Table 4. Medical plans: Share of premiums paid by employer and employee for family
coverage, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(In percent)


                                   Civilian(1)       Private industry    State and local
                                                                            government

       Characteristics
                                Employer  Employee  Employer  Employee  Employer  Employee
                                share of  share of  share of  share of  share of  share of
                                premium   premium   premium   premium   premium   premium


All workers participating in
family coverage medical plans      71        29        71        29        73        27

    Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and
related.......................     72        28        72        28        72        28
  Management, business, and
  financial...................     72        28        72        28        -         -
  Professional and related....     72        28        72        28        72        28
    Teachers..................     70        30        -         -         70        30
      Primary, secondary, and
      special education school
      teachers................     68        32        -         -         68        32
    Registered nurses.........     71        29        -         -         75        25
Service.......................     69        31        66        34        75        25
  Protective service..........     -         -         -         -         79        21
Sales and office..............     69        31        68        32        75        25
  Sales and related...........     67        33        67        33        -         -
  Office and administrative
  support.....................     69        31        68        32        75        25
Natural resources,
construction, and maintenance      73        27        73        27        75        25
  Construction, extraction,
  farming, fishing, and
  forestry....................     74        26        74        26        -         -
  Installation, maintenance,
  and repair..................     72        28        71        29        -         -
Production, transportation,
and material moving...........     75        25        75        25        75        25
  Production..................     77        23        77        23        -         -
  Transportation and material
  moving......................     73        27        72        28        -         -

Full time.....................     71        29        71        29        73        27
Part time.....................     69        31        68        32        76        24

Union.........................     85        15        87        13        81        19
Nonunion......................     67        33        68        32        66        34

Average wage within the
following percentiles:(2)
  Less than 10................     63        37        63        37        61        39
  10 to under 25..............     64        36        64        36        69        31
  25 to under 50..............     68        32        68        32        75        25
  50 to under 75..............     72        28        71        29        74        26
  75 to under 90..............     74        26        75        25        73        27
  90 or greater...............     76        24        75        25        81        19

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries....     76        24        76        24        -         -

Service-providing industries..     70        30        69        31        73        27
  Education and health
  services....................     69        31        68        32        70        30
    Educational services......     69        31        67        33        69        31
      Elementary and secondary
      schools.................     68        32        -         -         68        32
      Junior colleges,
      colleges, and
      universities............     71        29        69        31        73        27
    Health care and social
    assistance................     69        31        69        31        75        25
      Hospitals...............     73        27        -         -         74        26
  Public administration.......     79        21        -         -         79        21

1 to 99 workers...............     67        33        66        34        72        28
  1 to 49 workers.............     67        33        66        34        70        30
  50 to 99 workers............     67        33        66        34        74        26
100 workers or more...........     74        26        74        26        74        26
  100 to 499 workers..........     72        28        72        28        74        26
  500 workers or more.........     75        25        76        24        73        27

       Geographic areas

New England...................     73        27        71        29        83        17
Middle Atlantic...............     78        22        75        25        92         8
East North Central............     77        23        75        25        85        15
West North Central............     72        28        72        28        71        29
South Atlantic................     66        34        66        34        65        35
East South Central............     64        36        66        34        58        42
West South Central............     64        36        66        34        54        46
Mountain......................     67        33        67        33        69        31
Pacific.......................     74        26        72        28        79        21

  1 Includes 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.
  2 The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed,
which may include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are
based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational
Earnings in the United States, 2007." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication
criteria.