Table 4.4
Employee's non-wage benefits, 2005

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  Employer-
sponsored
pension
plan		 Group
registered
retirement
savings plan		 Life/disability
insurance
plan		 Supplemental
medical
insurance
plan		 Dental
plan		 No non-
wage
benefits
percent
All employees 32.8 18.4 59.0 51.3 56.1 26.0
Gender
Men 32.7 20.2 63.5 56.2 61.6 23.1
Women 32.9 16.7 54.8 46.7 51.0 28.7
Age
Less than 25 8.0 6.4 21.0 21.7 23.9 53.2
25 to 44 31.7 19.6 61.1 54.6 60.2 24.1
45 or more 40.5 20.0 66.2 54.8 59.4 21.4
Educational attainment
Less than high school 15.4 12.1 40.2 35.4 38.8 44.9
High school 25.8 17.9 53.2 46.3 53.2 29.5
Some university or post-secondary 32.6 18.2 59.8 51.0 56.0 25.2
University 47.1 22.2 70.5 63.3 66.9 16.3
Occupation groups 1
Managers 30.6 24.4 67.9 60.3 67.1 20.6
Professionals 56.5 21.6 75.5 66.5 70.9 10.9
Technical/Trades 29.2 18.0 58.3 50.8 55.6 26.8
Marketing/Sales 9.7 9.0 25.1 22.7 25.3 56.6
Clerical/Administrative 34.6 18.8 60.6 48.5 54.7 22.4
Production workers 21.8 11.2 40.8 38.0 40.0 42.6
Employment type
Part-time 16.8 6.5 23.0 19.3 21.9 52.6
Full-time 35.8 20.6 65.7 57.2 62.5 21.1
Hourly wages
Less than $12.00 6.9 4.6 20.2 19.3 21.2 60.4
$12.00 to $19.99 25.8 16.6 57.7 49.3 53.1 25.6
$20.00 or more 50.1 26.1 77.8 67.5 74.4 10.6
Job tenure
Less than 1 year 23.8 14.0 48.4 45.0 49.2 32.2
1 to less than 5 years 28.4 16.1 54.7 47.6 53.2 29.8
5 to less than 10 years 34.4 21.6 63.1 56.0 59.2 21.9
10 to less than 20 years 43.9 22.9 70.5 58.1 64.9 17.7
20 or more years 56.7 23.9 74.4 60.5 61.0 17.3
Union status
Unionized 64.8 17.1 73.9 61.6 65.6 11.5
Non-unionized 21.1 18.9 53.5 47.5 52.6 31.4
Industry 2
Forestry, mining, oil and gas extraction 43.2 37.0 79.4 67.0 77.5 11.6
Labour-intensive tertiary manufacturing 22.1 18.4 60.6 49.2 57.2 28.1
Primary product manufacturing 49.2 29.5 76.4 65.3 72.6 13.9
Secondary product manufacturing 35.7 30.8 73.8 67.8 68.6 13.8
Capital-intensive tertiary manufacturing 34.2 27.3 76.1 64.8 77.0 10.4
Construction 13.9 14.6 50.4 46.6 48.9 34.5
Transportation, warehousing and wholesale trade 25.5 25.6 66.5 60.0 64.2 19.5
Communication and other utilities 68.3 20.4 81.6 65.1 74.3 10.3
Retail trade and consumer services 12.8 10.7 33.2 30.3 34.8 45.4
Finance and insurance 54.8 26.6 81.6 71.4 77.8 8.3
Real estate, rental and leasing operators 18.5 15.0 49.6 45.6 46.9 43.2
Business services 19.7 22.0 62.9 54.2 62.4 27.5
Education and health services, non-profit groups 58.7 14.5 66.7 55.2 56.5 17.8
Information and cultural industries 43.2 17.7 68.6 63.5 70.4 15.2
Workplace size
1 to 19 employees 7.8 9.3 33.5 31.2 32.3 53.7
20 to 99 employees 20.2 19.3 57.9 50.3 55.5 25.4
100 to 499 employees 47.2 26.9 73.6 64.2 73.0 9.9
500 or more employees 72.5 20.8 80.5 66.9 72.2 6.0
1. The basis for this grouping is the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) 1991 – Canada.
2. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey, Employee component.