Table 27. Savings and thrift plans: Method of employer matching contributions, private industry workers, National
Compensation Survey, 2009

(All workers participating in savings and thrift plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                          Specified matching percent                               
                                                                                                                   
                                    Specified                                                                Not   
     Characteristics        Total    matching    10th      25th      50th      75th      90th    Other(1) determin-
                                     percent  percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti-              able  
                                                  le        le        le        le        le                       
                                                                   (median)                                        
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
  Worker characteristic                                                                                            
                                                                                                                   
All workers..............       100        62        25        50        50       100       100        35         2
                                                                                                                   
Management, professional,                                                                                          
and related..............       100        61         –         –         –         –         –        35         3
  Management, business,                                                                                            
  and financial..........       100        58        50        50        80       100       100        37         5
  Professional and                                                                                                 
  related................       100        64         –         –         –         –         –        34         2
Service..................       100        68         –         –         –         –         –        31         2
  Protective service.....       100        77         –         –         –         –         –         –         –
Sales and office.........       100        63        50        50        80       100       100        36         1
  Sales and related......       100        59         –         –         –         –         –        41       (2)
  Office and                                                                                                       
  administrative support        100        64        50        50        50       100       100        35         1
Natural resources,                                                                                                 
construction, and                                                                                                  
maintenance..............       100        68        25        40        50        75       100        25         7
  Construction,                                                                                                    
  extraction, farming,                                                                                             
  fishing, and forestry..       100        69         –         –         –         –         –         –         –
  Installation,                                                                                                    
  maintenance, and repair       100        68        25        50        50        80       100        27         5
Production,                                                                                                        
transportation, and                                                                                                
material moving..........       100        60        25        50        50       100       100        39         1
  Production.............       100        61        25        50        50       100       100        38         1
  Transportation and                                                                                               
  material moving........       100        58        25        50        50       100       100        41         2
                                                                                                                   
Full time................       100        62        25        50        50       100       100        35         3
Part time................       100        67        25        50        50       100       100        32         1
                                                                                                                   
Union....................       100        74         –         –         –         –         –        21         5
Nonunion.................       100        61        25        50        50       100       100        36         2
                                                                                                                   
Average wage within the                                                                                            
following categories:(3)                                                                                           
  Lowest 25 percent......       100        70        25        50        50       100       100        28         1
    Lowest 10 percent....       100        72         –         –         –         –         –         –         –
  Second 25 percent......       100        60        25        50        50       100       100        39         1
  Third 25 percent.......       100        65        25        50        50       100       100        33         2
  Highest 25 percent.....       100        60         –         –         –         –         –        36         4
    Highest 10 percent...       100        60         –         –         –         –         –        38         2
                                                                                                                   
      Establishment                                                                                                
     characteristic                                                                                                
                                                                                                                   
Goods-producing                                                                                                    
industries...............       100        65        25        50        50       100       100        33         2
  Construction...........       100        71         –         –         –         –         –         –         –
  Manufacturing..........       100        63        25        50        50       100       100        36         1
                                                                                                                   
Service-providing                                                                                                  
industries...............       100        62        32        50        65       100       100        36         2
  Trade, transportation,                                                                                           
  and utilities..........       100        58        25        50       100       100       100        41         1
    Wholesale trade......       100        47         –         –         –         –         –        51         2
    Retail trade.........       100        60         –         –         –         –         –        40       (2)
    Transportation and                                                                                             
    warehousing..........       100        64        25        35        50       100       100        36         –
  Information............       100        64        50        50        50        80       100        29         7
  Financial activities...       100        72        50        50       100       100       100        23         6
    Finance and insurance       100        74        50        50       100       100       100        24         2
      Credit                                                                                                       
      intermediation and                                                                                           
      related activities        100        82        50       100       100       100       100        17         1
      Insurance carriers                                                                                           
      and related                                                                                                  
      activities.........       100        65         –         –         –         –         –        33         2
  Professional and                                                                                                 
  business services......       100        55         –         –         –         –         –        45         –
    Professional and                                                                                               
    technical services...       100        50         –         –         –         –         –        50         –
  Education and health                                                                                             
  services...............       100        71         –         –         –         –         –        26         3
    Educational services        100        69         –         –         –         –         –        24         7
      Junior colleges,                                                                                             
      colleges, and                                                                                                
      universities.......       100        67         –         –         –         –         –        24         9
    Health care and                                                                                                
    social assistance....       100        71         –         –         –         –         –        26         3
                                                                                                                   
1 to 99 workers..........       100        60        25        50        75       100       100        35         5
  1 to 49 workers........       100        58        50        50       100       100       100        36         5
  50 to 99 workers.......       100        64        25        50        50       100       100        32         4
100 workers or more......       100        64        25        50        50       100       100        35         1
  100 to 499 workers.....       100        62        25        50        50       100       100        37       (2)
  500 workers or more....       100        65        50        50        65       100       100        33         2
                                                                                                                   
     Geographic area                                                                                               
                                                                                                                   
New England..............       100        65         –         –         –         –         –         –         –
Middle Atlantic..........       100        66        25        50        50       100       100        29         5
East North Central.......       100        61        25        50        50       100       100        38       (2)
West North Central.......       100        61         –         –         –         –         –        36         3
South Atlantic...........       100        65        25        50        50       100       100        33         3
East South Central.......       100        57         –         –         –         –         –        42         1
West South Central.......       100        58         –         –         –         –         –        39         3
Mountain.................       100        70         –         –         –         –         –        30         –
Pacific..................       100        57         –         –         –         –         –        42       (2)

  1 Includes a maximum dollar amount specified by employer.
  2 Less than 0.5 percent.
  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.