NI CITIZENSHIP REPORT

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Compensation and Benefits

National Instruments offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that helps the company hire and retain the best and brightest employees. This package offers benefits to employees such as the following:

Benefit	Worldwide	United States
Competitive salary	X
Health insurance plans with quality health care coverage	X
Tuition assistance		X
Group life insurance		X
Business travel life insurance policy	X
401(k) retirement plan		X
Company performance bonus, which is a percentage of eligible earnings based on revenue growth and operating profit, distributed to all eligible employees twice per year	X
Ownership in the company through equity programs		X
On-site health and fitness centers		X¹
Monetary matching for employee donations to charitable organizations		X
Employee assistance program (EAP) for health care, legal, and financial help		X¹
Flexible spending account for medical expenses		X

¹NI corporate headquarters only.

NI Health Care Coverage
NI medical coverage for US employees offers a two-tiered approach so employees can tailor their medical coverage to suit their needs, either individually or as a family. Through NI health care plans, employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage. Employees also have the option to create a tax-saving flexible spending account for medical expenses.

Due to strategic negotiations made by NI, health care premiums for employees who completed a health risk assessment (HRA) in 2009 did not increase in 2010 despite rising health care costs in the United States.

401(k) Retirement Plan
NI offers a voluntary 401(k) plan to help US employees prepare for their retirement. The plan allows employees to contribute up to 80 percent of their pretax income and/or Roth (after tax) contribution within legal limits. Employees may select the appropriate combination for their situation of pretax and Roth contributions. NI will match 50 percent of an employee's pretax contribution up to 6 percent, which makes a total company contribution of 3 percent. For additional information about this program, refer to the Annual Report.

In 2010, 88.5 percent of NI employees in the United States participated in the 401(k) retirement plan, an increase of 4.1 percent over 2009.

PROFILE

Susan Thompson

Susan is passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives. She began managing the NI Fitness Center in 2001 and immediately knew that NI was a different work experience than she ever had before. Susan found that NI employees were incredibly engaged in fitness and just waiting for an opportunity to get more involved in sports leagues, running, and any other activity the fitness center promoted. In Susan’s time at NI, the volleyball league has increased to more than 300 annual participants; group exercise participation has doubled; and the center has added multiple programs including weight management, yoga, and smoking cessation. Susan feels fortunate to work in an environment that supports helping employees make positive changes in their physical well-being.

Get a behind the scenes look at NI health and wellness programs.