Defined contribution retirement plans: Selected attributes Data Table

Employee Benefits Survey

Defined contribution retirement plans: Selected attributes Data Table

Table 8. Defined contribution retirement plans: Selected attributes, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(All workers participating in defined contribution plans = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Employee contribution		Employee contribution option
Characteristics	Required	Not required	Pretax	Not pretax
All workers	58	42	77	23
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	56	44	74	26
Professional and related	55	45	73	27
Teachers	52	48	72	28
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	37	63	64	36
Service	60	40	78	22
Protective service	64	36	80	20
Sales and office	59	41	84	16
Office and administrative support	58	42	84	16
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	66	34	78	22
Production, transportation, and material moving	57	43	�	�
Full time	58	42	77	23
Part time	62	38	75	25
Union	43	57	65	35
Nonunion	66	34	83	17
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	62	38	83	17
Lowest 10 percent	63	37	83	17
Second 25 percent	61	39	80	20
Third 25 percent	54	46	72	28
Highest 25 percent	56	44	74	26
Highest 10 percent	61	39	71	29
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	58	42	77	23
Education and health services	55	45	71	29
Educational services	53	47	67	33
Elementary and secondary schools	38	62	59	41
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	64	36	74	26
Health care and social assistance	61	39	81	19
Hospitals	64	36	79	21
Public administration	59	41	83	17
1 to 99 workers	62	38	�	�
1 to 49 workers	71	29	�	�
50 to 99 workers	48	52	�	�
100 workers or more	57	43	75	25
100 to 499 workers	62	38	91	9
500 workers or more	56	44	70	30
State government	57	43	74	26
Local government	59	41	79	21
Geographic areas
Middle Atlantic	72	28	80	20
East North Central	44	56	80	20
South Atlantic	49	51	65	35
East South Central	79	21	�	�
West South Central	�	�	92	8
Mountain	48	52	�	�
Pacific	36	64	66	34
Footnotes:
1The 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. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did 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/glossary20092010.htm.