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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, civilian workers,1 March 2017
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| Characteristics
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Employee
contribution
required
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Employee
contribution not
required
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All workers
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0.7 |
0.7 |
Worker characteristics
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|
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Management, professional, and related
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0.7 |
0.7 |
Management, business, and financial
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2.0 |
2.0 |
Professional and related
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1.3 |
1.3 |
Teachers
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1.7 |
1.7 |
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers
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2.4 |
2.4 |
Registered nurses
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3.6 |
3.6 |
Service
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2.3 |
2.3 |
Protective service
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3.4 |
3.4 |
Sales and office
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1.4 |
1.4 |
Sales and related
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2.4 |
2.4 |
Office and administrative support
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1.7 |
1.7 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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1.9 |
1.9 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair
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2.9 |
2.9 |
Production, transportation, and material moving
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1.1 |
1.1 |
Transportation and material moving
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1.7 |
1.7 |
Full time
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0.5 |
0.5 |
Part time
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3.2 |
3.2 |
Union
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1.3 |
1.3 |
Nonunion
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0.9 |
0.9 |
Average wage within the following categories:2
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|
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Lowest 25 percent
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2.0 |
2.0 |
Lowest 10 percent
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3.5 |
3.5 |
Second 25 percent
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1.5 |
1.5 |
Third 25 percent
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1.0 |
1.0 |
Highest 25 percent
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1.0 |
1.0 |
Highest 10 percent
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1.4 |
1.4 |
Establishment characteristics
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Service-providing industries
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0.9 |
0.9 |
Education and health services
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1.8 |
1.8 |
Educational services
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1.4 |
1.4 |
Elementary and secondary schools
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2.1 |
2.1 |
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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1.5 |
1.5 |
Hospitals
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3.3 |
3.3 |
Public administration
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2.1 |
2.1 |
1 to 99 workers
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1.6 |
1.6 |
1 to 49 workers
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2.0 |
2.0 |
50 to 99 workers
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3.1 |
3.1 |
100 workers or more
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0.8 |
0.8 |
100 to 499 workers
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1.5 |
1.5 |
500 workers or more
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0.8 |
0.8 |
Geographic areas
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Northeast
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1.8 |
1.8 |
Middle Atlantic
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2.1 |
2.1 |
South
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0.6 |
0.6 |
South Atlantic
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0.9 |
0.9 |
East South Central
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0.4 |
0.4 |
West South Central
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1.4 |
1.4 |
West
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1.0 |
1.0 |
Mountain
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1.1 |
1.1 |
Pacific
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1.5 |
1.5 |
1Includes workers in private industry and state and local government. See Technical Note for further
explanation.
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2Surveyed 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 2017.
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Note: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee
Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20162017.htm.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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United States Department of Labor
