Table 51. Vision care benefits: Coverage for selected services, state
and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, 2011

(All workers participating in vision care plans = 100 percent)
                                                                      
                                                                      
            Characteristics              Eye exams  Glasses   Contact 
                                                             lenses(1)
                                                                      
                                                                      
All workers.............................       100       100        92
                                                                      
         Worker characteristic                                        
                                                                      
Management, professional, and related...       100       100        93
  Professional and related..............       100       100        93
    Teachers............................       100       100        95
      Primary, secondary, and special                                 
      education school teachers.........       100       100        96
Service.................................       100       100        92
  Protective service....................       100       100        93
Sales and office........................       100       100        92
  Office and administrative support.....       100       100        92
Natural resources, construction, and                                  
maintenance.............................       100       100        95
Production, transportation, and material                              
moving..................................       100       100        85
                                                                      
Full time...............................       100       100        92
Part time...............................       100       100        96
                                                                      
Union...................................       100       100        92
Nonunion................................       100       100        94
                                                                      
Average wage within the following                                     
categories:(2)                                                        
  Lowest 25 percent.....................       100       100        96
    Lowest 10 percent...................       100       100        96
  Second 25 percent.....................       100       100        91
  Third 25 percent......................       100       100        90
  Highest 25 percent....................       100       100        93
    Highest 10 percent..................       100       100        93
                                                                      
      Establishment characteristic                                    
                                                                      
Service-providing industries............       100       100        92
  Education and health services.........       100       100        94
    Educational services................       100       100        94
      Elementary and secondary schools..       100       100        95
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                  
      universities......................       100       100        92
    Health care and social assistance...       100       100        89
      Hospitals.........................       100       100        93
  Public administration.................       100       100        91
                                                                      
1 to 99 workers.........................       100       100        94
  1 to 49 workers.......................       100       100        98
  50 to 99 workers......................       100       100        90
100 workers or more.....................       100       100        92
  100 to 499 workers....................       100       100        95
  500 workers or more...................       100       100        91
                                                                      
State government........................       100       100        86
Local government........................       100       100        94
                                                                      
            Geographic area                                           
                                                                      
New England.............................       100       100        93
Middle Atlantic.........................       100       100        79
East North Central......................       100       100        99
South Atlantic..........................       100       100        85
West South Central......................       100       100        91
Mountain................................       100       100        97
Pacific.................................       100       100        97

  1 Includes plans that provide coverage for elective purchase of
contact lenses; medically necessary contact lenses (for cataract
surgery, for example) normally are provided under the surgical portion
of a medical plan and are not described in this table.
  2 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: 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.