Table 42. Outpatient prescription drug benefits:(1) Type of coverage, state and
local government workers, National Compensation Survey, 2011

(All workers participating in outpatient prescription drug plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                Mail    Coverage
            Characteristics               Generic  Brand-na-   order      for   
                                           drugs    me drugs   drugs   formulary
                                                                        drugs(2)
                                                                                
                                                                                
All workers.............................       100       100        85        78
                                                                                
         Worker characteristic                                                  
                                                                                
Management, professional, and related...       100       100        85        78
  Professional and related..............       100       100        84        76
    Teachers............................       100       100        84        74
      Primary, secondary, and special                                           
      education school teachers.........       100       100        82        70
Service.................................       100       100        86        78
  Protective service....................       100       100        85        75
Sales and office........................       100       100        87        81
  Office and administrative support.....       100       100        88        81
Natural resources, construction, and                                            
maintenance.............................       100        99        79        83
Production, transportation, and material                                        
moving..................................       100       100        84        76
                                                                                
Full time...............................       100       100        85        78
Part time...............................       100        99        85        76
                                                                                
Union...................................       100       100        88        68
Nonunion................................       100       100        82        88
                                                                                
Average wage within the following                                               
categories:(3)                                                                  
  Lowest 25 percent.....................       100       100        83        86
    Lowest 10 percent...................       100       100        81        88
  Second 25 percent.....................       100       100        85        80
  Third 25 percent......................       100       100        85        82
  Highest 25 percent....................       100       100        86        70
    Highest 10 percent..................       100       100        89        65
                                                                                
      Establishment characteristic                                              
                                                                                
Service-providing industries............       100       100        85        78
  Education and health services.........       100       100        84        78
    Educational services................       100       100        85        77
      Elementary and secondary schools..       100       100        83        72
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                            
      universities......................       100       100        90        90
    Health care and social assistance...       100       100        82        84
      Hospitals.........................       100       100        80        85
  Public administration.................       100       100        87        79
                                                                                
1 to 99 workers.........................       100       100        75        84
  1 to 49 workers.......................       100       100        77        80
  50 to 99 workers......................       100       100        73        89
100 workers or more.....................       100       100        86        78
  100 to 499 workers....................       100        99        83        75
  500 workers or more...................       100       100        87        79
                                                                                
State government........................       100       100        90        92
Local government........................       100       100        83        73
                                                                                
            Geographic area                                                     
                                                                                
New England.............................       100       100        84        89
Middle Atlantic.........................       100        99        92        68
East North Central......................       100       100        83        66
West North Central......................       100       100        71        76
South Atlantic..........................       100       100        86        89
West South Central......................       100       100        82        92
Mountain................................       100       100        94        84
Pacific.................................       100       100        92        64

  1 Outpatient prescription drug benefits include both stand-alone drug plans
and prescription drug benefits included as part of a medical plan.
  2 These are both generic and brand names drugs approved by the health care
provider. Drugs not approved by the health care provider are nonformulary drugs,
for which enrollees receive less generous benefits, such as a higher copayment
per prescription.
  3 The 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.

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.