Table. Percent of workers with access to stock options, by selected characteristics, private industry, National Compensation Survey, March 2003

Table. Percent of workers with access to stock options, by selected characteristics, private industry, National Compensation Survey, March 2003.
Characteristics	Percent
All workers	8
Worker characteristics:
White-collar occupations	12
Blue-collar occupations	6
Service occupations	2
Full time	10
Part time	4
Union	8
Nonunion	8
Average wage less than $15 per hour	6
Average wage $15 per hour or higher	13
Establishment characteristics:
Goods producing	9
Service producing	8
1-99 workers	4
100 or more workers	14
Geographic areas:
Metropolitan areas	9
Nonmetropolitan areas	3
New England	8
Middle Atlantic	7
East North Central	7
West North Central	3
South Atlantic	10
East South Central	7
West South Central	10
Mountain	7
Pacific	13
NOTE: For more information, including definitions of terms used in this table, see the notes to table 12 and the technical note in National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2003, Summary 04-02 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2004), pp. 15 (table 12), 16-17 (technical note); available on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0001.pdf.