Table 4. Defined benefit retirement plans: Open and frozen plans,
private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, March
2011
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(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)
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Characteristics
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Open plans1
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Frozen plans2
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Management, professional, and related
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Management, business, and financial
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Office and administrative support
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
forestry
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Installation, maintenance, and repair
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Production, transportation, and material moving
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Transportation and material moving
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Average wage within the following categories:3
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Establishment characteristics
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Goods-producing industries
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Service-providing industries
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Trade, transportation, and utilities
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Transportation and warehousing
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Credit intermediation and related activities
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Insurance carriers and related activities
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Professional and business services
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Professional and technical services
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Education and health services
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Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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Health care and social assistance
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1Plans open to new participants.
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3The categories are based on the average
wage for each occupation surveyed, which may
include workers with earnings both above and
below the threshold. The average wages are
based on the estimates published in the "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in
the United States, 2010." See Technical Note for
more details.
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2Plans closed to new workers or plans that
cease accruals for some or all plan participants.
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NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual
items may not equal totals. For definitions of major
plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the
"Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at
www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.
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