Table 30. Standard errors for defined benefit plans:
Plan sponsor, private industry workers, National
Compensation Survey, 2010
                                                       
                                                       
                            Single    Multi-           
     Characteristics       employer employer-   Other  
                                       (1)             
                                                       
  Worker characteristic                                
                                                       
All workers..............       2.8         –         –
                                                       
Management, professional,                              
and related..............       0.8         –         –
  Management, business,                                
  and financial..........       0.7         –         –
  Professional and                                     
  related................       1.3         –         –
Service..................      11.9         –         –
Sales and office.........       3.3         –         –
  Sales and related......       5.7         –         –
  Office and                                           
  administrative support        3.5         –         –
Natural resources,                                     
construction, and                                      
maintenance..............       6.3         –         –
  Construction,                                        
  extraction, farming,                                 
  fishing, and forestry..         –       8.2         –
Production,                                            
transportation, and                                    
material moving..........       4.3         –         –
  Transportation and                                   
  material moving........       6.5         –         –
                                                       
Full time................       2.7         –         –
Part time................       6.2       6.2         –
                                                       
Union....................       3.4         –         –
Nonunion.................       3.3         –         –
                                                       
Average wage within the                                
following categories:(2)                               
  Lowest 25 percent......       5.9       5.9         –
  Second 25 percent......       3.1         –         –
  Third 25 percent.......       6.3         –         –
  Highest 25 percent.....       1.9         –         –
    Highest 10 percent...       1.7         –         –
                                                       
      Establishment                                    
     characteristic                                    
                                                       
Goods-producing                                        
industries...............       3.7       3.7         –
  Construction...........         –       1.1         –
  Manufacturing..........       3.7       3.7         –
                                                       
Service-providing                                      
industries...............       3.5         –         –
  Trade, transportation,                               
  and utilities..........       5.3         –         –
  Information............       4.9         –         –
  Financial activities...       0.5         –         –
    Finance and insurance       0.6         –         –
      Credit                                           
      intermediation and                               
      related activities        1.2         –         –
      Insurance carriers                               
      and related                                      
      activities.........       0.0         –         –
  Professional and                                     
  business services......       1.0         –         –
  Education and health                                 
  services...............       9.7         –         –
    Educational services       10.1         –         –
      Junior colleges,                                 
      colleges, and                                    
      universities.......       7.3         –         –
    Health care and                                    
    social assistance....      10.8         –         –
                                                       
1 to 99 workers..........       8.2         –         –
  1 to 49 workers........      11.3         –         –
  50 to 99 workers.......       8.6         –         –
100 workers or more......       1.7         –         –
  100 to 499 workers.....       3.3         –         –
  500 workers or more....       1.5         –         –
                                                       
     Geographic area                                   
                                                       
New England..............       4.5         –         –
Middle Atlantic..........       3.1       3.1         –
East North Central.......       3.4         –         –
West North Central.......       4.7         –         –
South Atlantic...........       3.6         –         –
West South Central.......       1.9         –         –
Mountain.................       3.2         –         –
Pacific..................      14.1         –         –

  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: 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.