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Employee Benefits Survey
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Table 15. Defined contribution plans: Type of plan, private industry workers, 2017
(All workers participating in defined contribution plans = 100 percent)
Characteristics Savings and thrift(1) Deferred profit sharing(1) Money purchase pension(1) Employee stock ownership(1) Savings incentive match plan (SIMPLE)(1)

Worker characteristics

All workers

 73 22 18 4 2

Management, professional, and related

 71 22 23 5 -

Management, business, and financial

 76 22 19 - -

Professional and related

 68 22 25 4 -

Service

 70 21 24 - -

Protective service

 71 - - - -

Sales and office

 81 21 12 4 1

Sales and related

 82 17 - 5 -

Office and administrative support

 80 23 15 4 1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 64 13 19 - -

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

 53 - 27 - -

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 71 15 13 - -

Production, transportation, and material moving

 74 26 11 - -

Production

 74 25 - - -

Transportation and material moving

 73 28 11 - -

Full time

 73 22 18 3 2

Part time

 74 19 12 8 -

Union

 62 10 30 6 -

Nonunion

 74 23 17 4 2

Average wage within the following categories(2):

Lowest 25 percent

 76 19 - 7 -

Lowest 10 percent

 67 30 - - -

Second 25 percent

 76 18 17 3 2

Third 25 percent

 72 27 17 2 3

Highest 25 percent

 72 22 23 - -

Highest 10 percent

 69 26 22 - -

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

 77 19 15 - -

Construction

 62 - 23 - -

Manufacturing

 80 23 13 - -

Service-providing industries

 72 22 19 4 2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 81 20 6 6 -

Wholesale trade

 79 25 - - -

Retail trade

 84 14 - 12 -

Transportation and warehousing

 73 31 - - -

Utilities

 90 - - - -

Information

 72 - - - -

Financial activities

 84 28 18 - -

Finance and insurance

 85 29 20 - -

Credit intermediation and related activities

 84 33 21 - -

Insurance carriers and related activities

 86 19 17 - -

Professional and business services

 70 22 17 - -

Professional and technical services

 65 - 24 - -

Administrative and waste services

 78 - - - -

Education and health services

 61 25 35 - -

Educational services

 41 - 72 - -

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 41 - 75 - -

Health care and social assistance

 64 28 30 - -

1 to 99 workers

 71 23 13 4 4

1 to 49 workers

 69 22 13 4 5

50 to 99 workers

 76 25 - - -

100 workers or more

 75 21 21 4 -

100 to 499 workers

 78 22 13 4 -

500 workers or more

 72 20 30 - -

Geographic areas

Northeast

 67 19 28 - -

New England

 52 20 45 - -

Middle Atlantic

 72 19 22 - -

South

 76 20 13 4 3

South Atlantic

 76 20 13 5 -

East South Central

 77 - - - -

West South Central

 76 20 - - -

Midwest

 75 23 17 2 -

East North Central

 74 24 16 - -

West North Central

 78 19 21 - -

West

 74 25 17 - -

Mountain

 75 - - - -

Pacific

 73 24 19 - -

Footnotes:
(1) Sum of individual items may be greater than total because multiple plans are available to some employees.
(2) 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: 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