Table 4. Percent of workers participating in selected employee benefit plans, by worker and establishment characteristic, private industry, 2003

Table 4. Percent of workers participating in selected employee benefit plans, by worker and establishment characteristic, private industry, 2003
	Medical care	Dental care	Life insurance	All retirement	Defined benefit pension	Defined contribution
All workers	53	36	47	49	20	40
White-collar occupations	58	42	54	59	22	51
Blue-collar occupations	61	38	50	50	24	38
Service occupations	25	18	25	21	7	16
Full-time	65	45	59	58	24	48
Part-time	13	7	9	18	8	14
Union	82	67	61	83	72	39
Non-union	50	33	46	45	15	40
Average wage less than $15 per hour	40	25	37	35	11	29
Average wage $15 per hour or higher	72	54	64	70	33	57
Goods-producing industries	68	50	58	63	31	49
Service-producing industries	48	32	44	45	16	37
Establishments with fewer than 100 workers	42	23	33	35	8	31
Establishments with 100 or more workers	65	51	64	65	33	51
Metropolitan areas	54	37	48	50	21	41
Nonmetropolitan areas	48	29	45	42	14	36