Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (All Races) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Characteristics
All Races
Both Sexes................. 151,608 84,059 55.4 65,445 43.2 8,567 1,994 23.3 655 7.6
Work Experience
Worked.......................... 151,608 84,059 55.4 65,445 43.2 8,567 1,994 23.3 655 7.6
Full-time.................... 122,001 73,983 60.6 61,174 50.1 5,197 1,225 23.6 489 9.4
50 weeks or more........... 100,379 63,765 63.5 54,728 54.5 2,568 590 23.0 330 12.8
27 to 49 weeks............. 13,177 6,942 52.7 4,840 36.7 1,045 254 24.3 76 7.3
26 weeks or less........... 8,445 3,276 38.8 1,606 19.0 1,584 381 24.1 83 5.2
Part-time.................... 29,607 10,076 34.0 4,272 14.4 3,371 769 22.8 166 4.9
50 weeks or more........... 14,094 5,258 37.3 2,697 19.1 1,191 280 23.5 73 6.1
27 to 49 weeks............. 6,187 2,357 38.1 978 15.8 677 181 26.8 46 6.9
26 weeks or less........... 9,326 2,461 26.4 597 6.4 1,502 308 20.5 47 3.1
Size of Employer
Under 25 persons................ 44,717 10,157 22.7 7,704 17.2 3,677 273 7.4 107 2.9
25 to 99 persons................ 19,311 9,637 49.9 7,214 37.4 1,105 221 20.0 75 6.8
100 to 499 persons.............. 19,777 12,831 64.9 9,937 50.2 876 295 33.7 99 11.3
500 to 999 persons.............. 8,467 6,015 71.0 4,771 56.4 362 154 42.5 58 16.0
1000 persons or more............ 59,336 45,418 76.5 35,819 60.4 2,549 1,051 41.2 316 12.4
Occupation of Longest Job
Executive, Administrative,
and Managerial.................. 21,951 14,568 66.4 12,842 58.5 352 75 21.2 22 6.2
Professional specialty.......... 23,078 16,635 72.1 14,033 60.8 463 149 32.2 75 16.1
Technical and related support... 4,894 3,439 70.3 2,707 55.3 100 33 33.3 14 14.3
Sales workers................... 18,236 8,701 47.7 5,962 32.7 1,348 363 26.9 76 5.7
Administrative support,
including clerical.............. 20,449 12,915 63.2 9,669 47.3 872 317 36.4 104 12.0
Precision production,
craft & repair.................. 16,040 8,060 50.3 6,719 41.9 796 123 15.5 52 6.5
Machine operators, assemblers
and Inspectors.................. 7,601 4,412 58.0 3,364 44.3 432 133 30.8 53 12.3
Transportation & material moving 6,397 3,322 51.9 2,577 40.3 328 59 18.1 22 6.7
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
Helpers, & laborers............. 6,516 2,796 42.9 1,663 25.5 658 148 22.5 34 5.2
Service workers................. 21,941 8,008 36.5 4,992 22.8 2,636 545 20.7 184 7.0
Private household workers...... 860 55 6.4 30 3.5 163 6 3.8 5 3.0
Service workers, except
Private Household.............. 21,080 7,954 37.7 4,962 23.5 2,472 538 21.8 179 7.2
Farming, forestry, and fishing.. 3,853 679 17.6 459 11.9 562 32 5.8 8 1.4
Armed forces.................... 653 525 80.4 458 70.2 21 15 73.9 11 50.8
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (All Races) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Relationship to Family Householder
In Families..................... 120,352 66,581 55.3 52,616 43.7 5,441 1,242 22.8 451 8.3
Householder.................. 55,445 33,463 60.4 27,557 49.7 3,475 881 25.4 315 9.1
Spouse present............. 42,378 26,432 62.4 22,513 53.1 1,275 266 20.9 136 10.7
No spouse present.......... 13,068 7,031 53.8 5,045 38.6 2,201 615 27.9 179 8.1
Spouse of householder........ 39,747 24,069 60.6 20,208 50.8 959 205 21.4 101 10.6
Child of householder......... 19,216 6,752 35.1 3,246 16.9 687 97 14.1 13 1.8
Other relative of
householder.................. 5,944 2,296 38.6 1,605 27.0 320 59 18.4 22 7.0
In unrelated subfamilies........ 754 326 43.2 197 26.1 199 57 28.4 13 6.5
Unrelated Individuals........... 30,502 17,153 56.2 12,632 41.4 2,928 695 23.7 191 6.5
Nonfamily householder........ 21,806 13,081 60.0 9,882 45.3 1,633 391 23.9 113 6.9
Secondary Individuals........ 8,695 4,072 46.8 2,750 31.6 1,295 304 23.5 78 6.0
Age
Under 65 years.................. 146,103 81,963 56.1 64,144 43.9 8,447 1,965 23.3 643 7.6
15 to 24 years............... 24,593 8,597 35.0 3,135 12.7 2,737 673 24.6 113 4.1
25 to 44 years............... 71,281 41,904 58.8 33,534 47.0 4,154 977 23.5 383 9.2
45 to 64 years............... 50,230 31,462 62.6 27,476 54.7 1,556 314 20.2 147 9.5
65 years and over............... 5,504 2,096 38.1 1,301 23.6 120 29 24.1 12 9.9
Mean age........................ 39.7 41.0 (x) 42.6 (x) 33.4 32.7 (x) 37.1 (x)
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas....... 124,393 69,756 56.1 54,451 43.8 6,571 1,551 23.6 481 7.3
Inside central cities......... 42,900 22,924 53.4 17,157 40.0 3,381 815 24.1 245 7.2
One million or more......... 27,156 13,992 51.5 10,659 39.3 1,962 382 19.5 133 6.8
Under one million........... 15,744 8,932 56.7 6,498 41.3 1,419 433 30.5 112 7.9
Outside central cities........ 81,493 46,832 57.5 37,294 45.8 3,190 736 23.1 236 7.4
One million or more......... 57,116 33,076 57.9 26,447 46.3 1,966 412 21.0 145 7.4
Under one million........... 24,377 13,756 56.4 10,847 44.5 1,223 324 26.5 91 7.4
Outside metropolitan areas...... 27,215 14,304 52.6 10,994 40.4 1,997 443 22.2 174 8.7
Region
Northeast....................... 29,268 16,798 57.4 13,504 46.1 1,310 291 22.3 108 8.2
Midwest......................... 36,348 21,427 58.9 16,982 46.7 1,748 494 28.3 156 8.9
South........................... 52,140 28,476 54.6 21,623 41.5 3,320 818 24.6 255 7.7
West............................ 33,852 17,358 51.3 13,337 39.4 2,189 390 17.8 136 6.2
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (All Races) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Total
Without earnings................ 167 25 14.9 0 0.0 31 1 4.5 0 0.0
With earnings................... 151,441 84,034 55.5 65,445 43.2 8,536 1,992 23.3 655 7.7
$1 TO $2,499 or Loss......... 10,350 2,220 21.5 503 4.9 2,337 398 17.1 79 3.4
$2,500 to $4,999............. 6,894 1,944 28.2 490 7.1 1,440 362 25.1 92 6.4
$5,000 to $7,499............. 7,263 2,143 29.5 689 9.5 1,670 400 24.0 111 6.7
$7,500 to $9,999............. 5,605 1,941 34.6 771 13.8 1,310 349 26.7 110 8.4
$10,000 to $12,499........... 8,842 3,136 35.5 1,491 16.9 872 224 25.7 97 11.1
$12,500 to $14,999........... 5,106 2,047 40.1 1,143 22.4 332 77 23.3 51 15.5
$15,000 to $17,499........... 8,381 3,618 43.2 2,317 27.6 333 100 30.0 60 18.0
$17,500 to $19,999........... 5,669 2,867 50.6 1,925 34.0 115 39 34.3 22 19.1
$20,000 to $22,499........... 9,118 4,640 50.9 3,467 38.0 90 29 32.0 20 22.7
$22,500 to $24,999........... 5,165 3,072 59.5 2,232 43.2 17 8 47.6 8 45.8
$25,000 to $27,499........... 8,301 4,883 58.8 3,950 47.6 12 3 21.1 1 11.7
$27,500 to $29,999........... 4,165 2,759 66.2 2,269 54.5 3 0 0.0 0 0.0
$30,000 to $32,499........... 9,199 5,908 64.2 4,996 54.3 4 1 20.9 1 20.9
$32,500 to $34,999........... 3,102 2,200 70.9 1,897 61.1 1 1 100.0 1 100.0
$35,000 to $37,499........... 6,819 4,820 70.7 4,256 62.4 2 1 57.8 1 57.8
$37,500 to $39,999........... 2,731 2,060 75.4 1,830 67.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$40,000 to $42,499........... 6,540 4,683 71.6 4,164 63.7 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$42,500 to $44,999........... 1,782 1,416 79.5 1,279 71.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$45,000 to $47,499........... 3,930 2,996 76.2 2,725 69.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$47,500 to $49,999........... 1,786 1,389 77.8 1,269 71.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$50,000 to $52,499........... 5,044 3,688 73.1 3,455 68.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$52,500 to $54,999........... 1,245 990 79.5 916 73.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$55,000 to $57,499........... 2,355 1,860 79.0 1,745 74.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$57,500 to $59,999........... 851 704 82.8 657 77.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$60,000 to $62,499........... 3,207 2,419 75.4 2,259 70.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$62,500 to $64,999........... 643 538 83.7 482 75.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$65,000 to $67,499........... 1,778 1,373 77.2 1,275 71.7 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$67,500 to $69,999........... 638 527 82.7 499 78.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$70,000 to $72,499........... 1,916 1,423 74.3 1,319 68.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$72,500 to $74,999........... 356 308 86.4 289 81.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$75,000 to $77,499........... 1,771 1,349 76.2 1,264 71.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$77,500 to $79,999........... 342 275 80.5 254 74.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$80,000 to $82,499........... 1,437 1,067 74.2 993 69.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$82,500 to $84,999........... 292 246 84.2 225 77.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$85,000 to $87,499........... 746 599 80.2 553 74.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$87,500 to $89,999........... 160 135 84.3 129 80.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$90,000 to $92,499........... 912 717 78.6 678 74.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$92,500 to $94,999........... 184 150 81.4 135 73.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$95,000 to $97,499........... 372 296 79.5 281 75.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$97,500 to $99,999........... 192 148 77.0 137 71.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$100,000 and over............ 6,253 4,479 71.6 4,241 67.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Median earnings.............. 26,002 33,453 (x) 37,947 (x) 5,736 6,474 (x) 8,527 (x)
Standard error............. 92 258 (x) 274 (x) 108 218 (x) 455 (x)
Mean earnings................ 35,034 43,088 (x) 48,857 (x) 6,019 6,966 (x) 8,931 (x)
Standard error............. 214 304 (x) 364 (x) 89 178 (x) 352 (x)