Employee Benefits in the United States

July 11, 2012
Medical care benefits were available to 57 percent of private industry workers in establishments with fewer than 100 employees compared to 89 percent of workers in establishments with 500 or more workers in March 2012. More...
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Archived EBS News Releases

• Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2011 (TXT) (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 (TXT) (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Government, September 2007 (HTML) (PDF)

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Benefit Incidence & Provisions
Employee Benefits Survey (1985 to 2006)
National Compensation Survey - Benefits (Beginning with 2010 data)*
*2007 to 2009 benefits data are not available in the National Compensation Survey data base. For data during these years, see the NCS publication archive.

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• Series Report —Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.

• Flat files (FTP) —For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
  • Employee Benefits Survey
  • National Compensation Survey - Benefits (Beginning with 2010 data)

• Benefits Search--allows you to search through all the benefits publications that are currently available electronically.

National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2012

September 2012
Bulletin 2773
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Tables organized by ownership

Employee benefits data tables: United States, March 2012 (Tab view)

• Civilian (includes private industry and state and local government establishments)
• Private industry (excludes agricultural establishments, private households, and the self-employed)
• State and local government (excludes Federal employees)
• View all by ownership group

Tables organized by benefit

Employee benefits data tables: United States, March 2012 (Tab view)

• Retirement benefits
• Healthcare benefits
• Life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance benefits
• Holiday, vacation, sick, and other leave benefits
• Other benefits
• Benefit combinations
• Establishment data
• View all benefits

Overview

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National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in Private Industry in the United States, 2011

December 2012
Bulletin 2775

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Overview

Tables

Basic Provisions

• Medical care benefits
• Fee-for-service plans
• Health maintenance organizations
• High deductible health plans
• Outpatient prescription drug benefits

Additional Provisions

• Medical care benefits
• Fee-for-service plans
• Health maintenance organizations
• Selected benefits by type of plan
• Mental healthcare and substance abuse treatment benefits
• Dental care benefits
• Vision care benefits

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Appendix table 2 (TXT) (PDF)

National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011

March 2012
Bulletin 2772

To print all tables in bulletin: (PDF of Entire 2011 Benefits Bulletin)

Overview

Tables

Health plan provisions

• Medical care benefits
• Fee-for-service plans
• Health maintenance organizations
• Selected benefits by type of plan
• High deductible and non-high deductible health plans
• Mental health care and substance abuse treatment benefits
• Outpatient prescription drug benefits
• Dental care benefits
• Vision care benefits

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Glossary

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Technical note

Appendix table 1 (TXT) (PDF)

Appendix table 2 (TXT) (PDF)

• Recent retirement benefits data
• Recent health benefits data
• Standard Errors
• Handbook of Methods, Chapter 8, National Compensation Measures
• Definition of health care benefits terms
• EBS Archives
• Online Publications
  • Compensation and Working Condition (CWC) Online
  • Monthly Labor Review (MLR) Online

All NCS Publications (including benefits, compensation costs, and wages) »

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What types of benefit data do you have?
2. For what worker and establishment characteristics are benefit data available?
3. How much has the cost of employer-provided benefits increased in the last 5 years?
4. Can I get estimates on benefits for a specific position?
5. Can I get projections on benefits?
6. Are there micro data available to the public?
7. Does BLS track sick-leave usage rates?
8. What percentage of the American work force is covered by benefits such as employer provided childcare, employee assistance programs, or flexible workplace programs?
9. Do you have information on mandatory benefits, and when an employee has the right to receive them?
10. What are frozen retirement plans and how prevalent are they?

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None

Other BLS Programs

• National Compensation Survey—designed to integrate data from separate BLS compensation surveys—currently provides earnings data by worker characteristics and establishment characteristics and by geographic area.
• Compensation Cost Trends—quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.

Other Useful Links

• Wage and Hour Division (WHD)—responsible for enforcing federal labor laws including minimum wage and hour standards.
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)—responsible for ensuring employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring equal employment opportunity.
• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)—offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)—provides participant and compliance assistance in the areas of retirement, health and other employee benefits.

Contacts

The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, Branch of Survey Information and Publications, will be glad to assist you with questions about any of the components of the National Compensation Survey.

Ways to Contact BLS Directly

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Information and assistance is also available from any BLS regional office.

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