Table 28. Savings and thrift plans: Maximum potential employer
contribution,(1) private industry workers, National Compensation Survey,
2009

(Includes all workers participating in savings and thrift plans that
specify matching contributions)
                                                                           
                                                                           
                               Maximum potential employer contribution     
                                                                           
                                                                           
     Characteristics         10th      25th      50th      75th      90th  
                          percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti- percenti-
                              le        le        le        le        le   
                                               (median)                    
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
  Worker characteristic                                                    
                                                                           
All workers..............       1.5       2.1       3.0       4.8       6.0
                                                                           
Sales and office.........       2.0       3.0       3.5       5.0       6.0
  Office and                                                               
  administrative support        2.0       3.0       3.0       5.0       6.0
Natural resources,                                                         
construction, and                                                          
maintenance..............       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
Production,                                                                
transportation, and                                                        
material moving..........       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
  Production.............       1.5       2.5       3.0       4.2       6.0
  Transportation and                                                       
  material moving........       1.0       2.0       2.5       3.5       6.0
                                                                           
Full time................       1.5       2.4       3.0       4.8       6.0
Part time................       1.3       2.0       3.0       5.0       5.0
                                                                           
Nonunion.................       1.5       2.1       3.0       5.0       6.0
                                                                           
Average wage within the                                                    
following categories:(2)                                                   
  Second 25 percent......       1.5       2.1       3.0       4.5       6.0
  Third 25 percent.......       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
                                                                           
      Establishment                                                        
     characteristic                                                        
                                                                           
Goods-producing                                                            
industries...............       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
  Manufacturing..........       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
                                                                           
Service-providing                                                          
industries...............       1.5       2.5       3.0       5.0       6.0
  Trade, transportation,                                                   
  and utilities..........       1.3       2.1       3.0       5.0       6.0
    Transportation and                                                     
    warehousing..........       1.3       2.1       2.5       3.0       6.0
  Financial activities...       3.0       3.0       5.0       6.0       6.0
    Finance and insurance       3.0       3.5       5.0       6.0       6.0
      Credit                                                               
      intermediation and                                                   
      related activities        3.0       4.0       5.0       6.0       6.0
                                                                           
1 to 99 workers..........       1.5       3.0       3.0       5.0       6.0
  1 to 49 workers........       2.0       3.0       3.0       5.0       6.0
  50 to 99 workers.......       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0
100 workers or more......       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.5       6.0
  100 to 499 workers.....       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.5       6.0
  500 workers or more....       2.0       2.5       3.0       5.0       6.0
                                                                           
     Geographic area                                                       
                                                                           
Middle Atlantic..........       1.5       2.1       3.0       4.0       5.5
East North Central.......       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.8       6.0
South Atlantic...........       1.5       2.0       3.0       4.0       6.0

  1 The maximum potential employer contribution is determined by
multiplying the maximum employee contribution subject to matching by the
employer matching percent, for those plans that specify both values.
  2 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: 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.