Standard Errors Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment

Employee Benefits Survey

Standard Errors
Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment

Table 24. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment,
private industry workers, March 2016

Characteristics

Flat dollar
amounts

Dollar
amount
varies

Fixed
percent of
annual
earnings

Percent
varies by
annual
earnings

Other

All workers

0.4

0.3

0.9

1.0

0.1

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

0.4

0.3

1.4

0.2

Management, business, and financial

0.6

–

2.2

–

Professional and related

–

0.3

1.5

–

Service

1.5

–

2.8

1.1

–

Protective service

–

9.9

–

Sales and office

0.3

0.2

1.4

1.3

0.3

Sales and related

0.7

–

2.1

–

Office and administrative support

0.3

–

1.6

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

1.4

–

2.9

2.6

–

Installation, maintenance, and repair

0.9

–

4.0

3.8

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.1

–

2.0

2.2

–

Production

1.5

–

2.9

–

Transportation and material moving

1.6

–

2.3

2.5

–

Full time

0.4

0.3

0.9

1.0

0.1

Part time

–

0.8

1.2

1.0

–

Nonunion

0.3

1.0

0.1

Average wage within the following categories:¹

Lowest 25 percent

1.2

1.1

2.4

1.2

0.2

Lowest 10 percent

2.9

–

3.0

1.3

–

Second 25 percent

0.7

0.3

1.7

0.2

Third 25 percent

0.6

0.4

1.5

1.4

0.1

Highest 25 percent

0.5

0.4

1.4

1.5

0.2

Highest 10 percent

0.7

0.4

2.0

0.2

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

0.7

–

1.8

1.9

–

Manufacturing

1.1

–

2.3

2.1

–

Service-providing industries

0.4

0.3

1.1

0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

0.8

0.5

1.2

0.3

Wholesale trade

0.8

2.3

1.9

–

Retail trade

0.6

–

1.7

1.2

–

Transportation and warehousing

2.8

–

3.2

4.0

–

Information

–

3.7

3.8

–

Financial activities

–

2.4

2.5

–

Finance and insurance

0.1

–

2.3

–

Credit intermediation and related activities

–

3.1

–

Insurance carriers and related activities

–

2.9

3.0

–

Real estate and rental and leasing

–

5.4

–

Professional and business services

–

3.7

–

Professional and technical services

–

3.2

3.3

–

Education and health services

1.0

–

1.9

1.5

–

Educational services

0.4

–

2.1

1.7

–

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

–

1.9

2.0

–

Leisure and hospitality

2.9

–

5.3

–

Accommodation and food services

–

4.7

–

Other services

–

4.9

–

1 to 99 workers

0.7

0.6

1.5

1.2

0.2

1 to 49 workers

0.9

1.9

1.4

0.2

50 to 99 workers

1.3

–

2.8

2.2

–

100 workers or more

0.5

0.3

1.3

0.2

100 to 499 workers

0.6

–

1.9

1.8

–

500 workers or more

0.9

0.6

1.9

2.0

0.2

Geographic areas

Northeast

0.4

–

1.9

–

Middle Atlantic

0.4

–

2.2

–

South

0.7

0.6

1.7

1.8

0.2

South Atlantic

0.9

1.0

2.4

2.9

0.1

East South Central

–

0.8

5.2

2.7

–

West South Central

1.1

–

2.9

2.3

–

Midwest

0.8

–

1.3

2.0

–

East North Central

1.1

–

1.4

2.5

–

West

1.2

0.3

2.2

1.8

0.7

Mountain

1.5

–

2.8

1.8

–

Pacific

1.6

0.5

3.1

2.7

1.0

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 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.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

Standard ErrorsShort-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment

Standard Errors
Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment