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Medical plans: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee Data Table

Table 6. Medical plans: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(In percent)
Characteristics	Single coverage		Family coverage
Characteristics	Employer share	Employee share	Employer share	Employee share
All workers	81	19	71	29
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	82	18	72	28
Management, business, and financial	82	18	72	28
Professional and related	82	18	72	28
Service	77	23	66	34
Sales and office	80	20	68	32
Sales and related	77	23	67	33
Office and administrative support	81	19	68	32
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	84	16	73	27
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	87	13	74	26
Installation, maintenance, and repair	80	20	71	29
Production, transportation, and material moving	83	17	75	25
Production	83	17	77	23
Transportation and material moving	82	18	72	28
Full time	81	19	71	29
Part time	78	22	68	32
Union	92	8	87	13
Nonunion	79	21	68	32
Average wage within the following percentiles:1
Less than 10	73	27	63	37
10 to under 25	76	24	64	36
25 to under 50	79	21	68	32
50 to under 75	82	18	71	29
75 to under 90	84	16	75	25
90 or greater	82	18	75	25
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	84	16	76	24
Construction	85	15	71	29
Manufacturing	83	17	77	23
Employer share	Employee share	Employer share	Employee share
Service-providing industries	80	20	69	31
Trade, transportation, and utilities	79	21	69	31
Wholesale trade	81	19	71	29
Retail trade	76	24	65	35
Transportation and warehousing	83	17	73	27
Utilities	85	15	79	21
Information	84	16	78	22
Financial activities	82	18	71	29
Finance and insurance	81	19	71	29
Credit intermediation and related activities	80	20	68	32
Insurance carriers and related activities	82	18	73	27
Real estate and rental and leasing	85	15	69	31
Professional and business services	79	21	68	32
Professional and technical services	82	18	67	33
Administrative and waste services	75	25	66	34
Education and health services	82	18	68	32
Educational services	83	17	67	33
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	82	18	69	31
Health care and social assistance	82	18	69	31
Leisure and hospitality	74	26	64	36
Accommodation and food services	73	27	63	37
Other services	82	18	68	32
1 to 99 workers	81	19	66	34
1 to 49 workers	81	19	66	34
50 to 99 workers	80	20	66	34
100 workers or more	81	19	74	26
100 to 499 workers	81	19	72	28
500 workers or more	82	18	76	24
Geographic areas
Metropolitan areas	81	19	71	29
Nonmetropolitan areas	80	20	68	32
New England	78	22	71	29
Middle Atlantic	83	17	75	25
East North Central	81	19	75	25
West North Central	82	18	72	28
South Atlantic	80	20	66	34
East South Central	77	23	66	34
West South Central	82	18	66	34
Mountain	80	20	67	33
Pacific	84	16	72	28
Footnotes:
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: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

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