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Table 3. Employer sponsorship of pension plans: private wage and salary workers by industry and occupation, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Total		Employer sponsors plan		Employer does not sponsor plan		Don't know
Item	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
Total	98,233	100	57,437	58	28,938	29	11,857	12
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	1,490	100	310	21	994	67	185	12
Mining	513	100	366	71	112	22	35	7
Construction	5,621	100	2,133	38	2,796	50	693	12
Manufacturing-Durable goods	12,169	100	9,190	76	1,980	16	999	8
Manufacturing-non-Durable goods	7,522	100	5,478	73	1,415	19	629	8
Transportation	4,447	100	2,792	63	1,196	27	459	10
Communications and Utilities	2,848	100	2,398	84	245	9	205	7
Wholesale trade	4,570	100	2,936	64	1,146	25	487	11
Retail trade	19,966	100	8,891	45	7,432	37	3,643	18
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	7,684	100	5,463	71	1,545	20	676	9
Services	31,403	100	17,481	56	10,076	32	3,846	12
Occupation
Executive, administrative & managerial	13,626	100	9,774	72	2,940	22	912	7
Professional specialty	11,738	100	8,543	73	2,250	19	946	8
Technicians and related support	3,502	100	2,589	74	657	19	256	7
Sales	13,199	100	7,275	55	3,880	29	2,044	15
Administrative support, including clerical	14,213	100	9,014	63	3,546	25	1,654	12
Private household	508	100	21	4	452	89	35	7
Protective service	716	100	351	49	228	32	137	19
Services, except protective & household	11,625	100	3,743	32	5,561	48	2,321	20
Farming, forestry, and fishing	1,451	100	286	20	930	64	235	16
Precision production, craft & repair	11,836	100	6,928	59	3,656	31	1,251	11
Machine operators, assemblers & inspectors	7,090	100	4,429	62	1,852	26	808	11
Transportation and material moving	4,298	100	2,263	53	1,471	34	564	13
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers	4,431	100	2,223	50	1,516	34	692	16

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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

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