2022 Employee Benefits in the United States — 2022-09-22

Life insurance was available to 57 percent of private industry workers in March 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Among occupational groups, access to life insurance plans ranged from 27 percent of workers in service occupations to 79 percent in management, professional, and related occupations. (See table 5.) Forty-three percent of private industry workers had access to short-term disability insurance. These benefits were available to 34 percent of workers in the South census region and 67 percent of workers in the Northeast census region. Thirty-five percent of private industry workers had access to long-term disability insurance. Among industry groups, access to long-term disability insurance ranged from 4 percent of workers in the leisure and hospitality industry to 71 percent of workers in the information industry.