Table 11. Standard errors for medical plans: Employee contributions for single and family coverage, private industry
workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(Includes workers participating in medical plans with flat dollar amount contributory coverage)

Employee monthly contribution

Single coverage1

Family coverage1

10th
percentile

25th
percentile

50th
percentile
(median)

75th
percentile

90th
percentile

10th
percentile

25th
percentile

50th
percentile
(median)

75th
percentile

90th
percentile

All workers

$1.38

$1.09

$1.18

$2.43

$1.90

$3.95

$3.79

$3.43

$7.07

$10.39

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

1.81

0.91

1.93

1.66

4.17

2.64

5.51

5.75

9.73

27.48

    Management, business, and financial

3.22

2.26

4.02

3.15

6.52

5.50

6.87

5.31

15.81

19.93

    Professional and related

1.67

1.35

2.10

2.53

8.09

8.43

6.55

9.50

13.96

46.76

Service

6.25

3.74

4.43

5.84

12.07

19.57

11.16

17.18

18.49

30.40

Sales and office

0.80

1.05

1.91

2.69

3.57

6.38

5.68

4.67

10.17

13.80

    Sales and related

2.13

1.91

1.39

3.16

4.59

11.82

8.16

6.57

16.94

18.74

    Office and administrative support

0.99

1.15

2.01

1.53

2.81

7.55

5.09

5.93

12.14

19.32

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.02

1.65

4.51

3.90

9.58

9.97

6.41

8.88

21.75

32.15

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

11.64

2.74

5.96

9.35

5.98

18.37

18.02

14.81

34.77

22.69

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

1.85

2.47

4.29

6.39

18.78

11.93

4.46

11.16

20.57

28.98

Production, transportation, and material moving

2.67

2.17

2.11

2.78

4.63

7.26

2.95

8.03

10.87

27.78

    Production

3.28

2.25

2.72

2.97

5.15

10.14

5.63

10.86

11.25

21.34

    Transportation and material moving

4.40

3.27

2.88

5.52

10.25

9.09

6.35

9.19

11.98

33.07

Full time

1.43

1.09

1.10

2.10

1.91

3.78

3.33

3.72

7.37

11.07

Part time

3.65

5.32

7.09

6.30

13.46

12.09

13.84

25.57

35.84

13.42

Union

1.18

2.51

2.52

4.22

1.81

9.34

7.40

7.29

8.03

28.60

Nonunion

1.02

0.67

1.27

1.67

1.60

5.66

5.01

4.35

7.27

7.42

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

1.68

1.81

2.15

2.20

3.73

6.63

3.04

6.79

13.47

21.45

    Construction

2.30

6.39

3.28

5.74

4.50

40.31

15.43

15.65

31.74

23.90

    Manufacturing

1.93

2.30

1.79

2.71

4.22

8.45

5.25

6.63

10.37

19.44

Service-providing industries

$1.04

$0.59

$1.68

$2.13

$3.27

$5.89

$4.27

$4.85

$9.27

$11.88

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

1.55

1.43

1.78

4.05

5.57

4.96

4.66

3.63

9.86

8.16

        Wholesale trade

4.59

2.66

3.05

5.58

8.07

17.68

10.52

8.78

31.81

41.27

        Retail trade

1.37

2.50

1.00

3.92

8.07

10.55

11.14

10.03

24.50

11.61

        Transportation and warehousing

5.94

3.23

4.59

7.60

15.70

12.00

7.82

33.41

23.68

48.47

        Utilities

7.27

5.29

13.63

6.62

29.72

29.14

27.91

43.81

40.07

59.17

    Information

3.31

4.12

5.15

4.38

5.31

4.08

8.29

12.03

21.79

44.63

    Financial activities

1.29

1.22

2.36

1.86

9.63

8.21

5.59

7.06

21.55

39.73

        Finance and insurance

1.49

1.59

2.37

1.63

11.23

7.51

3.71

8.35

17.83

25.63

            Credit intermediation and related activities

1.74

1.79

2.53

3.25

11.52

4.54

8.11

9.18

18.97

26.34

            Insurance carriers and related activities

4.77

4.74

5.07

5.47

5.45

13.00

10.04

11.19

42.36

40.11

        Real estate and rental and leasing

6.84

10.00

12.66

20.29

21.25

58.47

33.35

89.26

52.13

58.55

    Professional and business services

4.87

2.43

5.68

5.40

8.52

20.52

6.89

11.72

26.90

40.66

        Professional and technical services

4.15

2.24

5.83

4.05

11.59

8.10

26.13

18.53

53.88

39.93

        Administrative and waste services

17.03

10.47

5.10

14.01

18.43

44.45

16.56

27.06

23.61

38.38

    Education and health services

2.81

2.19

4.01

1.65

4.50

20.85

9.63

11.22

33.33

38.70

        Educational services

2.32

2.08

2.21

5.97

2.36

20.13

15.91

27.22

49.91

55.70

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

4.84

2.68

6.60

10.34

1.57

13.40

24.06

24.98

76.85

50.67

        Health care and social assistance

3.80

2.62

4.94

1.84

6.87

27.53

11.70

14.54

35.52

32.28

    Leisure and hospitality

6.23

3.56

9.79

5.29

12.16

27.87

11.84

24.65

48.93

17.29

        Accommodation and food services

6.57

5.79

16.54

7.96

17.03

28.78

11.91

26.66

57.97

19.08

    Other services

10.04

2.71

13.58

11.11

9.89

28.92

32.18

37.89

17.52

59.88

1 to 99 workers

2.00

1.40

2.34

3.09

5.20

8.27

8.18

7.70

12.63

17.04

    1 to 49 workers

2.34

2.35

2.69

3.27

4.79

10.09

13.22

11.04

20.93

21.43

    50 to 99 workers

4.84

2.60

4.08

3.52

2.89

14.39

7.78

11.72

23.01

33.24

100 workers or more

1.68

1.69

1.77

2.28

3.47

4.03

3.89

4.52

6.97

10.48

    100 to 499 workers

2.89

2.26

2.66

2.50

5.65

8.88

7.31

6.33

14.04

15.85

    500 workers or more

2.64

1.97

1.90

3.10

6.15

5.04

5.31

6.67

8.94

20.47

Geographic areas

Metropolitan areas

1.51

1.15

1.16

2.07

1.94

4.54

3.38

3.28

6.37

8.52

Nonmetropolitan areas

2.18

2.80

4.26

8.48

8.41

12.63

12.73

14.62

31.95

21.83

New England

5.60

7.53

8.04

3.98

12.95

19.03

37.35

7.70

33.53

5.85

Middle Atlantic

3.18

2.78

2.77

5.11

7.35

12.49

7.14

3.32

17.00

42.36

East North Central

1.66

2.33

2.66

6.49

3.82

11.17

9.82

12.42

10.14

18.28

West North Central

3.20

3.38

2.08

4.32

7.13

11.60

18.27

20.43

51.63

55.28

South Atlantic

1.29

0.80

1.68

3.91

8.92

6.49

8.30

10.31

18.22

20.77

East South Central

6.04

3.05

7.57

14.15

6.86

9.48

11.03

24.98

22.70

41.87

West South Central

2.83

2.13

4.90

5.13

5.24

13.25

16.70

7.17

26.79

24.91

Mountain

5.92

3.70

3.77

4.26

6.33

27.93

14.26

17.29

39.53

47.06

Pacific

3.93

2.84

1.92

2.62

5.47

9.68

6.99

11.34

20.00

31.60

1The 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.