Table 26. Selected benefits: Access, State and local government workers, National Compensation
Survey, March 2008

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Job-related
travel
accident
insurance

Education assistance

Wellness
programs

Fitness
centers

Employee
assistance
programs

Work
related

Non-work
related

All workers

12

68

21

52

23

73

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

12

70

21

53

24

73

    Professional and related

12

69

20

53

23

73

        Teachers

10

66

17

49

21

69

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

10

64

12

48

14

67

        Registered nurses

17

77

28

66

30

84

Service

12

66

20

49

23

71

    Protective service

13

75

26

55

28

77

Sales and office

12

68

23

52

25

74

    Office and administrative support

12

69

23

53

24

74

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

15

73

27

57

22

76

Production, transportation, and material moving

17

57

15

41

17

67

Full time

13

73

23

54

24

76

Part time

11

44

12

39

19

53

Union

13

72

21

55

18

82

Nonunion

12

65

21

50

28

65

Average wage within the following percentiles:1

    Less than 10

8

44

11

37

20

49

    10 to under 25

10

62

20

49

21

69

    25 to under 50

12

71

25

51

22

75

    50 to under 75

13

74

23

57

27

79

    75 to under 90

14

72

20

55

23

76

    90 or greater

17

80

21

57

24

80

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

12

68

21

52

23

73

    Education and health services

13

68

21

51

24

72

        Educational services

12

66

20

49

24

70

            Elementary and secondary schools

9

61

12

45

13

68

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

20

82

46

64

60

76

        Health care and social assistance

19

79

26

65

26

84

            Hospitals

15

79

27

69

30

86

    Public administration

12

72

24

53

20

75

1 to 99 workers

7

54

10

34

15

46

    1 to 49 workers

9

54

12

38

16

41

    50 to 99 workers

3

54

7

28

14

52

100 workers or more

13

71

23

55

24

77

    100 to 499 workers

13

61

16

42

21

56

    500 workers or more

13

74

25

59

26

84

State government

19

85

39

69

36

86

Local government

10

63

15

46

19

68

Geographic areas

New England

6

73

15

31

13

71

Middle Atlantic

6

65

11

42

21

79

East North Central

12

64

16

50

24

65

West North Central

4

50

42

65

South Atlantic

12

83

32

60

22

82

East South Central

60

27

41

46

West South Central

4

56

16

47

22

59

Mountain

20

71

20

64

32

88

Pacific

25

79

30

69

26

85

1The 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.