Establishments offering retirement and healthcare benefits Data Table
Table 1. Establishments offering retirement and health care benefits: Private industry, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(All establishments = 100 percent)
Characteristics
Retirement benefits
Health care
All plans1
Defined benefit
Defined contribution
All establishments
47
11
45
62
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries
45
12
42
60
Construction
38
14
34
50
Manufacturing
57
9
56
77
Service-providing industries
47
10
46
62
Trade, transportation, and utilities
51
12
50
70
Wholesale trade
65
13
64
81
Retail trade
46
9
45
63
Transportation and warehousing
40
–
39
79
Utilities
97
81
96
98
Information
61
–
61
81
Financial activities
68
29
65
76
Finance and insurance
76
35
74
86
Credit intermediation and related activities
91
55
89
96
Insurance carriers and related activities
54
13
54
72
Real estate and rental and leasing
52
17
45
55
Professional and business services
46
3
45
62
Professional and technical services
52
–
52
66
Administrative and waste services
32
–
30
52
Education and health services
51
–
49
55
Educational services
–
–
–
59
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
86
–
85
87
Health care and social assistance
52
–
51
54
Leisure and hospitality
21
–
21
41
Accommodation and food services
21
–
21
40
Other services
31
5
30
52
1 to 99 workers
45
9
43
60
1 to 49 workers
43
9
42
58
50 to 99 workers
73
20
70
88
100 workers or more
87
34
84
94
100 to 499 workers
86
30
84
94
500 workers or more
93
56
90
97
Geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
49
11
47
64
Nonmetropolitan areas
38
10
38
53
New England
43
–
43
55
Middle Atlantic
51
13
49
64
East North Central
55
15
53
70
West North Central
56
15
53
58
South Atlantic
54
10
53
62
East South Central
33
–
32
68
West South Central
35
7
34
50
Mountain
39
11
36
60
Pacific
43
10
41
65
Footnotes:
1Includes defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution retirement plans. The total is less than the sum of the individual items because many employees participated in both types of plans.
NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.