Table 18. Defined benefit plans: Plan sponsor, private industry
workers, National Compensation Survey, 2009

(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100
percent)
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                      Single    Multi-           
     Characteristics        Total    employer employer-  Other(2)
                                                 (1)             
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
  Worker characteristic                                          
                                                                 
All workers..............       100        70         –         –
                                                                 
Management, professional,                                        
and related..............       100        89         –         –
  Management, business,                                          
  and financial..........       100        91         –         –
  Professional and                                               
  related................       100        87         –         –
Service..................       100        59         –         –
Sales and office.........       100        82         –         –
  Sales and related......       100        63         –         –
  Office and                                                     
  administrative support        100        89         –         –
Natural resources,                                               
construction, and                                                
maintenance..............       100         –        66         –
  Construction,                                                  
  extraction, farming,                                           
  fishing, and forestry..       100         –        92         –
  Installation,                                                  
  maintenance, and repair       100        61         –         –
Production,                                                      
transportation, and                                              
material moving..........       100        57         –         –
  Production.............       100        74         –         –
  Transportation and                                             
  material moving........       100        42         –         –
                                                                 
Full time................       100        72         –         –
Part time................       100        53         –         –
                                                                 
Union....................       100         –        57         –
Nonunion.................       100        91         –         –
                                                                 
Average wage within the                                          
following categories:(3)                                         
  Lowest 25 percent......       100        60         –         –
  Second 25 percent......       100        73         –         –
  Third 25 percent.......       100        69         –         –
  Highest 25 percent.....       100        72         –         –
    Highest 10 percent...       100        82         –         –
                                                                 
      Establishment                                              
     characteristic                                              
                                                                 
Goods-producing                                                  
industries...............       100        55        45         –
  Construction...........       100         –        99         –
  Manufacturing..........       100        70        30         –
                                                                 
Service-providing                                                
industries...............       100        75         –         –
  Trade, transportation,                                         
  and utilities..........       100        56        30        15
    Retail trade.........       100        56         –         –
  Information............       100        77         –         –
  Financial activities...       100        99         –         –
    Finance and insurance       100       100         –         –
      Credit                                                     
      intermediation and                                         
      related activities        100       100         –         –
      Insurance carriers                                         
      and related                                                
      activities.........       100        99         –         –
  Education and health                                           
  services...............       100        76         –         –
    Educational services        100        80         –         –
      Junior colleges,                                           
      colleges, and                                              
      universities.......       100        99         –         –
    Health care and                                              
    social assistance....       100        76         –         –
                                                                 
1 to 99 workers..........       100        61         –         –
  1 to 49 workers........       100        56         –         –
  50 to 99 workers.......       100        73         –         –
100 workers or more......       100        74         –         –
  100 to 499 workers.....       100        64         –         –
  500 workers or more....       100        82         –         –
                                                                 
     Geographic area                                             
                                                                 
New England..............       100        74         –         –
Middle Atlantic..........       100        65         –         –
East North Central.......       100        71         –         –
West North Central.......       100        67         –         –
South Atlantic...........       100        85         –         –
West South Central.......       100        71         –         –
Mountain.................       100        78         –         –
Pacific..................       100        67         –         –

  1 Plans established by a labor organization and provided to
employees of two or more unrelated companies in accordance with a
collective bargaining agreement.
  2 Includes plans administered by employer associations and the
United States Railroad Retirement Board.
  3 The categories are based on the average wage for each
occupation surveyed, which may include workers both above and
below the threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates
published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational
Earnings in the United States, 2008." See Technical Note for more
details.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
do not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans,
key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee
Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.