Table 20. Standard errors for life insurance plans: Fixed multiple of annual earnings benefit formulas, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2011
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Multiple of annual earnings amounts2
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Mean multiple of annual earnings
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Median multiple of annual earnings
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Less than 1.0 times earnings
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1.0 times earnings
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Management, business, and financial
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Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
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Office and administrative support
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Average wage within the following categories:4
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Establishment characteristics
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Goods-producing industries
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Service-providing industries
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Education and health services
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Elementary and secondary schools
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Health care and social assistance
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1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation.
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2Includes participants in plans in which insurance equaled a multiple of earnings plus or minus a specified amount.
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3Less than 0.05.
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4The 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.
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NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. 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.
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