• Corrections made to access, participation, and take-up rates for retirement benefits.
• Access to paid personal leave benefits for December 2017.
• Corrections made to paid sick leave benefits access rates.
• Corrections made to nonproduction bonus access rates.

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• Employee Benefits in the United States▸
  • March 2022 Employee Benefits in the United States (ZIP)
  • March 2021 Employee Benefits in the United States (PDF)
  • March 2020 Employee Benefits in the United States (PDF)
  • March 2019 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2018 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2017 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2016 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2015 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2014 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2013 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2012 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2011 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2010 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2009 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
  • March 2008 Employee Benefits in the United States PDF
• Health and Retirement Plan Provisions▸

  Private industry

  • 2020 Health Plan Provisions, for Private Industry (XLSX)
  • 2019 Retirement Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2018 Health Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2017 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2015 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2014 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2013 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2012 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2011 Health Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2010 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2009 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2008 Health Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2005 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2003 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2002-2003 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF
  • 2000 Health and Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for Private Industry PDF

  State and Local Government

  • 2021 Health Plan Provisions, for State and Local Government (XLSX)
  • 2016 Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for State and Local Government PDF
  • 2011 Health Benefits Plan Provisions, for State and Local Government PDF
  • 2007 Retirement Benefits Plan Provisions, for State and Local Government PDF
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry▸

  All Establishments

  • March 2007 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, for All Establishments PDF
  • March 2006 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, for All Establishments PDF
  • March 2005 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, for All Establishments PDF
  • March 2004 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, for All Establishments PDF
  • March 2003 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, for All Establishments PDF

  Medium and Large Establishments

  • Bulletin 2517, 1997 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2496, 1995 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF (TXT)
  • Bulletin 2456, 1993 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2422, 1991 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2363, 1989 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2336, 1988 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2281, 1986 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2262, 1985 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2237, 1984 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2213, 1983 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2176, 1982 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2140, 1981 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2170, 1980 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF
  • Report 615, 1979 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Medium and Large Establishments PDF

  Small Establishments

  • Bulletin 2507, 1996 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Small Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2475, 1994 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Small Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2441, 1992 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Small Establishments PDF
  • Bulletin 2388, 1990 Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Small Establishments PDF
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Government▸
  • September 2007 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
  • Bulletin 2531, 1998 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
  • Bulletin 2477, 1994 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
  • Bulletin 2444, 1992 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
  • Bulletin 2398, 1990 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
  • Bulletin 2309, 1987 Employee Benefits in State and Local Government PDF
• Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms▸
  • Latest Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2022 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2021 Glossary of health and medical care terms (PDF)
  • 2021 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2020 Glossary of health and medical care terms (PDF)
  • 2020 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2019 Glossary for retirement plan terms (PDF)
  • 2019 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2018 Glossary for health care plan terms (PDF)
  • 2017-2018 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2016-2017 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2015-2016 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2014-2015 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2013-2014 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2012-2013 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2011-2012 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2010-2011 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2009-2010 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
  • 2008-2009 Glossary of employee benefit terms (PDF)
• Factsheets▸
  • What type of nonproduction bonuses are available to workers?(PDF)
  • Medical care premiums in the United States (PDF)
  • Supplemental data measuring the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on sick leave plans
  • High deductible health plans and health savings accounts (PDF)
  • Who receives paid vacations? (PDF)
  • What statistics does the BLS provide on frozen defined benefit plans? (PDF)
  • Paid sick leave: What is available to workers? (PDF)
  • Flexible benefits in the workplace(PDF)
  • Flexible work schedule and student loan repayment
  • Family Leave Benefits (PDF)
  • Holiday profiles
  • December 2017 Access to paid personal leave benefits
  • March 2013 Unmarried domestic partner benefits PDF(March 2012 PDF) (March 2011 PDF)
  • April 2011 Selected medical benefits: a report from the Department of Labor to the Department of Health and Human Services PDF
  • March 2011 Covered services and limits in health benefit plans for state and local government workers PDF
  • June 2000 Child care report
  • 1999 Pilot survey on the incidence of stock options in private industry
  • Definition of health care benefits terms PDF
• Articles on healthcare benefits▸
  • A look at healthcare spending, employment, pay, benefits, and prices PDF – takes a look at employment and compensation, including health care benefits, as well as consumer spending on health care in the health care industry.
  • Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey – examines compensation and discusses incidence and employer costs of health care benefits in the nonprofit sector.
  • The relationship between access to benefits and weekly work hours – examines access to employee benefits, including retirement,based on employees’ work schedule and establishments’ industry.
  • Measuring the generosity of employer-sponsored health plans: an actuarial-value approach – using survey NCS data together with the findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel, administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, assesses the actuarial value of employer-provided health care benefits.
  • Could healthcare reform be a game changer for U.S. self-employment? Evidence from Massachusetts PDF – attempts to extrapolate the effects of the Massachusetts health reform on self-employment in the wake of implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
  • The National Compensation Survey and the Affordable Care Act: preserving quality health care data – highlights the research on the effects of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act on NCS health benefits data.
  • Understanding Health Plan types: What’s in a name? – highlights the differences in various types of health care delivery systems, as reflected in health care plans offered in the workplaces.
  • Trends in employment-based health insurance coverage: evidence from the National Compensation Survey – examines the dynamics of recent declines in incidence of health care coverage among various employee groups.
  • Paid leave in private industry over the past 20 years – looks at the changes in employer costs and in different paid leave benefits for private industry workers.
  • Compensation highlights in trade, transportation and utilities industries – takes a look at wages and employee benefits for workers in the trade, transportation, and utilities industries.
  • Retirement and medical benefits: Who has both? – examines private industry workers’ access to medical benefits, retirement benefits, and combinations of the two.
  • Concerns about health insurance and retirement – reviews “Health Insurance Coverage in Retirement: the Erosion of Retiree Income Security,” Christian E. Weller, Jeffrey Wenger, and Elise Gould.
  • Employment based health benefits in small and large private establishments – compares health benefits from private sector employers.
  • Who has benefits in private industry in 2012? – focuses on access to and participation in retirement and other benefits by various worker and establishment characteristics).
  • How have health benefits changed in state and local government from 1998 to 2011? – changes in health care plan provisions from 1998 to 2011.
  • Program Perspectives on health benefit costs by wage category PDF – focuses on medical care benefit costs.
  • Program Perspectives on outpatient prescription drug coverage PDF – data on access and participation rates plus coverage trends for private industry workers.
  • Program Perspectives on high deductible health plans PDF – data on participation and comparisons with traditional plans and features of health savings accounts.
  • Program Perspectives on state and local government benefits PDF – includes data on access to health benefits.
  • Consumer-driven health care: What is it, and what does it mean for employees and employers? PDF
  • Program Perspectives on fee-for-service plans PDF
  • Program Perspectives on combined benefit plans PDF
• Articles on retirement and savings benefits▸
  • Defined contribution retirement plans: who has them and what do they cost?– examines 5 types of employer-provided defined contribution plans in private industry, participation rates by type of plan and by industry.
  • You’re getting a pension: What are your payment options? – attempts to aid in understanding of the multiple forms of benefit disbursement,including mandatory and optional, in defined benefit plans.
  • Are older Americans healthy enough to work longer? PDF – reexamines the issues of workforce participation and retirement of older Americans in light of their state of health as well as their changing eligibility for Social Security and Medicare benefits.
  • Pension generosity in Oregon and its impact on the K12 workforce– examines the relationship between pension generosity and incentives for longer tenure.
  • Trends in employer costs for defined benefit plans – examines employer costs and employee access to defined benefit plans.
  • Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey – examines compensation, including incidence and costs of retirement benefits, in the nonprofit sector.
  • Access to specific provisions of employer-provided benefits: new estimates – examines access to specific provisions in medical and retirement plans.
  • Selected characteristics of savings and thrift plans for private industry workers PDF – looks at the growth in the prevalence and at selected characteristics of employer-provided savings and thrift plans in private industry in the United States.
  • The relationship between access to benefits and weekly work hours – examines access to employee benefits, including retirement,based on employees’ work schedule and establishments’ industry.
  • Automatic enrollment, employer match rates, and employee compensation in 401(k) plans – based on unpublished NCS data, compares employer costs in establishments with and without automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans.
  • A look at today’s pension equity plans – looks at the features of pension equity plans in light of the changes in retirement benefits over the last several decades.
  • An analysis of multiemployer pension plans – examines multi‐employer coverage of defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans.
  • Linked incidence-detail outputs for defined contributions using the NCS PDF – examines the methodology for creating a new data series by combining the NCS incidence and provisions data.
  • The relationship between job characteristics and retirement savings in defined contribution plans – examines the relationships between Defined Contribution plan participants’ industry and employer characteristics and reduced contributions to retirement accounts in a time of severe recession of 2007 to 2009.
  • Concerns about health insurance and retirement – reviews “Health Insurance Coverage in Retirement: the Erosion of Retiree Income Security,” Christian E. Weller, Jeffrey Wenger, and Elise Gould.
  • Retirement and medical benefits: Who Has Both? – examines private industry workers’ access to medical benefits, retirement benefits, and combinations of the two.
  • Retirement Costs for Defined Benefit Plans Higher than for Defined Contribution Plans – focuses on private industry employer retirement plan costs.
  • Who has benefits in private industry in 2012? – focuses on access to and participation in retirement and other benefits by various worker and establishment characteristics.
  • Program Perspectives on legally required benefit Costs PDF – includes data on employer costs for Social Security by occupational and industry characteristics.
  • Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits PDF – highlights changes in retirement plan features.
  • Program Perspectives on defined contribution plan investment choices PDF – data on commonly found investment options in savings and thrift (e.g. 401(k)) retirement plans for private industry workers. Highlighted data includes available investment choices for employee and employer contributions.
  • Program Perspectives on defined contribution plans PDF – highlights six types of defined contribution plans, providing BLS data on participation by type of plan and method of contribution.
  • Program Perspectives on state and local government benefits PDF – includes data on defined contribution retirement plan types and defined contribution investment choices.
  • Program Perspectives on defined contribution plans PDF – data on defined contribution retirement plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.
  • Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans PDF – new data series on employee access to medical care and retirement benefits.
  • How Does Your 401(K) Match Up? PDF – overview of NCS terms for typical savings and thrift plans.
  • Program Perspectives on defined benefit plans – data on the frequency, accrual of benefits, and alternatives to frozen defined-benefit plans as well as the length of time since the plans were frozen.