Table 27. Nonproduction bonuses:1 Access, civilian workers,2 National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Nonproduction bonus

All
nonproduction
bonuses

Cash
profit-sharing
bonus

Employee
recognition
bonus

End-of-year
bonus

Holiday
bonus

Payment in
lieu of
benefits
bonus

Referral
bonus

Other
bonus

All workers

44

5

5

10

9

6

7

7

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

47

6

6

10

5

9

8

10

    Management, business, and financial

56

8

8

16

6

8

9

14

    Professional and related

44

5

5

8

5

10

8

8

        Teachers

24

3

1

1

12

1

5

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

28

3

1

16

6

        Registered nurses

50

2

5

3

9

18

6

Service

33

1

6

6

7

4

7

4

Sales and office

48

4

3

12

13

5

7

7

    Sales and related

41

3

2

9

15

2

5

5

    Office and administrative support

52

5

5

14

12

7

8

8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

46

5

4

14

13

4

4

6

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

41

4

2

14

13

3

1

5

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

52

7

6

14

12

4

7

8

Production, transportation, and material moving

48

8

3

10

12

6

6

7

    Production

52

11

3

11

11

8

7

7

    Transportation and material moving

44

5

3

9

12

4

5

7

Full time

49

6

5

11

10

7

7

8

Part time

29

1

2

6

8

2

6

3

Union

36

5

5

3

3

13

3

6

Nonunion

46

5

4

12

11

5

8

7

Average wage within the following percentiles:3

    Less than 10

28

1

3

7

10

1

5

3

    10 to under 25

36

2

3

7

11

3

7

3

    25 to under 50

46

4

4

11

12

6

7

6

    50 to under 75

49

6

4

13

10

7

6

8

    75 to under 90

50

8

7

11

5

10

8

10

    90 or greater

51

9

8

12

4

11

9

12

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

52

13

3

14

11

7

6

10

Service-providing industries

43

3

5

9

9

6

7

6

    Education and health services

36

1

4

4

6

10

8

5

        Educational services

22

3

1

1

11

1

4

            Elementary and secondary schools

23

2

1

13

4

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

21

6

1

1

7

1

4

        Health care and social assistance

47

2

5

6

11

9

13

7

            Hospitals

47

2

4

2

3

12

19

6

    Public administration

38

8

1

14

2

6

1 to 99 workers

44

4

3

14

14

3

4

5

    1 to 49 workers

45

4

2

15

16

3

3

5

    50 to 99 workers

41

5

4

11

7

5

8

6

100 workers or more

45

5

6

7

5

8

9

8

    100 to 499 workers

45

4

4

8

8

7

9

6

    500 workers or more

45

7

8

7

3

10

9

10

Geographic areas

New England

51

5

5

9

12

10

8

4

Middle Atlantic

41

3

3

9

6

9

7

7

East North Central

46

7

3

11

10

10

9

8

West North Central

43

6

4

14

9

3

6

6

South Atlantic

48

4

4

10

11

4

8

8

East South Central

46

12

10

6

5

West South Central

43

5

4

7

14

2

6

6

Mountain

42

4

5

12

9

4

4

6

Pacific

41

6

7

10

6

7

5

8

1See Technical Note for definitions. The following nonproduction bonuses were provided to less than 5 percent of all employees and are not published separately: Attendance bonus, safety bonus, suggestion bonus, hiring bonus, longevity bonus, retention bonus, union-related bonus, and management incentive bonus.

2Includes 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.

3The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.