Long-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment Data Table

Table 18. Long-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment,
State and local government workers, National Compensation
Survey, March 2008

(All workers with long-term disability insurance coverage = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Fixed
percent of
earnings

Pecent
varies by
earnings

Other

All workers

91

7

1

Worker characteristics

      

Management, professional, and related

91

7

1

    Professional and related

91

7

1

        Teachers

93

5

2

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

94

3

–

        Registered nurses

92

–

–

Service

91

8

–

    Protective service

94

5

–

Sales and office

91

–

–

    Office and administrative support

91

–

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

93

–

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

94

4

–

Full time

91

7

1

Part time

91

8

–

Union

92

6

1

Nonunion

91

9

–

Average wage within the following percentiles:1

      

    Less than 10

92

–

–

    10 to under 25

90

9

–

    25 to under 50

87

–

–

    50 to under 75

93

6

[2]

    75 to under 90

93

4

–

    90 or greater

92

–

–

Establishment characteristics

      

Service-providing industries

91

8

1

    Education and health services

90

–

–

        Educational services

90

8

–

            Elementary and secondary schools

94

4

–

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

79

–

–

        Health care and social assistance

88

–

–

            Hospitals

85

–

–

    Public administration

92

7

1

1 to 99 workers

93

7

–

    1 to 49 workers

93

7

–

    50 to 99 workers

94

–

–

100 workers or more

91

8

1

    100 to 499 workers

96

2

–

    500 workers or more

89

–

1

State government

79

–

–

Local government

95

3

1

Geographic areas

      

New England

99

–

–

Middle Atlantic

95

2

–

East North Central

86

–

–

West North Central

86

–

–

South Atlantic

96

4

–

East South Central

74

–

–

West South Central

98

–

–

Mountain

99

–

–

Pacific

91

5

–

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.

2Less than 0.5 percent.


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.