The Southwest Central region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, came in last.
The Central Northeast region, which comprises Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, offers the best employee benefits in the nation, according to Forage’s new analysis of U.S. Department of Labor statistics data. . The Southwest Central region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, came in last.
The study considered medical care, employee leave, retirement benefits, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and other benefits. The regional highlights of the survey, arranged in descending order of ranking, are as follows:
of east north central The region had the highest overall score for employer benefits across all sectors. In addition, retirement benefits and short-term disability insurance scored the best.
of Mid-Atlantic The region scored the highest across all sectors for paid time off, and also scored the highest for health care and retirement. Among all sectors, the Mid-Atlantic region has workers who take paid family leave (34%), paid funeral leave (66%), paid military leave (39%), and paid personal leave (56%). was the highest percentage.
of South Atlantic The region scored the second highest across all categories for other benefits. For example, these states had the highest percentage of workers with access to flexible workplaces, health programs and non-production bonuses (9%, 48% and 43%, respectively).
of Mountain The region has the second-highest health score, along with the Mid-Atlantic region, and 75% of workers in these states have access to health insurance through their employer. They also had the highest percentage of workers who had access to a health savings account through their employer (44%).
of new england The region was the department with the highest scores for other benefits, including financial planning, non-production bonuses, and flexible work schedules. His 28% of New England workers had access to financial plans, the highest percentage of any sector. New England also had the highest proportion of workers with access to non-production bonuses (44%).
of Pacific The region ranked top in the area of health insurance. However, it ranked last for short-term disability insurance and other benefits, and was in the bottom three for retirement and vacation benefits.
of East South Central The region ranked lower on the list of regions with the best benefits because it scored lower compared to other sectors in terms of medical insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and other benefits.
of northwest central The region’s second-to-bottom ranking is partly due to its lower PTO score compared to other departments. However, it ranked high in life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability.
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of west southwestChubu The region ranks last in terms of retirement benefits, life insurance and long-term disability. Only 55% of workers in the West South Central sector have access to a defined contribution plan through their employer, the lowest rate of any sector.
