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Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method of contribution
Table 3. Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method of contribution, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013
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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 school teachers
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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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Healthcare and social assistance
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1The employee contributes a fixed percentage of his or her earnings to the retirement plan.
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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/glossary20122013.htm.
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2Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the average wage for the occupation, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The categories were formed using percentile estimates generated using data from the National Compensation Survey publication, "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March&nbs
p;2013."
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