Table 11. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: private wage and salary workers employed by firms with plans by industry and occupation, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Total		Covered by plan		Not covered by plan		Don't know if covered by plan
	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
Total	57,437	100	43,213	75	13,135	23	1,089	2
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	310	100	226	73	75	24	9	3
Mining	366	100	319	87	42	12	5	1
Construction	2,133	100	1,645	77	457	21	30	1
Manufacturing-Durable goods	9,190	100	7,892	86	1,160	13	138	2
Manufacturing-non-Durable goods	5,478	100	4,550	83	819	15	109	2
Transportation	2,792	100	2,281	82	449	16	62	2
Communications and Utilities	2,398	100	2,091	87	268	11	39	2
Wholesale trade	2,936	100	2,304	78	567	19	65	2
Retail trade	8,891	100	4,890	55	3,783	43	218	2
Finance, Insurance, and Real     Estate	5,463	100	4,414	81	945	17	104	2
Services	17,481	100	12,602	72	4,570	26	310	2
Occupation
Executive, administrative &     managerial	9,774	100	8,426	86	1,255	13	93	1
Professional specialty	8,543	100	6,857	80	1,562	18	124	1
Technicians and related support	2,589	100	2,001	77	537	21	51	2
Sales	7,275	100	4,919	68	2,227	31	128	2
Administrative support, including     clerical	9,014	100	6,485	72	2,346	26	183	2
Private household	21	100	4	20	16	80	1/	1/
Protective service	351	100	201	57	138	39	12	3
Services, except protective &     household	3,743	100	1,871	50	1,755	47	118	3
Farming, forestry, and fishing	286	100	166	58	113	40	6	2
Precision production, craft & repair	6,928	100	5,741	83	1,051	15	137	2
Machine operators,     assemblers & inspectors	4,429	100	3,509	79	833	19	86	2
Transportation and material moving	2,263	100	1714	76	495	22	54	2
Handlers, equipment     cleaners, helpers, laborers	2,223	100	1,319	59	807	36	97	4

1/ Not computed where base is less than 75,000.

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

SOURCE: Current Population Survey: February 1999 Contingent Work Supplement.