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Standard Errors Short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment
Table 25. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2011
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Characteristics
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Flat dollar amounts
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Dollar amount varies
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Fixed percent of annual earnings
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Percent varies by annual earnings
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Other
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Management, professional, and related
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Management, business, and financial
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Office and administrative support
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry
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Installation, maintenance, and repair
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Production, transportation, and material moving
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Transportation and material moving
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Average wage within the following categories:3
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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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Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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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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2Less than 0.05.
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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.
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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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