Table 47. Dental care benefits: Median percent of covered charges paid
by plan for selected services, state and local government workers,
National Compensation Survey, 2011

(Includes all workers participating in dental care plans)
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                         Preventi-   Basic     Major  
            Characteristics                  ve    services- services-
                                         services-    (2)       (3)   
                                            (1)                       
                                                                      
                                                                      
All workers.............................       100        80        50
                                                                      
         Worker characteristic                                        
                                                                      
Management, professional, and related...       100        80        50
  Professional and related..............       100        80        50
    Teachers............................       100        80        50
      Primary, secondary, and special                                 
      education school teachers.........       100        80        50
Service.................................       100        80        50
  Protective service....................       100        80        50
Sales and office........................       100        80        50
  Office and administrative support.....       100        80        50
Natural resources, construction, and                                  
maintenance.............................       100        80        50
Production, transportation, and material                              
moving..................................       100        80        50
                                                                      
Full time...............................       100        80        50
Part time...............................       100        80        50
                                                                      
Union...................................       100        80        50
Nonunion................................       100        80        50
                                                                      
Average wage within the following                                     
categories:(4)                                                        
  Lowest 25 percent.....................       100        80        50
    Lowest 10 percent...................       100        80        50
  Second 25 percent.....................       100        80        50
  Third 25 percent......................       100        80        50
  Highest 25 percent....................       100        80        50
    Highest 10 percent..................       100        80        50
                                                                      
      Establishment characteristic                                    
                                                                      
Service-providing industries............       100        80        50
  Education and health services.........       100        80        50
    Educational services................       100        80        50
      Elementary and secondary schools..       100        80        50
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                  
      universities......................       100        80        50
    Health care and social assistance...       100        80        50
      Hospitals.........................       100        80        50
  Public administration.................       100        80        50
                                                                      
1 to 99 workers.........................       100        80        50
  1 to 49 workers.......................       100        80        50
  50 to 99 workers......................       100        80        50
100 workers or more.....................       100        80        50
  100 to 499 workers....................       100        80        50
  500 workers or more...................       100        80        50
                                                                      
State government........................       100        80        50
Local government........................       100        80        50
                                                                      
            Geographic area                                           
                                                                      
New England.............................       100        80        50
Middle Atlantic.........................       100        80        50
East North Central......................       100        80        50
West North Central......................       100        80        50
South Atlantic..........................       100        80        50
East South Central......................       100        80        50
West South Central......................       100        80        50
Mountain................................       100        80        50
Pacific.................................       100        80        50

  1 Preventive services include routine exams, cleanings, and x-rays,
and other preventive care. 
  2 Basic services include fillings, dental surgery, periodontal care
(treatment for gum disease), and endodontics (root canal therapy). 
  3 Major services include procedures such as crowns and prosthetics
(replacement of missing teeth with bridgework or dentures).
  4 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.