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Establishments offering retirement and healthcare benefits

Table 1. Establishments offering retirement and healthcare benefits: private
industry workers, March 2017
(All establishments = 100 percent)
Characteristics Retirement benefits Healthcare
benefits
All plans1 Defined
benefit 		Defined
contribution
All establishments
48
8
47
58
Establishment characteristics
       
Goods-producing industries
39
9
38
50
    Construction
30
10
29
42
    Manufacturing
50
8
49
60
Service-providing industries
49
8
48
59
    Trade, transportation, and utilities
54
10
53
61
        Wholesale trade
67
–
67
79
        Retail trade
50
7
48
54
        Transportation and warehousing
47
19
44
54
        Utilities
95
–
95
98
    Information
83
52
83
90
    Financial activities
65
20
65
75
        Finance and insurance
78
26
77
79
            Credit intermediation and related activities
87
39
86
93
            Insurance carriers and related activities
63
9
63
56
        Real estate and rental and leasing
44
–
44
68
    Professional and business services
52
2
52
62
        Professional and technical services
59
–
59
68
        Administrative and waste services
37
–
36
49
    Education and health services
49
4
48
64
            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
96
–
95
99
        Health care and social assistance
49
4
49
65
    Leisure and hospitality
24
–
24
32
        Accommodation and food services
24
–
24
29
    Other services
34
–
32
47
1 to 99 workers
46
7
45
57
    1 to 49 workers
45
7
44
55
    50 to 99 workers
75
16
73
85
100 workers or more
89
31
86
94
    100 to 499 workers
88
28
85
93
    500 workers or more
94
50
94
97
Geographic areas
       
Northeast
54
10
52
62
    New England
63
9
61
56
    Middle Atlantic
50
10
49
64
South
43
7
43
56
    South Atlantic
47
9
47
55
    East South Central
34
–
34
65
    West South Central
42
5
41
52
Midwest
48
10
47
57
    East North Central
42
10
41
60
    West North Central
60
–
60
51
West
51
7
50
59
    Mountain
55
4
55
62
    Pacific
48
9
46
58
1Includes defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution retirement plans. The total is less than the sum of the
individual items because some employers offered both types of plans.

Note: Dash indicates no establishments 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/glossary20162017.htm.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.