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TABLE C1

Distribution of Assets
by participant size, 1993

(amounts in millions)
Participant Size Total Plans Single Employer Plans1/ Multiemployer Plans2/
Total Defined Benefit Defined Contribution Total Defined Benefit Defined Contribution Total Defined Benefit Defined Contribution
TOTAL $2,316,272 $1,248,180 $1,068,092 $2,091,468 $1,049,915 $1,041,553 $224,804 $198,265 $26,540
None or not reported 2,132 456 1,676 2,049 375 1,674 83 80 2
2-9 105,768 14,860 90,908 105,768 14,860 90,908 - - -
10-24 68,387 5,142 63,245 68,387 5,142 63,245 - - -
25-49 55,740 5,155 50,585 55,712 5,142 50,569 28 13 16
50-99 58,640 7,526 51,114 58,080 7,223 50,857 560 303 257
100-249 72,356 16,649 55,708 70,604 15,519 55,086 1,752 1,130 622
250-499 71,384 24,248 47,137 66,673 20,804 45,869 4,711 3,444 1,268
500-999 94,342 39,854 54,489 83,908 32,355 51,553 10,434 7,498 2,936
1,000-2,499 178,499 90,101 88,398 154,371 71,450 82,922 24,128 18,651 5,477
2,500-4,999 168,594 92,030 76,564 144,209 72,469 71,740 24,385 19,561 4,824
5,000-9,999 224,195 125,655 98,540 197,437 103,237 94,200 26,758 22,418 4,341
10,000-19,999 256,832 148,194 108,638 231,035 125,732 105,302 25,797 22,462 3,336
20,000-49,999 388,718 231,207 157,510 354,540 199,517 155,023 34,177 31,690 2,487
50,000 or more 570,684 447,104 123,580 498,694 376,089 122,606 71,989 71,015 974

1/Includes single employer plans, plans of controlled groups of corporations and multiple-employer noncollectively bargained plans.

2/Includes multiemployer plans and multiple-employer collectively bargained plans.

NOTE: Total asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total private pension fund assets.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1993 plan years.

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