Table 40. Traditional defined benefit plans: Postretirement survivor benefits, private industry
     workers, National Compensation Survey, 2010

     (All workers participating in traditional defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                   Selected joint-and-survivor           
                                                        Joint-an-      annuity percentages               
                                                            d-                                     Not   
                 Characteristics                Total    survivor                               determin-
                                                        annuity(-             Other   Choice of    able  
                                                            1)        50      fixed   percenta-          
                                                                   percent  percenta-    ges             
                                                                                ge                       
                                                                                                         
              Worker characteristic                                                                      
                                                                                                         
     All workers.............................       100        98        39         5        54         2
                                                                                                         
     Management, professional, and related...       100       100         –         –        59       (2)
       Management, business, and financial...       100        99         –         –        56         1
       Professional and related..............       100       100         –         –        61       (2)
     Service.................................       100       100         –         –        75         –
     Sales and office........................       100       100         –         –        52       (2)
       Office and administrative support.....       100       100         –         –        55       (2)
     Natural resources, construction, and                                                                
     maintenance.............................       100        99         –         –        70         1
       Construction, extraction, farming,                                                                
       fishing, and forestry.................       100       100         –         –        70         –
     Production, transportation, and material                                                            
     moving..................................       100        95        49         9        37         5
       Transportation and material moving....       100        96        64         –        32         4
                                                                                                         
     Full time...............................       100        98        36         6        56         2
     Part time...............................       100        98        60         –         –         2
                                                                                                         
     Union...................................       100        99        37         6        56         1
     Nonunion................................       100        98         –         –        53         2
                                                                                                         
     Average wage within the following                                                                   
     categories:(3)                                                                                      
       Lowest 25 percent.....................       100        97        58         –         –         3
       Second 25 percent.....................       100        97         –         –        51         3
       Third 25 percent......................       100        97         –         –        56         3
       Highest 25 percent....................       100       100         –         –        58       (2)
         Highest 10 percent..................       100       100         –         –        57       (2)
                                                                                                         
           Establishment characteristic                                                                  
                                                                                                         
     Goods-producing industries..............       100        97         –         –        53         3
       Manufacturing.........................       100        97         –         –        48         3
                                                                                                         
     Service-providing industries............       100        99         –         –        55         1
       Trade, transportation, and utilities..       100        97        54         –         –         3
       Financial activities..................       100       100        36         –        64         –
         Finance and insurance...............       100       100        37         –        63         –
       Education and health services.........       100       100         –         –        82         –
         Health care and social assistance...       100       100        18         –        82         –
                                                                                                         
     1 to 99 workers.........................       100        96         –         –        65         4
       1 to 49 workers.......................       100       100         –         –        79         –
       50 to 99 workers......................       100        89        45         –         –        11
     100 workers or more.....................       100        99         –         –        51         1
       100 to 499 workers....................       100        98         –         –        50         2
       500 workers or more...................       100       100         –         –        52       (2)
                                                                                                         
                 Geographic area                                                                         
                                                                                                         
     New England.............................       100       100         –         –        50         –
     Middle Atlantic.........................       100       100         –         –        53         –
     East North Central......................       100        98         –         –        51         2
     West North Central......................       100        96        45         –         –         4
     South Atlantic..........................       100       100         –         –        59         –
     West South Central......................       100        99        48         –        51         1
     Mountain................................       100        94         –         –         –         6
     Pacific.................................       100       100         –         –        69       (2)

       1 An annuity that provides income during the lifetime of both the retiree and the surviving
     spouse. The accrued pension will usually be actuarially reduced at retirement because of the longer
     time span over which payments are expected to be made.
       2 Less than 0.5.
       3 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.