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Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method of contribution Data Table
Table 3. Defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contribution requirement and method of
contribution, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
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(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
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Characteristics
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Total
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Employee
contribution
required
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Fixed percent of earnings1
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Employee
contibution
not
required
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Total
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Mean fixed
percent of
earnings
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Median
fixed
percent of
earnings
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All workers
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100 |
77 |
71 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
23 |
Worker characteristics
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Management, professional, and related
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100 |
78 |
72 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
22 |
Professional and related
|
100 |
79 |
73 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
21 |
Teachers
|
100 |
80 |
74 |
6.7 |
6.4 |
20 |
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers
|
100 |
80 |
75 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
20 |
Registered nurses
|
100 |
75 |
71 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
25 |
Service
|
100 |
77 |
71 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
23 |
Protective service
|
100 |
74 |
69 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
26 |
Sales and office
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100 |
76 |
71 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
24 |
Office and administrative support
|
100 |
76 |
70 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
24 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
|
100 |
73 |
70 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
27 |
Production, transportation, and material moving
|
100 |
79 |
72 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
21 |
Full time
|
100 |
77 |
71 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
23 |
Part time
|
100 |
86 |
76 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
14 |
Union
|
100 |
76 |
67 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
24 |
Nonunion
|
100 |
78 |
75 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
22 |
Average wage within the following percentiles:2
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Less than 10
|
100 |
81 |
78 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
19 |
10 to under 25
|
100 |
77 |
73 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
23 |
25 to under 50
|
100 |
76 |
70 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
24 |
50 to under 75
|
100 |
73 |
68 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
27 |
75 to under 90
|
100 |
78 |
72 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
22 |
90 or greater
|
100 |
85 |
74 |
6.9 |
7.5 |
15 |
Establishment characteristics
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Service-providing industries
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100 |
77 |
71 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
23 |
Education and health services
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100 |
80 |
73 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
20 |
Educational services
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100 |
81 |
74 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
19 |
Elementary and secondary schools
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100 |
80 |
75 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
20 |
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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100 |
83 |
71 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
17 |
Health care and social assistance
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100 |
70 |
64 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
30 |
Hospitals
|
100 |
61 |
57 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
39 |
Public administration
|
100 |
73 |
67 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
27 |
1 to 99 workers
|
100 |
79 |
73 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
21 |
1 to 49 workers
|
100 |
85 |
80 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
15 |
50 to 99 workers
|
100 |
74 |
66 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
26 |
100 workers or more
|
100 |
77 |
71 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
23 |
100 to 499 workers
|
100 |
79 |
73 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
21 |
500 workers or more
|
100 |
77 |
70 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
23 |
State government
|
100 |
77 |
66 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
23 |
Local government
|
100 |
78 |
73 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
22 |
Geographic areas
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Middle Atlantic
|
100 |
93 |
92 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
7 |
East North Central
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100 |
64 |
58 |
7.8 |
9.4 |
36 |
West North Central
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100 |
94 |
94 |
5.7 |
4.0 |
6 |
South Atlantic
|
100 |
55 |
54 |
5.3 |
6.0 |
45 |
East South Central
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100 |
90 |
90 |
6.3 |
7.3 |
10 |
Pacific
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100 |
75 |
58 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
25 |
1The employee contributes a fixed percentage of his or her earnings to the retirement plan.
2The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007." See Technical Note for more details.
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.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
