Table 17. Fee-for-service plans: Coverage for selected services, state and local government workers, National
Compensation Survey, 2011

(All workers participating in fee-for-service plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                          Hospital Inpatient Outpatie- Physician  Skilled     Home    Hospice 
            Characteristics               room and  surgery      nt      office   nursing    health     care  
                                           board              surgery    visit    facility    care            
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
All workers.............................        99        99        99       100        81        84        82
                                                                                                              
         Worker characteristic                                                                                
                                                                                                              
Management, professional, and related...        99        99        99       100        81        83        82
  Professional and related..............       100        99        99       100        81        84        82
    Teachers............................        99        99        99       100        79        82        80
      Primary, secondary, and special                                                                         
      education school teachers.........        99        98        98       100        78        80        78
Service.................................        99        98        98       100        82        86        84
  Protective service....................        98        98        98       100        82        86        81
Sales and office........................        99        98        98       100        82        86        83
  Office and administrative support.....        99        98        98       100        82        86        83
Natural resources, construction, and                                                                          
maintenance.............................        98        98        98       100        71        80        78
Production, transportation, and material                                                                      
moving..................................        97        97        97       100        74        76         –
                                                                                                              
Full time...............................        99        99        99       100        81        84        82
Part time...............................       100        99        99       100        72        84        84
                                                                                                              
Union...................................        99        99        99       100        82        81        79
Nonunion................................        99        98        98       100        80        86        84
                                                                                                              
Average wage within the following                                                                             
categories:(1)                                                                                                
  Lowest 25 percent.....................        99        98        98       100        80        86        84
    Lowest 10 percent...................        97        97        97       100        80        87        86
  Second 25 percent.....................        99        99        99       100        80        85        81
  Third 25 percent......................        99        99        99       100        83        84        82
  Highest 25 percent....................        99        99        99       100        80        81        80
    Highest 10 percent..................       100        99        99       100        82        82        83
                                                                                                              
      Establishment characteristic                                                                            
                                                                                                              
Service-providing industries............        99        99        99       100        81        84        82
  Education and health services.........        99        99        99       100        80        84        82
    Educational services................        99        99        99       100        80        83        82
      Elementary and secondary schools..        99        98        98       100        80        81        79
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                                                          
      universities......................       100       100       100       100        82        93        90
    Health care and social assistance...       100       100       100       100        79        85        87
      Hospitals.........................       100       100       100       100        78        86        85
  Public administration.................        98        98        98       100        83        85        82
                                                                                                              
1 to 99 workers.........................        96        96        96       100         –        80        78
  1 to 49 workers.......................        97        97        97       100        79        82        81
  50 to 99 workers......................         –         –         –       100         –         –         –
100 workers or more.....................        99        99        99       100        82        84        82
  100 to 499 workers....................        99        99        99       100        83        84        83
  500 workers or more...................       100        99        99       100        82        85        82
                                                                                                              
State government........................       100       100       100       100        86        92        92
Local government........................        99        98        98       100        79        81        78
                                                                                                              
            Geographic area                                                                                   
                                                                                                              
New England.............................        99        99        99       100        85        84        81
Middle Atlantic.........................       100        99        99       100        90        84        92
East North Central......................        98        98        98       100        73        80         –
West North Central......................        99        99        99       100         –        83         –
South Atlantic..........................        99        99        99       100        89        91        86
West South Central......................       100        99        99         –        82        85        83
Mountain................................       100       100       100       100         –         –         –
Pacific.................................        99        98        98       100         –        81         –

  1 The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with
earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published in the
"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2010." See Technical Note for more
details.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data do 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/glossary20102011.htm.