Table 4: Alternative defined benefit retirement plan: Percent with alternative plan by worker and establishment characteristics, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
No plan options available Plan options available Enrollment options for employees in frozen plans
New defined benefit plan Enhanced existing defined contribution plan New defined contribution plan Other

All workers

 4 96 11 31 54 2
Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

 4 96 12 38 47 1

Management, business, and financial

 3 97 11 42 42 3

Professional and related

 - 96 12 35 50 -

Service

 - 100 - 37 55 2

Sales and office

 4 96 6 33 59 2

Sales and related

 3 97 - 43 51 -

Office and administrative support

 5 95 9 24 64 2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 - 98 22 29 45 -

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

 - 100 40 - 54 -

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 - 97 16 36 43 -

Production, transportation, and material moving

 - 95 19 18 57 2

Production

 - 93 22 16 56 -

Transportation and material moving

 - 98 - - 60 -

Full time

 4 96 13 31 51 2

Part time

 - 99 1 28 70 -

Union

 - 98 28 12 57 3

Nonunion

 4 96 7 36 53 1
Average wage within the following percentiles (1)

Less than 10

 - 100 - - 58 -

10 to under 25

 - 100 - 41 57 -

25 to under 50

 6 94 4 27 64 2

50 to under 75

 6 94 7 29 59 1

75 to under 90

 3 97 28 25 43 3

90 or greater

 2 98 12 37 47 4
Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

 5 95 19 16 57 3

Manufacturing

 5 95 19 16 57 3

Service-providing industries

 3 97 9 36 53 1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 - 100 9 34 55 3

Wholesale trade

 - 100 46 - 40 -

Retail trade

 - 100 - 47 52 -

Transportation and warehousing

 - 100 - - 79 15

Utilities

 - 100 63 - - -

Information

 - 96 14 49 42 2

Financial activities

 15 85 10 44 31 -

Finance and insurance

 16 84 10 42 32 -

Credit intermediation and related activities

 - 92 17 42 34 -

Insurance carriers and related activities

 27 73 6 - 46 -

Professional and business services

 - 100 - 67 - -

Professional and technical services

 - 100 - - - -

Administrative and waste services

 - 100 - 89 - -

Education and health services

 - 95 - - 82 -

Educational services

 - 99 - - 90 -

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 - 99 - - 90 -

Health care and social assistance

 - 95 - - 82 -

Leisure and hospitality

 - 100 - - - -

Accommodation and food services

 - 100 - - - -

Other services

 - 100 - 100 - -

1 to 99 workers

 - 100 2 38 59 -

1 to 49 workers

 - 99 4 33 63 -

50 to 99 workers

 - 100 - 44 55 -

100 workers or more

 4 96 13 29 53 2

100 to 499 workers

 4 96 6 31 58 2

500 workers or more

 5 95 19 28 48 2
Geographic areas (2)

Metropolitan areas

 3 97 12 31 53 2

Nonmetropolitan areas

 - 90 - - 61 -

New England

 - 86 - - 42 -

Middle Atlantic

 - 92 10 43 - 4

East North Central

 - 100 21 23 57 -

West North Central

 - 98 - 38 50 4

South Atlantic

 8 92 7 17 68 3

East South Central

 - 100 2 - 52 -

West South Central

 - 98 12 39 51 -

Mountain

 - 100 - - 85 -

Pacific

 1 99 - 45 40 -

Footnotes:
(1) The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007."
(2) The States that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: A dash indicates no workers in the category or data did not meet publication criteria.