Standard Errors
Life insurance plans: Flat-dollar amount benefit formulas

Table 22. Standard errors for life insurance plans: Flat-dollar amount benefit formulas,1
private industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Flat dollar amounts2

10th
percentile

25th
percentile

50th
percentile
(median)

75th
percentile

90th
percentile

All workers

$1,749.91

$0.00

$468.61

$0.00

$0.00

Worker characteristics

         

Management, professional, and related

0.00

5,659.06

3,549.15

0.00

0.00

    Management, business, and financial

0.00

1,512.45

6,897.83

2,209.07

0.00

Service

0.00

0.00

1,913.11

1,352.77

6,171.58

Sales and office

3,084.80

0.00

5,086.27

0.00

0.00

    Sales and related

0.00

0.00

0.00

3,579.11

0.00

    Office and administrative support

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

0.00

0.00

5,189.12

0.00

1,562.05

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

2,937.94

1,623.33

1,562.05

156.20

1,562.05

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

10,588.58

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.00

0.00

3,301.39

0.00

0.00

    Production

312.41

0.00

4,462.11

987.93

1,774.15

    Transportation and material moving

441.81

0.00

1,750.35

0.00

4,483.93

Full time

0.00

0.00

4,877.81

0.00

0.00

Part time

0.00

0.00

0.00

3,306.24

12,252.89

Union

0.00

0.00

914.17

2,029.16

8,413.35

Nonunion

0.00

0.00

2,136.78

0.00

0.00

Average wage within the following categories:3

         

    Lowest 25 percent

0.00

0.00

6,214.92

0.00

6,707.73

        Lowest 10 percent

2,442.50

1,917.89

0.00

1,562.05

1,000.20

    Second 25 percent

2,708.93

0.00

0.00

3,762.73

10,438.89

    Third 25 percent

0.00

0.00

5,081.17

220.91

0.00

    Highest 25 percent

0.00

3,597.80

2,318.21

0.00

1,562.05

Establishment characteristics

         

Goods-producing industries

0.00

0.00

841.19

2,924.41

0.00

    Construction

862.67

0.00

6,985.70

0.00

3,124.10

    Manufacturing

0.00

0.00

962.91

4,692.65

0.00

Service-providing industries

2,649.74

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

2,154.55

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

        Retail trade

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3,393.64

        Transportation and warehousing

1,615.80

0.00

0.00

16,512.72

0.00

    Financial activities

0.00

1,352.77

1,562.05

0.00

0.00

        Finance and insurance

0.00

0.00

1,352.77

0.00

0.00

            Credit intermediation and related activities

2,590.37

0.00

12,373.76

0.00

21,389.25

            Insurance carriers and related activities

1,982.02

1,913.11

781.02

0.00

0.00

    Education and health services

2,346.98

0.00

0.00

2,066.40

0.00

        Health care and social assistance

1,705.78

0.00

0.00

5,896.61

0.00

    Leisure and hospitality

0.00

0.00

781.02

1,104.54

20,291.62

        Accommodation and food services

0.00

0.00

2,066.40

3,220.25

9,041.02

    Other services

4,847.39

0.00

0.00

2,590.37

0.00

1 to 99 workers

0.00

0.00

781.02

0.00

0.00

    1 to 49 workers

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

    50 to 99 workers

765.25

0.00

7,458.69

0.00

0.00

100 workers or more

2,084.03

0.00

1,725.34

2,107.32

0.00

    100 to 499 workers

2,784.44

0.00

4,641.68

781.02

0.00

    500 workers or more

634.51

0.00

2,343.07

3,873.76

0.00

Geographic areas

         

East North Central

3,424.95

0.00

2,340.80

0.00

0.00

South Atlantic

0.00

0.00

4,558.30

220.91

0.00

East South Central

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1,821.65

West South Central

2,879.22

3,454.21

3,320.96

1,361.76

6,673.08

Mountain

0.00

0.00

7,158.21

3,124.10

0.00

Pacific

2,688.59

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1Includes participants in plans providing a fixed benefit
amount. Dollar amounts can be a flat amount or can vary by the
employee’s earnings or length of service.

3The categories are based on the average wage for each
occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings
both above and below the threshold. The average wages are
based on the estimates published in the "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United
States, 2010." See Technical Note for more details.

2The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate
position within each published series. For example, at the 50th
percentile or median, half of participating workers receive the
same as or more than the amount shown, and half receive the
same as or less than the amount shown. At the 25th percentile,
one-fourth of participating&n bsp;workers receive the same or less
than the amount shown. The remaining percentiles follow the
same logic.


NOTE: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and
related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at
www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.