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Standard Errors
Medical care benefits: Monthly employee contributions for single and family coverage

Table 15. Standard errors for medical care benefits: Monthly employee contributions for single and family coverage,
civilian workers,1 March 2018
Characteristics Single coverage2 Family coverage2
10th
percentile 		25th
percentile 		50th
percentile
(median) 		75th
percentile 		90th
percentile 		10th
percentile 		25th
percentile 		50th
percentile
(median) 		75th
percentile 		90th
percentile
All workers
$1.61
$1.41
$1.28
$2.18
$3.23
$2.95
$5.28
$5.73
$17.93
$31.30
Worker characteristics
                   
Management, professional, and related
1.52
1.98
2.18
4.61
4.87
6.38
10.07
10.95
22.55
35.72
    Management, business, and financial
1.28
3.81
3.84
6.13
4.92
9.10
23.42
4.52
14.08
34.82
    Professional and related
1.74
3.33
1.89
7.15
8.05
8.68
11.22
12.92
41.66
28.71
        Teachers
3.88
5.33
4.31
9.98
14.63
18.98
20.73
32.25
45.32
25.17
            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers
5.72
6.79
5.54
15.36
31.90
17.77
18.60
23.19
50.58
75.21
        Registered nurses
8.58
10.78
8.16
21.55
2.20
34.76
44.39
45.78
31.04
119.25
Service
3.41
6.77
4.88
9.19
10.36
12.63
22.73
19.98
57.58
53.07
    Protective service
3.83
3.03
6.59
11.76
29.74
19.11
22.43
31.08
52.68
194.15
Sales and office
2.94
2.38
1.75
1.85
9.62
6.49
10.53
8.09
24.17
35.86
    Sales and related
3.77
4.98
2.40
6.05
9.24
12.35
16.22
11.21
13.56
47.86
    Office and administrative support
4.88
2.87
3.26
2.88
12.82
7.03
12.33
12.50
23.14
45.94
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
2.63
6.15
4.21
3.91
9.66
7.65
17.12
21.15
24.47
64.64
    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry
2.08
10.71
9.01
7.81
25.09
17.63
30.58
22.82
59.89
121.17
    Installation, maintenance, and repair
3.51
4.78
4.60
6.24
8.36
5.01
19.69
16.95
24.88
69.51
Production, transportation, and material moving
3.65
4.25
2.19
4.70
10.03
10.04
4.81
9.97
20.90
33.58
    Production
4.42
1.69
2.36
4.76
11.29
15.49
12.77
13.34
24.89
53.51
    Transportation and material moving
5.10
4.08
4.05
8.94
10.74
12.92
11.18
18.66
23.43
49.19
Full time
1.54
1.17
1.43
2.31
2.76
6.38
4.55
7.34
17.26
33.10
Part time
–
21.78
1.62
22.31
17.82
16.40
9.94
55.65
42.66
153.67
Union
1.68
4.00
4.14
3.25
5.90
10.01
6.99
3.87
23.05
74.54
Nonunion
2.09
1.76
1.23
2.29
4.23
3.77
8.78
7.03
18.79
15.87
Average wage within the following categories:3
                   
    Lowest 25 percent
9.41
4.76
2.36
9.93
20.15
14.45
16.82
22.87
31.74
78.32
        Lowest 10 percent
4.72
5.30
4.14
23.89
21.80
33.07
10.97
43.12
70.01
102.88
    Second 25 percent
2.43
3.42
1.63
4.12
8.93
7.31
7.46
21.66
37.04
46.16
    Third 25 percent
2.16
2.40
2.10
3.32
5.03
9.21
8.20
11.09
11.57
26.79
    Highest 25 percent
1.40
2.20
3.27
3.75
4.95
4.93
5.79
8.56
11.95
28.15
        Highest 10 percent
2.34
3.87
6.07
6.29
9.72
8.85
7.49
14.57
32.71
43.97
Establishment characteristics
                   
Goods-producing industries
2.63
1.16
3.69
4.76
3.07
7.95
7.11
9.67
11.97
17.94
Service-providing industries
2.28
2.44
1.35
2.51
4.02
3.84
6.75
7.86
18.95
20.64
    Education and health services
3.06
4.62
2.09
6.96
19.11
8.40
14.79
22.60
49.17
63.44
        Educational services
3.59
4.45
3.11
7.75
13.51
11.19
20.62
12.97
41.04
24.77
            Elementary and secondary schools
4.24
5.47
4.20
8.81
23.87
18.53
15.41
19.88
52.42
35.32
            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
4.12
9.39
5.28
8.00
11.64
10.00
28.94
26.74
21.53
50.87
        Health care and social assistance
4.63
6.04
3.65
11.55
37.31
14.33
18.73
45.13
77.75
132.26
            Hospitals
1.39
3.46
5.14
7.34
13.10
20.22
28.71
19.13
35.67
88.47
    Public administration
4.55
4.97
6.83
4.53
6.32
26.26
15.66
7.49
12.80
30.48
1 to 99 workers
3.27
2.40
2.02
5.27
10.19
7.87
8.59
14.30
39.96
58.99
    1 to 49 workers
3.74
2.77
2.22
7.34
6.99
12.61
9.18
13.27
43.04
73.67
    50 to 99 workers
6.43
4.23
3.05
7.12
22.85
15.31
13.99
43.01
58.91
66.85
100 workers or more
1.71
2.38
2.38
2.72
4.69
2.04
6.05
9.06
12.68
27.47
    100 to 499 workers
3.20
3.25
4.31
3.92
8.61
7.67
10.66
11.67
19.14
22.09
    500 workers or more
1.71
1.07
2.19
4.33
6.96
9.01
5.46
7.24
11.20
29.78
Geographic areas
                   
Northeast
1.84
4.42
3.02
3.92
10.20
15.38
11.80
18.09
28.41
53.00
    New England
4.41
2.22
3.95
5.82
16.53
11.23
10.06
19.05
32.70
131.66
    Middle Atlantic
1.75
5.37
4.55
4.44
7.33
11.04
10.41
23.05
39.88
42.78
South
2.11
2.87
1.18
2.59
6.22
4.34
12.46
11.13
27.13
20.04
    South Atlantic
2.46
3.72
1.16
3.84
9.64
7.56
16.08
20.01
36.31
30.59
    East South Central
7.17
5.28
7.36
5.01
26.54
9.79
11.99
26.09
29.48
38.47
    West South Central
3.54
3.51
4.71
4.72
9.20
16.88
14.98
26.00
51.34
42.86
Midwest
3.54
3.15
3.25
6.48
12.65
10.88
5.36
10.20
27.07
80.62
    East North Central
6.62
3.16
3.52
9.66
14.70
14.82
6.81
13.46
31.07
113.70
    West North Central
2.26
3.61
4.72
7.25
13.51
11.10
7.97
16.91
51.13
60.11
West
4.01
6.20
3.15
6.37
5.98
6.49
11.70
14.69
34.84
53.76
    Mountain
3.83
4.84
5.20
14.20
10.44
17.14
21.19
26.29
72.71
64.84
    Pacific
5.57
8.93
3.54
7.53
7.98
7.91
17.87
19.02
42.89
80.90
1Includes workers in private industry and state and local government. See Technical Note for further explanation.
2The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position within each published series. For example, at the 50th percentile or median, half of participating workers pay the
same as or more than the premium shown, and half pay the same as or less than the premium shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of participating workers pay the same or less than
the premium shown. The remaining percentiles follow the same logic.
3Surveyed 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 2018.

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/national-compensation-survey-glossary-of-employee-benefit-terms.htm.

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