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Standard Errors
Short-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement

Table 23. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Employee
contribution requirement, private industry workers,  National
Compensation Survey, March 2015

Characteristics

Employee
contribution
required

Employee
contribution not
required

All workers

1.0

1.0

Worker characteristics

    

Management, professional, and related

0.8

0.8

    Management, business, and financial

1.6

1.6

    Professional and related

1.1

1.1

Service

4.3

4.3

Sales and office

1.2

1.2

    Sales and related

1.7

1.7

    Office and administrative support

1.4

1.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

1.6

1.6

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

1.4

1.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

2.0

2.0

    Production

1.3

1.3

    Transportation and material moving

3.5

3.5

Full time

1.0

1.0

Part time

2.7

2.7

Nonunion

1.0

1.0

Average wage within the following categories:1

    

    Lowest 25 percent

3.9

3.9

        Lowest 10 percent

5.9

5.9

    Second 25 percent

1.6

1.6

    Third 25 percent

1.1

1.1

    Highest 25 percent

0.8

0.8

        Highest 10 percent

1.3

1.3

Establishment characteristics

    

Goods-producing industries

1.0

1.0

    Construction

4.3

4.3

    Manufacturing

1.0

1.0

Service-providing industries

1.3

1.3

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

1.2

1.2

        Wholesale trade

2.3

2.3

        Transportation and warehousing

3.0

3.0

    Information

1.8

1.8

    Financial activities

1.1

1.1

        Finance and insurance

0.7

0.7

            Credit intermediation and related activities

0.6

0.6

            Insurance carriers and related activities

1.5

1.5

        Real estate and rental and leasing

6.9

6.9

    Professional and business services

1.9

1.9

        Professional and technical services

2.3

2.3

        Administrative and waste services

4.4

4.4

    Education and health services

3.3

3.3

        Educational services

1.3

1.3

        Health care and social assistance

4.0

4.0

    Leisure and hospitality

6.3

6.3

        Accommodation and food services

7.4

7.4

    Other services

4.0

4.0

1 to 99 workers

1.8

1.8

    1 to 49 workers

2.0

2.0

    50 to 99 workers

2.5

2.5

100 workers or more

0.8

0.8

    100 to 499 workers

1.4

1.4

    500 workers or more

1.1

1.1

Geographic areas

    

Northeast

2.5

2.5

    New England

1.9

1.9

    Middle Atlantic

2.7

2.7

South

0.6

0.6

    South Atlantic

0.8

0.8

    East South Central

1.3

1.3

    West South Central

1.2

1.2

Midwest

0.7

0.7

    East North Central

0.8

0.8

West

1.3

1.3

    Pacific

1.6

1.6

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 wage data for March 2015.


Note: 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.