Table 32. Standard errors for money purchase pension plans: Employer
contributions, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey,
2009
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                  Fixed percent of earnings              
                          Fixed                                          
                          perc-                                      Not 
                           ent               50th                   dete-
     Characteristics        of   10th  25th perc-  75th  90th Other rmin-
                          earn- perc- perc- enti- perc- perc-        able
                           ings enti- enti-   le  enti- enti-            
                                  le    le  (med-   le    le             
                                             ian)                        
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
  Worker characteristic                                                  
                                                                         
All workers..............   4.1     –     –     –     –     –   4.1   1.4
                                                                         
Management, professional,                                                
and related..............   5.6     –     –     –     –     –   5.6     –
  Management, business,                                                  
  and financial..........   7.3     –     –     –     –     –   7.3     –
  Professional and                                                       
  related................   6.4  0.75  0.10  0.81  1.69  0.00   6.4     –
Service..................   7.1     –     –     –     –     –   7.1     –
Sales and office.........   8.4     –     –     –     –     –   8.4     –
  Office and                                                             
  administrative support    6.0     –     –     –     –     –   6.0     –
Natural resources,                                                       
construction, and                                                        
maintenance..............     –     –     –     –     –     –  10.6     –
  Construction,                                                          
  extraction, farming,                                                   
  fishing, and forestry..     –     –     –     –     –     –   9.5     –
  Installation,                                                          
  maintenance, and repair   9.2     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
Production,                                                              
transportation, and                                                      
material moving..........   9.3     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
  Production.............  11.9  0.92  0.76  0.00  0.00  0.00     –     –
                                                                         
Full time................   3.9     –     –     –     –     –   4.0   1.6
Part time................  12.7     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
                                                                         
Union....................   6.6     –     –     –     –     –  11.0   6.4
Nonunion.................   4.5  0.05  0.00  0.86  1.23  1.69   4.5     –
                                                                         
Average wage within the                                                  
following categories:(1)                                                 
  Lowest 25 percent......   5.5     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
  Second 25 percent......   5.8     –     –     –     –     –   6.2   3.1
  Third 25 percent.......   6.9  0.67  0.00  0.92  2.12  0.59   6.6   1.6
  Highest 25 percent.....   4.9     –     –     –     –     –   5.0   0.3
    Highest 10 percent...   6.2     –     –     –     –     –   6.2     –
                                                                         
      Establishment                                                      
     characteristic                                                      
                                                                         
Goods-producing                                                          
industries...............  10.3     –     –     –     –     –   7.5   5.8
  Manufacturing..........  12.0     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
                                                                         
Service-providing                                                        
industries...............   4.9     –     –     –     –     –   4.9     –
  Education and health                                                   
  services...............   6.6  0.63  0.85  1.16  1.70  0.00   6.6     –
    Educational services    4.4  1.53  0.90  0.93  1.12  0.00   4.4     –
      Junior colleges,                                                   
      colleges, and                                                      
      universities.......   3.9  0.00  0.00  0.37  0.00  1.79   3.9     –
    Health care and                                                      
    social assistance....   9.8  0.00  0.45  0.97  2.88  2.72   9.8     –
                                                                         
1 to 99 workers..........   6.8  0.00  0.00  1.46  1.36  0.96   6.8   0.3
  1 to 49 workers........   7.9  0.00  0.00  1.17  1.77  1.80   7.9   0.4
100 workers or more......   4.7     –     –     –     –     –   5.1   2.1
  100 to 499 workers.....   8.5     –     –     –     –     –   8.6   4.2
  500 workers or more....   5.2     –     –     –     –     –   5.2     –
                                                                         
     Geographic area                                                     
                                                                         
Middle Atlantic..........   4.5     –     –     –     –     –   6.3   6.6
East North Central.......  11.1  0.00  0.55  0.36  0.65  2.96  11.1     –
West North Central.......   8.2     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
South Atlantic...........   9.6  0.92  0.36  1.10  0.53  0.48   9.6     –
West South Central.......  12.8     –     –     –     –     –     –     –
Pacific..................   9.1     –     –     –     –     –   9.1     –

  1 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: 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.