Standard Errors
Quality of life benefits: Access

Table 40. Standard errors for quality of life benefits: Access, private industry workers, 
National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Childcare1

Flexible
workplace

Subsidized
commuting

Wellness
programs

Employee
assistance
programs

All workers

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.7

Worker characteristics

          

Management, professional, and related

0.8

0.9

0.8

1.2

1.2

    Management, business, and financial

1.0

1.4

1.0

1.5

1.6

    Professional and related

1.0

0.8

0.8

1.4

1.4

Service

1.0

[2]

0.4

1.0

1.3

    Protective service

1.3

–

1.2

2.5

4.1

Sales and office

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.9

1.0

    Sales and related

0.3

0.3

0.4

1.3

1.3

    Office and administrative support

0.5

0.6

0.5

1.1

1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

0.4

0.4

0.5

1.2

1.4

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

0.2

[2]

0.6

1.5

2.0

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

0.8

0.7

0.7

1.7

1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.9

1.2

    Production

0.6

0.3

0.7

1.3

1.6

    Transportation and material moving

0.4

0.2

0.2

1.2

1.6

Full time

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.8

Part time

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.9

1.1

Union

1.6

0.4

0.8

2.2

1.5

Nonunion

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.7

Average wage within the following categories:3

          

    Lowest 25 percent

0.7

[2]

0.3

0.9

1.0

        Lowest 10 percent

1.3

–

0.4

1.1

1.6

    Second 25 percent

0.5

0.4

0.4

1.0

1.1

    Third 25 percent

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.9

1.0

    Highest 25 percent

0.6

0.7

0.7

1.1

0.9

        Highest 10 percent

0.9

1.3

1.1

1.7

1.6

Establishment characteristics

          

Goods-producing industries

0.5

0.4

0.5

1.1

1.2

    Construction

[2]

0.5

0.7

1.5

1.5

    Manufacturing

0.7

0.5

0.6

1.5

1.6

Service-providing industries

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.8

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

0.3

0.3

0.3

1.0

1.2

        Wholesale trade

1.0

0.6

0.7

1.7

2.1

        Retail trade

0.3

0.3

0.4

1.4

1.4

        Transportation and warehousing

0.7

–

0.6

2.8

2.8

        Utilities

2.3

–

2.0

4.0

3.7

    Information

2.3

1.2

1.7

2.9

2.5

    Financial activities

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.7

1.7

        Finance and insurance

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.2

            Credit intermediation and related activities

1.8

1.5

1.6

2.1

1.9

            Insurance carriers and related activities

2.0

2.2

2.6

2.6

2.1

        Real estate and rental and leasing

–

2.7

–

4.4

4.6

    Professional and business services

1.0

1.4

1.0

1.6

1.9

        Professional and technical services

1.4

2.5

2.0

2.6

2.8

        Administrative and waste services

1.3

1.3

–

2.2

2.6

    Education and health services

1.1

0.6

0.6

1.8

2.0

        Educational services

1.2

1.2

1.1

2.1

2.3

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.4

0.8

1.4

1.9

1.6

        Health care and social assistance

1.3

0.7

0.7

2.0

2.2

    Leisure and hospitality

1.9

0.3

0.7

1.6

2.5

        Accommodation and food services

2.1

–

0.8

1.8

2.8

    Other services

2.1

0.6

1.0

2.6

2.9

1 to 99 workers

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.8

    1 to 49 workers

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.8

    50 to 99 workers

0.9

0.5

0.5

1.3

1.7

100 workers or more

0.7

0.5

0.5

1.1

1.0

    100 to 499 workers

0.6

0.4

0.6

1.3

1.5

    500 workers or more

1.3

1.0

0.9

1.8

1.2

Geographic areas

          

New England

1.0

1.3

1.1

1.4

1.5

Middle Atlantic

0.7

1.1

0.9

1.6

2.1

East North Central

0.9

0.7

0.6

1.7

1.6

West North Central

0.9

1.1

0.9

2.0

2.8

South Atlantic

0.8

0.5

0.4

1.4

1.5

East South Central

–

0.9

0.7

2.9

3.3

West South Central

1.1

1.0

0.2

2.3

2.1

Mountain

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.8

2.8

Pacific

0.9

0.9

1.2

1.3

2.0

1A workplace program that provides for either the full or
partial cost of caring for an employee's children in a nursery,
day care center, or a baby sitter in facilities either on or off the
employer's premises.

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.

2Less than 0.05.


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.