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TABLE B6

Distribution of Participants
by industry, 1996
(numbers in thousands)
Industry Total Plans Single Employer Plans 1/ Multiemployer Plans 2/
Total Defined
Benefit
Defined
Contribution
Total Defined
Benefit
Defined
Contribution
Total Defined
Benefit
Defined
Contribution
TOTAL 91,716 41,111 50,605 80,840 32,467 48,374 10,876 8,644 2,231
Agriculture 451 156 294 434 141 293 17 15 1
Mining 922 501 422 771 356 415 152 145 7
Construction 5,708 3,078 2,631 1,472 167 1,305 4,236 2,911 1,326
Manufacturing 33,994 17,402 16,592 32,617 16,231 16,386 1,377 1,171 206
Transportation 4,676 2,522 2,154 3,158 1,122 2,036 1,518 1,399 119
Communications and
  utilities
4,911 2,395 2,516 4,860 2,354 2,506 51 42 10
Wholesale trade 3,332 964 2,368 3,080 723 2,357 251 241 10
Retail trade 8,996 3,402 5,594 7,559 2,109 5,450 1,437 1,293 144
Finance, insurance
  and real estate
9,106 3,962 5,144 9,069 3,935 5,134 36 27 9
Services 17,141 5,640 11,502 15,355 4,244 11,112 1,786 1,396 390
Tax-exempt
  organizations
2,151 1,022 1,129 2,140 1,018 1,122 11 4 7
Industry not reported 328 68 260 324 67 257 4 1 2

1/ Includes single employer plans, plans of controlled groups of corporations, and multiple-employer noncollectively bargained plans.
2/ Includes multiemployer plans and multiple-employer collectively bargained plans.
SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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