Standard Errors
Quality of life benefits: Access

Table 40. Standard errors for quality of life benefits: Access, State and local
government workers, March 2018
Characteristics Childcare1 Flexible
workplace 		Subsidized
commuting 		Wellness
programs 		Employee
assistance
programs
All workers
0.8
0.7
0.6
1.2
0.8
Worker characteristics
         
Management, professional, and related
1.1
0.9
0.7
1.3
1.1
    Professional and related
1.1
0.9
0.6
1.3
1.2
        Teachers
1.3
1.1
0.7
1.8
1.8
            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers
1.7
–
0.6
2.4
2.4
Service
1.1
0.6
1.0
2.3
1.7
    Protective service
1.5
0.9
1.8
3.2
1.9
Sales and office
1.2
0.8
1.0
2.0
1.5
    Office and administrative support
1.2
0.8
1.0
2.0
1.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
2.5
2.2
2.3
4.0
3.0
Production, transportation, and material moving
2.9
–
4.2
4.0
4.0
Full time
0.9
0.8
0.6
1.2
0.8
Part time
0.7
0.6
1.1
2.8
2.7
Union
1.0
0.8
0.9
1.6
1.3
Nonunion
1.2
0.9
0.8
1.4
0.9
Average wage within the following categories:2
         
    Lowest 25 percent
1.1
0.6
0.7
1.8
1.5
        Lowest 10 percent
1.2
0.8
0.6
2.9
2.1
    Second 25 percent
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.8
1.1
    Third 25 percent
1.4
1.0
0.9
1.5
1.8
    Highest 25 percent
1.2
1.1
0.9
1.5
1.4
        Highest 10 percent
1.2
1.1
1.7
2.1
2.2
Establishment characteristics
         
Service-providing industries
0.9
0.7
0.6
1.3
0.8
    Education and health services
1.2
0.8
0.7
1.5
1.0
        Educational services
1.3
0.9
0.6
1.6
1.1
            Elementary and secondary schools
1.4
1.1
0.4
2.0
1.6
            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
3.0
1.4
2.3
2.7
2.0
        Health care and social assistance
3.1
2.4
3.1
2.6
2.5
            Hospitals
2.8
2.1
–
3.2
2.3
    Public administration
1.4
1.4
1.3
2.1
1.1
1 to 99 workers
1.5
1.4
1.2
2.0
1.8
    1 to 49 workers
2.2
2.0
2.1
2.6
3.0
    50 to 99 workers
1.8
1.6
1.7
2.5
2.2
100 workers or more
1.0
0.7
0.8
1.4
1.0
    100 to 499 workers
1.3
1.2
1.4
3.0
2.8
    500 workers or more
1.4
0.8
1.0
1.5
1.2
State government
2.4
1.2
1.6
1.2
1.0
Local government
0.9
0.8
0.6
1.5
1.2
Geographic areas
         
Northeast
1.5
0.8
1.2
2.3
1.7
    New England
3.1
–
–
2.7
3.2
    Middle Atlantic
1.6
–
0.9
3.1
2.0
South
1.6
1.4
0.7
1.8
1.1
    South Atlantic
1.4
2.5
1.2
3.0
0.9
    East South Central
1.2
–
1.3
3.0
2.9
    West South Central
–
1.7
1.2
2.4
2.1
Midwest
1.7
1.2
1.4
2.8
2.1
    East North Central
2.3
1.6
1.5
3.9
2.5
    West North Central
2.2
–
2.7
3.5
3.5
West
1.5
1.4
1.5
2.9
2.0
    Mountain
3.5
1.4
3.8
7.2
1.0
    Pacific
1.5
2.0
1.2
2.6
3.0
1A workplace program that provides for either the full or partial cost of caring for an employee's children in a nursery, day care
center, or a baby sitter in facilities either on or off the employer's premises.
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 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.