Summary | Data Collection | Survey Methodology | Data Usage

• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2003 (HTML) (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2000 (PDF) (TXT) / 1999 (PDF) (TXT)

• Most Requested Statistics--Select from lists of the most popular benefits statistics (EBS).
• Create Customized Tables (one screen) --this application (previously called "Public Data Query") requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
• Create Customized Tables (multiple screens) --a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make (previously called "Selective Access").
• Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
• Benefits Search--allows you to search through all the benefits publications that are currently available electronically.

• UPDATED Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Summary, 2003 (PDF)- providing data from the 2003 survey on incidence and provisions of all private establishments.
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2000 (PDF) - providing data from the 2000 survey of all private establishments.
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Supplementary Tables, 2000 / 1999 - providing additional data for full-time and part-time workers by size of establishment.
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Governments, 1998 (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments, 1997 (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in Small Private Establishments, 1996 (PDF)
• Child Care Report (PDF 21K)--providing data on the incidence of child care resource and referral services in June 2000.
• Stock Options News Release (TXT)(PDF 32K)--providing data on the incidence of stock option plans in 1999.
• 2459—Employee Benefits Survey: A BLS Reader (February 1995) - (Only in hard copy)
• Health Insurance Definitions
• Related Articles

Other BLS Programs

• The Compensation and Working Conditions Bulletin--(CWC) publications on-line.
• The Monthly Labor Review--(MLR) publications on-line.
• National Compensation Survey--designed to integrate data from separate BLS compensation surveys--currently provides earnings data by worker characteristics and establishment characteristics and by geographic area.
• Compensation Cost Trends--quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and annual data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.
• Wages--provides data on occupational wages for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation.

Other Useful Links

• Employment Standards Administration--administers a variety of programs protecting the basic rights of workers, including minimum wage and hour standards, and equal employment opportunity.
• Employee Benefit Research Institute--offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)