Table 8. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: private wage and salary workers by wage levels and collective bargaining status, 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	98,233	100	43,213	44	42,074	43	12,946	13
Weekly earnings
Less than $200	14,036	100	815	6	9,639	69	3,582	26
$200-299	13,626	100	2,475	18	8,346	61	2,805	21
300-399	13,346	100	4,461	33	6,695	50	2,189	16
400-499	13,896	100	6,789	49	5,666	41	1,442	10
500-599	9,464	100	5,118	54	3,439	36	907	10
600-749	9,694	100	6,292	65	2,729	28	673	7
750-999	10,892	100	7,290	67	2,826	26	776	7
1,000 or more	13,034	100	9,923	76	2,581	20	530	4
Don't know	244	100	49	20	154	63	41	17
Collective bargaining status
Covered by union contract	10,031	100	7,041	70	2,007	20	983	10
Not covered by union contract	88,202	100	36,171	41	40,068	45	11,963	14

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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