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Table 9. Defined benefit plans: Availability and eligibility requirements for open plans, private industry workers, 2017
(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
Characteristics Plans open to new employees Open to new employees Plans not open to new employees Not determinable
Minimum age and service requirement Minimum age only requirement Minimum service only requirement No minimum age or service requirement Age and service requirement not determinable

Worker characteristics

All workers

 53 22 - 20 10 - 47 -

Management, professional, and related

 50 29 - 12 - - 50 -

Management, business, and financial

 49 27 - 14 7 - 51 -

Professional and related

 51 30 - 10 - - 49 -

Service

 60 - - 37 - - 40 -

Sales and office

 49 25 - 16 - - 51 -

Sales and related

 52 - - - - - 48 -

Office and administrative support

 48 25 - 16 - - 52 -

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 68 7 - 39 21 - 32 -

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

 83 - - 62 19 - - -

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 52 - - - 22 - 48 -

Production, transportation, and material moving

 52 16 - 21 14 - 48 -

Production

 39 - - - - - 61 -

Transportation and material moving

 60 17 - 29 - - 40 -

Full time

 51 19 - 21 11 - 49 -

Part time

 70 45 - - - - 30 -

Union

 60 15 - 33 11 - 40 -

Nonunion

 49 26 - 12 10 - 51 -

Average wage within the following categories(1):

Lowest 25 percent

 50 37 - - - - 50 -

Second 25 percent

 58 23 - 30 - - 42 -

Third 25 percent

 52 24 - 17 10 - 48 -

Highest 25 percent

 53 18 - 21 13 - 47 -

Highest 10 percent

 56 22 - 18 - - 44 -

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

 55 - - 22 24 - 45 -

Construction

 92 - - 60 32 - - -

Manufacturing

 35 - - - 15 - 65 -

Service-providing industries

 53 26 - 20 6 - 47 -

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 52 26 - 19 - - 48 -

Wholesale trade

 42 - - - - - 58 -

Transportation and warehousing

 53 - - 31 - - 47 -

Utilities

 78 40 - - 12 - 22 -

Information

 - - - - - - 69 -

Financial activities

 59 20 - 28 11 - 41 -

Finance and insurance

 55 22 - 26 - - 45 -

Credit intermediation and related activities

 53 - - 37 - - 47 -

Insurance carriers and related activities

 63 36 - - - - 37 -

Professional and business services

 40 - - - - - 60 -

Education and health services

 64 42 - 15 - - 36 -

Educational services

 48 - - - - - 52 -

Health care and social assistance

 65 46 - 16 - - - -

1 to 99 workers

 70 - - 22 - - 30 -

1 to 49 workers

 74 - - 20 - - 26 -

50 to 99 workers

 58 - - 26 - - 42 -

100 workers or more

 49 19 - 20 10 - 51 -

100 to 499 workers

 56 24 - 24 - - 44 -

500 workers or more

 45 16 - 18 11 - 55 -

Geographic areas

Northeast

 70 36 - 23 9 - 30 -

New England

 74 - - - - - - -

Middle Atlantic

 68 30 - - 11 - 32 -

South

 39 9 - 20 - - 61 -

South Atlantic

 45 - - 26 - - 55 -

East South Central

 23 - - - - - 77 -

West South Central

 - 5 - - - - 63 -

Midwest

 56 19 - 20 17 - 44 -

East North Central

 55 16 - 19 19 - 45 -

West North Central

 60 25 - 22 13 - 40 -

West

 45 - - 19 - - 55 -

Mountain

 34 - - - - - 66 -

Pacific

 50 - - 19 - - 50 -

Footnotes:
(1) Surveyed 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 2017."

Note: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data do 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: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

 

Last Modified Date: May 15, 2018