Table 7. Defined benefit retirement survivor benefits: Access(1) for unmarried
domestic partners, National Compensation Survey, March 2011

(All workers = 100 percent)
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                              Civilian(2)       Private industry    State and local  
                                                                       government    
     Characteristics                                                                 
                                                                                     
                           Same sex  Opposite  Same sex  Opposite  Same sex  Opposite
                                       sex                 sex                 sex   
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
All workers..............     14        14         7         7        50        49   
                                                                                     
 Worker characteristics                                                              
                                                                                     
Management, professional,                                                            
and related..............     24        23        11        10        54        52   
  Management, business,                                                              
  and financial..........     21        20        15        14        -         -    
  Professional and                                                                   
  related................     25        24         9         9        54        53   
    Teachers.............     43        41        -         -         54        51   
      Primary, secondary,                                                            
      and special                                                                    
      education school                                                               
      teachers...........     50        49        -         -         57        56   
    Registered nurses....     16        15        -         -         -         -    
Service..................      9         9         3         3        42        42   
  Protective service.....     28        27         3         3        45        44   
Sales and office.........     12        11         8         7        52        51   
  Sales and related......      5         4         4         4        -         -    
  Office and                                                                         
  administrative support      16        15        10         9        53        53   
Natural resources,                                                                   
construction, and                                                                    
maintenance..............     12        11         8         7        46        46   
  Construction,                                                                      
  extraction, farming,                                                               
  fishing, and forestry..     11        11         6         6        -         -    
  Installation,                                                                      
  maintenance, and repair     13        12        10         9        -         -    
Production,                                                                          
transportation, and                                                                  
material moving..........     10         9         8         7        40        41   
  Production.............      6         5         6         4        -         -    
  Transportation and                                                                 
  material moving........     13        13        11        10        -         -    
                                                                                     
Full time................     17        16         9         8        55        54   
Part time................      6         6         4         4        21        21   
                                                                                     
Union....................     38        36        25        22        54        51   
Nonunion.................     10        10         6         5        47        48   
                                                                                     
Average wage within the                                                              
following categories:(3)                                                             
  Lowest 25 percent......      4         4         2         2        38        38   
    Lowest 10 percent....      1         1         1         1        30        30   
  Second 25 percent......     11        11         5         5        51        50   
  Third 25 percent.......     17        16         9         8        52        52   
  Highest 25 perecent....     27        26        15        14        59        57   
    Highest 10 percent...     28        26        16        15        61        55   
                                                                                     
      Establishment                                                                  
    characteristics                                                                  
                                                                                     
Goods-producing                                                                      
industries...............      7         6         6         6        -         -    
                                                                                     
Service-providing                                                                    
industries...............     16        15         8         7        50        49   
  Education and health                                                               
  services...............     24        24         7         7        53        51   
    Educational services      44        42         4         3        54        52   
      Elementary and                                                                 
      secondary schools..     49        48        -         -         53        52   
      Junior colleges,                                                               
      colleges, and                                                                  
      universities.......     37        35         6         5        55        53   
    Health care and                                                                  
    social assistance....     11        10         8         8        43        44   
      Hospitals..........     20        20        -         -         39        42   
  Public administration..     49        48        -         -         49        48   
                                                                                     
1 to 99 workers..........      5         4         3         3        34        34   
  1 to 49 workers........      4         4         3         3        31        31   
  50 to 99 workers.......      7         7         5         4        40        39   
100 workers or more......     23        22        12        12        52        51   
  100 to 499 workers.....     12        12         7         7        42        42   
  500 workers or more....     33        32        19        18        56        54   
                                                                                     
    Geographic areas                                                                 
                                                                                     
New England..............     11        10         8         7        32        27   
Middle Atlantic..........     17        15         9         8        61        54   
East North Central.......      7         6         7         5        -         -    
West North Central.......     -          8         5         4        -         -    
South Atlantic...........     13        13         6         6        46        46   
East South Central.......     19        19         5         5        67        68   
West South Central.......     14        14         5         5        57        58   
Mountain.................     14        14         6         6        61        60   
Pacific..................     24        23        12        12        84        82   

  1 The percentage of workers with access to the benefit reflects both the
availability of the benefit and the employer’s policy on providing the benefit to
unmarried domestic partners.  For example, this table shows that 14 percent of all
civilian workers have access to a defined benefit retirement plan that provided
survivor benefits for unmarried domestic partners.  Data from March 2010 show that 31
percent of civilian workers had access to a defined benefit retirement plan.
  2 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.
  3 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, 2008." See Technical Note for
more details.

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/glossary20092010.htm.