Nonproduction bonuses: Access Data Table

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

c4

10

9

c5

7

c6

Worker characteristics

               

Management, professional, and related

47

c5

6

10

5

c8

8

c8

    Management, business, and financial

56

c7

c7

16

6

c7

9

c11

    Professional and related

44

5

5

8

c4

c9

8

c7

        Teachers

24

-

3

1

1

c11

1

5

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

28

-

3

-

1

c14

-

6

        Registered nurses

50

2

5

-

3

c8

18

6

Service

33

1

c4

6

7

c3

7

c3

Sales and office

48

4

3

12

13

5

7

c6

    Sales and related

41

3

2

9

15

2

5

5

    Office and administrative support

52

5

c4

14

12

7

8

c7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

46

5

c3

14

c12

c3

4

6

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

41

4

2

14

13

3

1

c4

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

52

c6

c5

14

12

4

7

c7

Production, transportation, and material moving

48

8

3

10

c11

c5

6

c5

    Production

52

11

c2

11

11

c6

7

c6

    Transportation and material moving

44

5

3

9

12

4

5

c5

Full time

49

c5

5

11

10

c6

7

c7

Part time

29

1

2

6

8

2

6

3

Union

36

c4

5

3

3

c11

3

c5

Nonunion

46

5

4

c11

c10

c4

c7

c6

Average wage within the following percentiles:3

               

    Less than 10

28

1

c2

7

c9

1

5

c2

    10 to under 25

36

2

3

7

11

c2

7

3

    25 to under 50

46

4

c3

c10

12

c5

7

c5

    50 to under 75

49

c5

c3

13

10

7

6

c7

    75 to under 90

50

8

c6

c10

5

c8

8

c8

    90 or greater

51

c8

c7

c11

4

c9

c8

c9

Establishment characteristics

               

Goods-producing industries

52

c11

3

14

11

c6

c5

c7

Service-providing industries

43

3

c4

9

9

c5

7

6

    Education and health services

36

1

c3

4

6

c9

c7

5

        Educational services

22

-

3

1

1

c10

1

4

            Elementary and secondary schools

23

-

2

-

1

c12

-

4

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

21

-

c5

1

1

7

1

4

        Health care and social assistance

47

2

c4

6

c10

c8

c12

c5

            Hospitals

47

2

4

2

3

c11

c18

6

    Public administration

38

-

c7

-

1

c12

c1

6

1 to 99 workers

44

4

c2

14

c13

3

4

5

    1 to 49 workers

45

4

2

15

16

3

3

5

    50 to 99 workers

41

5

4

11

c6

5

8

c5

100 workers or more

45

5

c5

7

5

c7

9

c7

    100 to 499 workers

45

4

c3

8

8

c6

9

c5

    500 workers or more

45

c6

c7

7

3

c8

9

c8

Geographic areas

               

New England

51

c4

c4

9

12

c9

8

4

Middle Atlantic

41

3

3

9

6

c8

7

7

East North Central

46

7

3

11

c9

c8

c8

c6

West North Central

43

c5

4

14

c8

c2

6

c4

South Atlantic

48

4

c3

10

11

4

8

c7

East South Central

46

-

-

12

10

c2

6

c4

West South Central

43

c4

4

7

c13

2

6

c5

Mountain

42

c3

c4

12

9

4

4

c5

Pacific

41

6

c6

c9

6

7

5

c6

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.

cCorrected.


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