Table 30. Defined benefit plans: Plan sponsor, private industry workers,
     National Compensation Survey, 2010

     (All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                          Single    Multi-           
                 Characteristics                Total    employer employer-   Other  
                                                                     (1)             
                                                                                    
              Worker characteristic                                                  
                                                                                     
     All workers.............................       100        82         –         –
                                                                                     
     Management, professional, and related...       100        96         –         –
       Management, business, and financial...       100        98         –         –
       Professional and related..............       100        94         –         –
     Service.................................       100        60         –         –
     Sales and office........................       100        87         –         –
       Sales and related.....................       100        79         –         –
       Office and administrative support.....       100        89         –         –
     Natural resources, construction, and                                            
     maintenance.............................       100        54         –         –
       Construction, extraction, farming,                                            
       fishing, and forestry.................       100         –        75         –
     Production, transportation, and material                                        
     moving..................................       100        72         –         –
       Transportation and material moving....       100        67         –         –
                                                                                     
     Full time...............................       100        82         –         –
     Part time...............................       100        77        23         –
                                                                                     
     Union...................................       100        59         –         –
     Nonunion................................       100        94         –         –
                                                                                     
     Average wage within the following                                               
     categories:(2)                                                                  
       Lowest 25 percent.....................       100        74        26         –
       Second 25 percent.....................       100        83         –         –
       Third 25 percent......................       100        73         –         –
       Highest 25 percent....................       100        88         –         –
         Highest 10 percent..................       100        94         –         –
                                                                                     
           Establishment characteristic                                              
                                                                                     
     Goods-producing industries..............       100        75        25         –
       Construction..........................       100         –        99         –
       Manufacturing.........................       100        86        14         –
                                                                                     
     Service-providing industries............       100        84         –         –
       Trade, transportation, and utilities..       100        66         –         –
       Information...........................       100        91         –         –
       Financial activities..................       100        99         –         –
         Finance and insurance...............       100        99         –         –
           Credit intermediation and related                                         
           activities........................       100        99         –         –
           Insurance carriers and related                                            
           activities........................       100       100         –         –
       Professional and business services....       100        99         –         –
       Education and health services.........       100        82         –         –
         Educational services................       100        83         –         –
           Junior colleges, colleges, and                                            
           universities......................       100        86         –         –
         Health care and social assistance...       100        82         –         –
                                                                                     
     1 to 99 workers.........................       100        64         –         –
       1 to 49 workers.......................       100        64         –         –
       50 to 99 workers......................       100        63         –         –
     100 workers or more.....................       100        86         –         –
       100 to 499 workers....................       100        74         –         –
       500 workers or more...................       100        93         –         –
                                                                                     
                 Geographic area                                                     
                                                                                     
     New England.............................       100        91         –         –
     Middle Atlantic.........................       100        71        29         –
     East North Central......................       100        85         –         –
     West North Central......................       100        83         –         –
     South Atlantic..........................       100        91         –         –
     West South Central......................       100        92         –         –
     Mountain................................       100        94         –         –
     Pacific.................................       100        65         –         –

       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 The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed,
     which may include workers with earnings 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, 2009." 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/glossary20102011.htm.