

36

3

4

11

2

7

2

5

8

    Middle Atlantic

39

3

3

11

4

8

2

5

12

South

42

5

3

9

10

3

4

6

13

    South Atlantic

43

5

4

8

9

4

4

6

13

    East South Central

36

3

1

8

8

2

5

6

11

    West South Central

43

5

4

10

11

3

3

7

14

Midwest

37

7

2

8

5

5

3

6

11

    East North Central

38

7

2

9

5

6

3

5

12

    West North Central

33

6

3

7

3

3

3

7

10

West

33

4

4

8

5

7

2

3

8

    Mountain

35

5

2

12

6

3

3

2

8

    Pacific

32

4

4

6

4

8

1

4

8

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further
explanation.

2The sum of the individual components may be greater than the total because some employees may have access to more than one type of nonproduction bonus.

3Includes all other bonuses provided to employees and not published separately.

4Less than 0.5.

5Surveyed 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 wage data for March 2015.


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/glossary20142015.htm .