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Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method of contribution Data Table
Table 3. Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method
of contribution, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey,
March 2010
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(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
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Characteristics
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Employee
contribution
required
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Fixed percent of annual earnings1
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Employee
contribution
not required
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Total
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Mean fixed
percent of
annual
earnings
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Median fixed
percent of
annual
earnings
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Management, professional, and related
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Primary, secondary, and special education
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Office and administrative support
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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Production, transportation, and material moving
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Average wage within the following categories:2
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Establishment characteristics
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Service-providing industries
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Education and health services
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Elementary and secondary schools
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Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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Health care and social assistance
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1The employee contributes a fixed percentage of his or her earnings to the retirement plan.
2The 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. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related
terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.
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