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Cost data for&individual plans cannot be determined.+\2 Based on worker attributes. For example,(employee contributions may vary based on$earnings, length of service, or age.,\3 Amount varies by options selected under a&"cafeteria plan" or employer-sponsoredreimbursement account.(Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Blue-collar White-collar occupationsServiceE The data in this release are from the National Compensation SurveyG (NCS), conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department ofH Labor. The statistics in this release represent a transitional step inC combining two formerly separate benefits surveys into a single NCSD program. This release contains 2003 data on all workers in privateJ industry. Expanded data covering detailed provisions of selected benefit plans are forthcoming. D Prior to 1996, when the survey consolidation began, BLS conductedJ surveys of the incidence of employee benefits in different sectors of theK economy in alternating years; the surveys studied medium and large privateK establishments during odd years and small private establishments and stateE and local governments during even years. Separate publications wereK produced for each sample. In the future, all types of establishments willA be surveyed each year, and the data will be produced by numerousK characteristics, including establishment employment size and sector of the economy.I Under NCS, benefit incidence and provision information is published inF two steps. The first, incidence and key provisions, will be publishedI approximately six months after the data are collected. This news releaseD has data relating to March 2003, the most prompt publication in theH history of the benefits incidence series since it was launched in 1979.K The second part will provide detailed information on the characteristicsJ of health and retirement plans. The data collection period for compilingF these detailed characteristics data was December 2001 through January2 2003; publication is anticipated early next year.H In addition, BLS is planning to introduce a new set of estimates thatE link benefit cost information to incidence and provisions data. ForG example, estimates of the cost of health insurance per participant areK expected to be produced for the first time. Currently, the only estimatesI available are those of the average cost for all employees, regardless ofK their participation in health insurance plans. The new "linked" estimates) are expected to begin appearing in 2004.K The last detailed publication of data on incidence and provision was forA calendar year 2000. Because of the start up time associated withH incorporating a new benefit sample in the NCS program, there will be noG incidence or provision estimates for 2001 or 2002. Beginning with theI release of 2003 data, however, data on incidence and detailed provisions( are expected to be produced every year.J Estimates provided here are for private nonagricultural industries. InG the past, state and local governments have also been surveyed. For theD next several years, however, incidence and provision estimates willE exclude governments because of other commitments in the NCS program. Definitions of survey termsH Incidence, which refers to the number or percentage of employees thatG receive a benefit plan or specific benefit feature, is measured in twoI ways. Access to a benefit is determined on an occupational basis withinK an establishment; either all employees or no employees in an occupation inC an establishment have the benefit available to them. The benefitsE published in tables 3 and 4 refer to employee access. ParticipationI refers to the proportion of employees who opt for a benefit. There willJ be cases where employees with access to a plan will not participate. ForI example, some employees may decline to participate in a health insuranceG plan if there is an employee cost involved. The benefits published inD tables 1 and 2 refer to employee participation. Due to a change inK methodology from previous surveys, the percentage of workers participatingO in medical plans may be slightly lower than previously reported. Averages forG occupations within an establishment were used to produce estimates for below and above $15.E The data in table 8 present estimates -- for the first time in theH survey -- of the proportion of establishments that offer retirement andI health insurance to their employees. In this instance, the focus shiftsH from the employee to the establishment. If the benefit is available toI anyone in the establishment, even those occupations not selected for theI survey, it meets the definition of "offered" in table 8. EstablishmentsD are generally defined as single physical locations; the term is notH synonymous with "firm" or "company," because a firm could have multipleJ locations (establishments). The section on survey scope, below, contains$ more information on establishments.A For a listing of selected benefit definitions, see Glossary ofI Compensation Terms, U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,/ August 1998, Report 923, or on the Internet at) http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/ebsgloss.htm. Survey scopeI The 2003 NCS benefits survey obtained data from 2,924 private industryI establishments, representing nearly 103 million workers; of this number,J nearly 79 million were full-time workers and the remainder--slightly overF 24 million--were part-time workers. The NCS uses the establishment'sK definition of full- and part-time status. For purposes of this survey, anE establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, aF central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing supportE services to a company. For private industries, the establishment is' usually at a single physical location.B The nine Census divisions are defined as follows: New England -D Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, andH Vermont; Middle Atlantic - New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; EastG North Central - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; WestG North Central - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, SouthG Dakota, and Missouri; South Atlantic - Delaware, District of Columbia,J Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, andH West Virginia; East South Central - Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, andJ Tennessee; West South Central - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas;H Mountain - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah,C and Wyoming; and Pacific - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.(Z) Less than 0.5 percent.SYMBOL FOOTNOTES Dollar amount not specified Total with contributory coverage"National Compensation Survey,3Employee Benefits in Private Industry, March 2004";[No. 147. 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