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| Industry |
Men |
Women |
Percent of total compensation that benefits represent |
| Median |
Mean |
Median |
Mean |
| General |
$142.60 |
$184.80 |
$114.60 |
$139.60 |
30.0% |
| Agriculture |
$86.00 |
$118.40 |
$77.40 |
$97.00 |
20.0% |
| Mining |
$179.20 |
$209.40 |
$127.00 |
$144.80 |
31.8% |
| Construction |
$124.60 |
$152.00 |
$118.20 |
$131.80 |
30.5% |
| Manufacturing |
$145.80 |
$184.00 |
$103.60 |
$128.60 |
35.1% |
| Wholesale Trade |
$147.20 |
$191.20 |
$112.20 |
$139.00 |
29.3% |
| Retail Trade |
$118.40 |
$153.60 |
$86.00 |
$110.20 |
30.0% |
| Transportation & Warehousing |
$146.20 |
$166.00 |
$121.00 |
$137.80 |
32.5% |
| Utilities |
$188.00 |
$213.40 |
$143.20 |
$168.40 |
30.0% |
| Information Processing |
$187.00 |
$229.60 |
$138.60 |
$167.80 |
29.6% |
| Finance & Insurance |
$212.00 |
$296.80 |
$123.80 |
$153.40 |
30.0% |
| Real Estate |
$129.40 |
$178.20 |
$117.80 |
$152.60 |
30.0% |
| Professional & Technical |
$161.40 |
$214.20 |
$124.20 |
$156.40 |
26.4% |
| Management (corporations, enterprises) |
$285.60 |
$338.00 |
$150.60 |
$176.00 |
28.6% |
| Administrative |
$104.40 |
$155.34 |
$92.60 |
$106.46 |
23.0% |
| Waste Services |
$126.60 |
$142.60 |
$122.80 |
$132.00 |
23.0% |
| Educational Services |
$174.00 |
$213.20 |
$141.20 |
$166.60 |
25.4% |
| Health Care & Social Assistance |
$153.20 |
$222.80 |
$113.20 |
$138.60 |
27.5% |
| Arts & Entertainment |
$117.60 |
$163.40 |
$97.00 |
$121.40 |
30.0% |
| Accommodation & Food Services |
$83.60 |
$110.80 |
$72.20 |
$90.00 |
20.4% |
| Other Services |
$123.40 |
$158.60 |
$89.00 |
$110.80 |
30.0% |
| Government |
$178.60 |
$214.00 |
$136.40 |
$160.20 |
30.0% |
The Migraine Calculator methodology relies on the human capital approach to represent the value of time missed from work, or from lowered productivity. This approach assumes that an employee’s compensation is directly related to the output, or productivity, of that employee.
When an employee is absent the firm may replace the employee with a temporary worker, incurring replacement costs that are likely to be equal to or higher than the absent employee’s compensation. Or, the firm may elect not to replace the employee, and suffer a loss in output which is also related to the employee’s compensation. In both of these cases the employee’s daily compensation is used as a proxy for the impact to the firm.
Can the firm “get by” without replacing the worker at all, relying on co-workers to help make up the work or by deferring the work to another day? Almost every workplace has experienced this to some degree. However, the overall management of a workforce (especially for larger companies) does not typically rely on stopgap measures. A firm that experiences a significant number of lost days due to absenteeism or presenteeism will be facing either replacement costs or loss of output.
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