Long-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement Data Table
Table 17. Long-term disability plans: Employee contribution requirement, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(All workers with long-term disability coverage = 100 percent)
Characteristics
Employee contribution required
Employee contribution not required
All workers
18
82
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related
20
80
Professional and related
20
80
Teachers
23
77
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
25
75
Registered nurses
15
85
Service
19
81
Protective service
19
81
Sales and office
14
86
Office and administrative support
15
85
Full time
18
82
Part time
19
81
Union
20
80
Nonunion
17
83
Average wage within the following percentiles:1
Less than 10
19
81
10 to under 25
18
82
25 to under 50
15
85
50 to under 75
17
83
75 to under 90
21
79
90 or greater
23
77
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries
19
81
Education and health services
20
80
Educational services
22
78
Elementary and secondary schools
23
77
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
18
82
Health care and social assistance
14
86
Hospitals
16
84
Public administration
16
84
100 workers or more
19
81
100 to 499 workers
17
83
500 workers or more
20
80
State government
19
81
Local government
18
82
Geographic areas
Middle Atlantic
5
95
East North Central
38
62
South Atlantic
6
94
Mountain
52
48
Pacific
9
91
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. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.