Table 1. Percent of workers participating in selected benefits, by
worker and establishment characteristics, private industry, National
Compensation Survey, 2000
Table 1. Percent of workers participating in selected benefits, by worker and
establishment characteristics, private industry, National Compensation Survey,(1) 2000
Retirement benefits Health care benefits
Characteristics
Defined Defined Medical Dental Vision
All benefit contri- care care care
bution
Total......................... 48 19 36 52 29 17
Worker characteristics:(2)
Professional, technical, and
related employees(3)......... 66 27 53 64 42 24
Clerical and sales
employees(3)................. 50 18 40 50 30 17
Blue-collar and service
employees(3)................. 39 17 27 47 24 15
Full time..................... 55 22 42 61 35 21
Part time..................... 18 6 12 13 6 4
Union......................... 83 69 38 75 53 41
Nonunion...................... 44 14 36 49 27 15
Establishment characteristics:
Goods-producing............... 57 - 44 - 33 20
Service-producing............. 45 18 33 48 28 17
1-99 workers.................. 33 8 27 43 19 10
100 workers or more........... 65 33 46 61 41 26
Survivor benefits Disability benefits
Characteristics Accident-
Life al death Survivor Short-term Long-term
insurance and income disabili- disabili-
dismem- benefits ty ty
berment
Total......................... 54 41 2 34 26
Worker characteristics:(2)
Professional, technical, and
related employees(3)......... 76 58 3 50 51
Clerical and sales
employees(3)................. 52 39 2 32 27
Blue-collar and service
employees(3)................. 47 36 2 28 14
Full time..................... 65 50 2 39 31
Part time..................... 11 8 1 12 4
Union......................... 82 66 6 69 28
Nonunion...................... 51 39 2 30 25
Establishment characteristics:
Goods-producing............... 69 58 3 45 31
Service-producing............. 50 36 2 30 24
1-99 workers.................. 37 24 2 22 13
100 workers or more........... 75 62 3 47 40
1 The survey covers all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Collection was
conducted between February and December 2000. The average reference period was July 2000.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or part-time schedule based on
the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See the Technical Note for more information.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Where
applicable, dash indicates no employees in this category or data do not meet publication
criteria.