Long-term disability insurance plans: Maximum benefit amounts Data Table

Table 20. Long-term disability insurance plans: Maximum benefit amounts, State and local government
workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(All workers participating in fixed percent of earnings long-term disabilty insurance plans = 100 percent)

Characteristics

No
maximum
benefit
amount

With
maximum
benefit
amount

Maximum benefit amount1

10th
percentile

25th
percentile

50th
percentile
(median)

75th
percentile

90th
percentile

All workers

35

65

$1,500

$3,900

$5,000

$6,000

$8,100

Worker characteristics

             

Management, professional, and related

35

65

1,500

3,900

5,000

6,000

8,000

    Professional and related

36

64

1,000

3,750

5,000

6,000

8,000

        Teachers

37

63

1,500

3,500

5,000

6,000

8,000

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

42

58

800

3,000

4,500

5,250

6,500

        Registered nurses

33

67

2,100

4,500

5,000

7,000

8,500

Service

37

63

2,000

3,900

5,000

6,000

10,000

    Protective service

38

62

2,000

3,900

5,000

7,500

10,000

Sales and office

35

65

1,500

3,000

5,000

6,000

8,000

    Office and administrative support

35

65

1,500

3,000

5,000

6,000

8,000

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

34

66

1,500

3,900

5,000

5,000

7,500

Production, transportation, and material moving

35

65

1,800

3,000

5,000

6,000

10,000

Full time

35

65

1,500

3,900

5,000

6,000

8,100

Part time

39

61

2,500

4,000

5,000

7,000

10,000

Union

37

63

2,000

3,333

5,000

6,000

10,000

Nonunion

33

67

800

3,900

5,000

5,500

8,000

Establishment characteristics

             

Service-providing industries

35

65

$1,500

$3,900

$5,000

$6,000

$8,500

    Education and health services

36

64

1,500

3,900

5,000

6,000

8,000

        Educational services

36

64

1,500

3,500

5,000

6,000

8,000

            Elementary and secondary schools

39

61

800

3,000

4,500

5,500

7,000

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

26

74

2,500

3,900

5,000

7,500

10,000

        Health care and social assistance

35

65

2,100

4,500

5,000

5,000

8,000

            Hospitals

30

70

3,000

4,500

5,000

6,000

8,500

    Public administration

37

63

2,000

3,000

5,000

6,000

10,000

1 to 99 workers

31

69

3,000

3,900

4,500

5,000

6,000

    1 to 49 workers

24

76

3,000

3,900

5,000

5,000

7,000

    50 to 99 workers

37

63

3,000

3,500

4,000

5,000

6,000

100 workers or more

36

64

1,500

3,900

5,000

6,000

9,500

    100 to 499 workers

39

61

2,333

4,000

5,000

6,000

9,000

    500 workers or more

35

65

1,200

3,000

5,000

6,000

10,000

State government

33

67

1,500

3,900

5,000

6,000

8,500

Local government

36

64

1,500

3,750

5,000

6,000

8,100

Geographic areas

             

New England

76

4,000

4,500

6,000

6,000

6,000

Middle Atlantic

22

78

1,800

3,750

5,000

6,500

7,500

East North Central

58

42

3,000

4,400

5,000

6,500

10,000

West North Central

40

60

3,000

4,000

5,000

5,000

6,000

South Atlantic

21

79

800

1,500

3,900

5,000

8,000

East South Central

76

3,000

5,000

5,000

6,000

8,500

West South Central

82

2,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

7,000

Mountain

52

48

2,500

5,000

5,500

7,000

10,000

Pacific

26

74

3,000

5,000

5,000

7,000

10,000

Footnotes:

1The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position within each published series. For example, at the 50th percentile or median, half of the participating workers receive the same as or more than the benefit shown, and half receive the same as or less than the benefit shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the participating workers receive the same or less than the benefit shown. The remaining percentiles follow the same logic.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.