Table 19. Standard errors for life insurance plans: Fixed multiple of annual earnings benefit formulas,
civilian workers,1 March 2016
|
| Characteristics
|
Multiple of annual earnings amounts2
|
Mean
multiple of
annual
earnings
|
Median
multiple of
annual
earnings
|
Less than
1.0 times
earnings
|
1.0 times
earnings
|
Over 1.0
and under
2.0 times
earnings
|
2.0 times
earnings
|
Greater
than 2.0
times
earnings
|
All workers
|
0.1 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Worker characteristics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management, professional, and related
|
[3] |
1.6 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Management, business, and financial
|
0.1 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Professional and related
|
0.1 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Teachers
|
– |
4.7 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
– |
[3] |
– |
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers
|
– |
6.0 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
– |
0.1 |
– |
Registered nurses
|
– |
3.4 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Service
|
– |
3.2 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Protective service
|
– |
5.5 |
– |
4.2 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Sales and office
|
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Sales and related
|
– |
3.6 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Office and administrative support
|
0.1 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
|
0.4 |
2.7 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
forestry
|
– |
6.1 |
4.4 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair
|
0.6 |
3.0 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
0.6 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Production, transportation, and material moving
|
– |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Transportation and material moving
|
– |
2.7 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Full time
|
0.1 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Part time
|
– |
4.6 |
1.4 |
4.4 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Union
|
0.2 |
2.7 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Nonunion
|
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Average wage within the following categories:4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lowest 25 percent
|
– |
3.7 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Lowest 10 percent
|
– |
9.7 |
– |
– |
– |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Second 25 percent
|
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Third 25 percent
|
0.2 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Highest 25 percent
|
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Highest 10 percent
|
0.1 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Establishment characteristics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service-providing industries
|
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Education and health services
|
0.1 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Educational services
|
0.1 |
3.9 |
2.4 |
5.2 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.3 |
Elementary and secondary schools
|
– |
4.1 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
0.2 |
[3] |
0.3 |
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
|
0.3 |
6.1 |
2.5 |
8.3 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
Health care and social assistance
|
– |
3.1 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Hospitals
|
– |
3.5 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Public administration
|
– |
4.2 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
– |
0.1 |
0.0 |
1 to 99 workers
|
0.1 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
[3] |
0.0 |
1 to 49 workers
|
– |
2.7 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
50 to 99 workers
|
– |
4.1 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
100 workers or more
|
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
[3] |
0.0 |
100 to 499 workers
|
– |
1.8 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
500 workers or more
|
0.1 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
[3] |
0.0 |
Geographic areas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northeast
|
0.1 |
2.6 |
1.1 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
[3] |
0.0 |
New England
|
– |
5.7 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Middle Atlantic
|
0.2 |
3.4 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
0.7 |
[3] |
0.0 |
South
|
0.1 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
[3] |
0.0 |
South Atlantic
|
0.1 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
[3] |
0.0 |
East South Central
|
– |
7.3 |
3.0 |
7.4 |
– |
0.1 |
– |
West South Central
|
– |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Midwest
|
– |
2.2 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
East North Central
|
– |
2.3 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
[3] |
0.0 |
West North Central
|
– |
4.3 |
3.1 |
4.7 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
West
|
– |
2.8 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Mountain
|
– |
5.4 |
– |
2.5 |
– |
[3] |
0.0 |
Pacific
|
– |
3.1 |
– |
3.4 |
2.8 |
[3] |
0.0 |
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.
|
| 2Includes participants in plans in which insurance equaled a multiple of earnings plus or minus a specified amount.
|
| 3Less than 0.05.
|
4Surveyed 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 2016.
|
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/glossary20152016.htm.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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|
United States Department of Labor
