Private workers not in pension plans

Table 14. Distribution of private wage and salary workers employed by firms with plans but not in plan by reason for nonparticipation, industry, and occupation, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Number of workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution
Item	Number of workers (in thousands)	Total	Type of job not eligible	Don't work enough hours per week or weeks per year	Haven't worked long enough or too young	Choose not to participate ^1/	Other	Don't know
Total	13,135	100	6	19	36	27	10	2
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	73	100	^2/	22	37	20	10	11
Mining	42	100	^2/	1	42	48	8	^2/
Construction	457	100	3	4	37	27	25	3
Manufacturing-Durable goods	1,160	100	3	7	43	35	10	2
Manufacturing-non-Durable goods	819	100	6	8	40	37	9	1
Transportation	449	100	5	14	35	30	13	3
Communications and Utilities	268	100	8	13	53	18	7	2
Wholesale trade	567	100	3	12	50	26	9	^2/
Retail trade	3,783	100	6	28	34	22	8	1
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	945	100	4	11	49	28	7	^2/
Services	4,570	100	8	22	31	26	11	2
Occupation
Executive, administrative & managerial	1,255	100	4	11	44	29	11	1
Professional specialty	1,562	100	10	17	33	27	12	2
Technicians and related support	537	100	3	22	27	37	10	1
Sales	2,227	100	5	28	39	20	7	1
Administrative support, including clerical	2,346	100	7	20	38	25	9	1
Private household	16	100	^3/	^3/	^3/	^3/	^3/	^3/
Protective service	138	100	^2/	15	46	30	8	1
Services, except protective & household	1,755	100	8	26	29	24	12	1
Farming, forestry, and fishing	113	100	6	12	34	33	8	7
Precision production, craft & repair	1,051	100	3	6	39	30	19	2
Machine operators, assemblers & inspectors	833	100	3	8	39	39	9	3
Transportation and material moving	495	100	6	13	33	36	10	3
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers	807	100	6	28	38	20	7	1

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