Table 24. Quality of life benefits: Access, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Employer assistance for childcare

Adoption
assistance

Long-term
care
insurance

Flexible
workplace

Employer-
provided
home PC

Subsidized
commuting

Total1

Employer-
provided
funds

On-site and
off-site

Resource
and referral
services

All workers

15

3

5

11

11

13

5

2

6

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

28

6

11

21

20

22

11

6

11

    Management, business, and financial

28

7

9

23

25

25

15

8

11

    Professional and related

28

6

12

20

18

20

9

5

11

Service

10

2

5

5

3

5

1

2

Sales and office

14

3

3

11

12

15

5

2

6

    Sales and related

10

2

1

8

12

15

4

2

3

    Office and administrative support

17

4

5

13

12

15

5

2

7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

7

1

2

6

7

7

2

1

4

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

4

3

2

3

1

2

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

10

2

3

9

13

12

2

1

6

Production, transportation, and material moving

10

2

2

8

9

10

2

2

3

    Production

12

2

3

9

10

8

2

2

3

    Transportation and material moving

8

1

1

7

8

11

1

1

2

Full time

17

4

6

12

13

15

5

3

6

Part time

10

1

4

6

5

6

2

1

3

Union

21

4

6

19

16

17

2

2

7

Nonunion

14

3

5

10

10

12

5

2

5

Average wage within the following percentiles:3

    Less than 10

5

1

3

2

2

2

1

1

    10 to under 25

7

1

3

4

4

6

1

2

    25 to under 50

12

3

4

7

8

10

3

1

3

    50 to under 75

15

4

5

11

11

14

5

3

6

    75 to under 90

25

5

9

20

20

19

8

5

9

    90 or greater

32

6

10

27

27

29

14

9

15

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

12

2

3

10

11

9

3

3

4

    Construction

2

1

2

2

1

3

    Manufacturing

17

2

4

14

16

12

4

4

5

Service-providing industries

16

3

6

11

11

14

5

2

6

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

10

1

1

9

12

15

2

1

3

        Wholesale trade

10

2

7

10

9

5

3

4

        Retail trade

9

1

8

10

13

1

2

        Transportation and warehousing

14

14

14

27

2

4

        Utilities

21

4

2

46

38

3

18

    Information

26

7

10

20

44

38

9

5

15

    Financial activities

31

9

6

26

25

29

10

4

16

        Finance and insurance

37

11

7

31

32

37

12

5

19

            Credit intermediation and related activities

37

14

5

30

28

39

10

3

18

            Insurance carriers and related activities

38

6

8

32

32

33

14

6

18

        Real estate and rental and leasing

2

1

    Professional and business services

12

3

4

10

9

13

11

5

8

        Professional and technical services

12

4

3

10

11

16

16

10

13

        Administrative and waste services

6

5

3

5

5

2

    Education and health services

28

6

17

15

9

13

4

2

6

        Educational services

34

9

21

24

9

23

7

3

12

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

55

14

31

42

16

39

8

4

20

        Health care and social assistance

27

6

17

13

9

11

3

5

    Leisure and hospitality

3

1

2

2

2

        Accommodation and food services

2

2

2

2

    Other services

10

2

7

4

2

3

2

1 to 99 workers

5

1

2

3

4

4

3

1

3

    1 to 49 workers

5

1

2

3

3

4

3

1

2

    50 to 99 workers

6

1

2

5

6

6

3

2

4

100 workers or more

26

5

9

19

19

22

6

4

9

    100 to 499 workers

15

3

5

10

13

17

5

3

5

    500 workers or more

39

8

14

31

27

28

7

4

13

Geographic areas

Metropolitan areas

16

3

5

12

12

14

5

3

6

Nonmetropolitan areas

8

2

4

4

4

6

1

1

2

New England

16

3

8

13

13

15

6

3

9

Middle Atlantic

15

5

7

11

14

13

7

4

7

East North Central

18

3

6

13

12

14

5

2

3

West North Central

15

2

5

10

12

12

3

3

6

South Atlantic

12

3

4

8

11

14

5

3

3

East South Central

8

3

5

5

9

3

2

West South Central

16

3

5

10

10

12

3

2

3

Mountain

15

3

3

12

9

12

5

1

9

Pacific

16

2

4

13

9

12

3

2

10

1The total is less than the sum of individual childcare provisions because some employees have access to more than one of the benefits.

2Less than 0.5 percent.

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.

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