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Retirement benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rate of defined benefit and defined contribution plans for civilian workers by wage category

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Retirement benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rates of defined benefit and defined contribution plans for civilian workers by wage category, March 2023
Wage category Defined benefit access Defined benefit participation Defined benefit take-up rate Defined contribution access Defined contribution participation Defined contribution take-up rate

Lowest 10 percent

5% 4% 89% 35% 16% 46%

Lowest 25 percent

8% 6% 76% 45% 23% 51%

Second 25 percent

18% 15% 80% 65% 44% 67%

Third 25 percent

30% 25% 82% 72% 55% 77%

Highest 25 percent

43% 34% 79% 77% 63% 83%

Highest 10 percent

40% 29% 73% 83% 71% 85%