Table 37. Traditional defined benefit plans: Definition of terminal earnings, private industry workers, National Compensation
     Survey, 2010

     (All workers participating in traditional defined benefit plans with a terminal earnings formula = 100 percent)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                 Three years                    Five years                             
                                                                                                                                 Not   
                 Characteristics                Total                                                                 Other   determin-
                                                                     High      High                          High     period     able  
                                                          Total     three   consecut-   Total   High five consecut-                    
                                                                            ive three                      ive five                    
                                                                                                                                       
              Worker characteristic                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
     All workers.............................       100        13        11         –        81        26        53         6       (1)
                                                                                                                                       
     Management, professional, and related...       100         –         –         –        82        18        61         –       (1)
       Management, business, and financial...       100         –         –         –        81         –        64         –         –
       Professional and related..............       100         –         –         –        82        23        59         –       (1)
     Service.................................       100         –         –         –        91        64         –         –       (1)
     Sales and office........................       100         –         –         –        78         –        57         –       (1)
       Office and administrative support.....       100         –         –         –        77         –        52         –       (1)
     Production, transportation, and material                                                                                          
     moving..................................       100         –         –         –        77         –        58         –         –
                                                                                                                                       
     Full time...............................       100        14        12         –        80        27        51         6       (1)
     Part time...............................       100         –         –         –        89         –        72         –       (1)
                                                                                                                                       
     Union...................................       100         –         –         –        76        30        46         –         –
     Nonunion................................       100        14        11         –        82        25        55         4       (1)
                                                                                                                                       
     Average wage within the following                                                                                                 
     categories:(2)                                                                                                                    
       Second 25 percent.....................       100         –         –         –        87        38        48         –       (1)
       Third 25 percent......................       100         –         –         –        82         –        46         –       (1)
       Highest 25 percent....................       100         –         –         –        77        16        59         7         –
         Highest 10 percent..................       100         –         –         –        77         –        60         –         –
                                                                                                                                       
           Establishment characteristic                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                       
     Goods-producing industries..............       100        32        27         –        66         –        43         –         –
                                                                                                                                       
     Service-providing industries............       100         –         –         –        84        27        55         8         –
       Trade, transportation, and utilities..       100         –         –         –        72         –        48         –         –
       Financial activities..................       100         –         –         –        90         –        64         –         –
         Finance and insurance...............       100         –         –         –        89         –        63         –         –
       Education and health services.........       100         –         –         –        94         –        49         –         1
         Health care and social assistance...       100         –         –         –        99         –         –         –         1
     100 workers or more.....................       100        14        12         –        78        19        58         8       (1)
       100 to 499 workers....................       100         –         –         –        80         –        59        10         –
       500 workers or more...................       100         –         –         –        77        18        57         –       (1)
                                                                                                                                       
                 Geographic area                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
     Middle Atlantic.........................       100         –         –         –        85         –        58         –         –
     East North Central......................       100         –         –         –        78        23        52         –         1
     West North Central......................       100         –         –         –        94         –        60         –       (1)
     South Atlantic..........................       100         –         –         –        84         –        65         –         –
     Pacific.................................       100         –         –         –        93         –         –         –         –

       1 Less than 0.5.
       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.