Table 49. Dental care benefits: Amount of annual family deductible,(1) state and local government workers, National Compensation
Survey, 2011

(All workers participating in dental care plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                     Amount of annual family deductible                           
                                                      With                                                      With no           
                                                     annual                                                      annual     Not   
            Characteristics                Total     family     10th      25th      50th      75th      90th     family  determin-
                                                   deductib- percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- deductib-    able  
                                                       le        le        le        le        le        le        le             
                                                                                  (median)                                        
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All workers.............................       100        46       $75       $75      $150      $150      $150        52         2
                                                                                                                                  
         Worker characteristic                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
Management, professional, and related...       100        45         –        75       150       150       150        53         2
  Professional and related..............       100        45         –        75       150       150       150        53         2
    Teachers............................       100        43         –        75         –       150       150        54         3
      Primary, secondary, and special                                                                                             
      education school teachers.........       100        42         –        75         –       150       150        54         4
Service.................................       100        49        75        75       150       150       150        50         1
  Protective service....................       100        52        75        75       150       150       150        48       (2)
Sales and office........................       100        45        75        75       150       150       150        54         1
  Office and administrative support.....       100        45        75        75       150       150       150        54         1
Natural resources, construction, and                                                                                              
maintenance.............................       100        50        75        75         –       150       150        49         2
Production, transportation, and material                                                                                          
moving..................................       100        38         –        75         –       150       150        59         3
                                                                                                                                  
Full time...............................       100        46        75        75       150       150       150        52         2
Part time...............................       100        39        75       100       150       150       150        60         2
                                                                                                                                  
Union...................................       100        37        75        75       150       150       150        60         2
Nonunion................................       100        59        75        75       150       150       150        40         1
                                                                                                                                  
Average wage within the following                                                                                                 
categories:(3)                                                                                                                    
  Lowest 25 percent.....................       100        53        75        75       150       150       150        46         2
    Lowest 10 percent...................       100        56        75        75       150       150       150        44       (2)
  Second 25 percent.....................       100        45        75        75       150       150       150        54         1
  Third 25 percent......................       100        50        75        75       150       150       150        49         1
  Highest 25 percent....................       100        40        75        75         –       150       150        57         2
    Highest 10 percent..................       100        34        50        75       100       150       150        62         4
                                                                                                                                  
      Establishment characteristic                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
Service-providing industries............       100        46        75        75       150       150       150        53         2
  Education and health services.........       100        44         –        75         –       150       150        54         2
    Educational services................       100        42        50        75         –       150       150        56         2
      Elementary and secondary schools..       100        41         –        75         –       150       150        56         3
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                                                                              
      universities......................       100        43        50         –         –       150       150        57       (2)
    Health care and social assistance...       100        54        75         –       150       150       150        44         2
      Hospitals.........................       100        52        75        75       150       150       150        46         3
  Public administration.................       100        52        75        75       150       150       150        48         1
                                                                                                                                  
1 to 99 workers.........................       100        53        75         –       150       150       150        45         1
  1 to 49 workers.......................       100        48        75        75         –       150       150        52       (2)
  50 to 99 workers......................       100        60        75         –       150       150       150        38         2
100 workers or more.....................       100        45        75        75       150       150       150        53         2
  100 to 499 workers....................       100        47        75        75       150       150       150        51         2
  500 workers or more...................       100        45        75        75       150       150       150        54         2
                                                                                                                                  
State government........................       100        51         –         –       150       150       150        49         –
Local government........................       100        44        75        75         –       150       150        54         2
                                                                                                                                  
            Geographic area                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                  
New England.............................       100        30        75        75         –       150       150        67         3
Middle Atlantic.........................       100        29        50         –        75       150       150        71       (2)
East North Central......................       100        42         –        75         –       150       150        54         4
West North Central......................       100        57         –        75         –       150       150         –         –
South Atlantic..........................       100        71        75        75       100       150       150        28         1
East South Central......................       100        87        75         –       150       150       150         –         –
West South Central......................       100        47        75         –       150       150       150        51         3
Mountain................................       100        64         –         –       150       150       150         –         –
Pacific.................................       100        34        75       100       150       150       150        64         2

  1 Amount of deductible excludes separate deductibles for orthodontic procedures. A deductible may not apply to all covered
dental procedures. If separate deductibles applied to different procedures, the sum of the deductible amounts was tabulated.
  2 Less than 0.5.
  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: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
do 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.