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TABLE E4

Estimated Private Wage and Salary Worker Participation Rates Under Primary and Supplemental Pension Plans *1977-1996 ^1/* (workers in thousands)
Year	Number of Wage and Salary Workers	Workers Covered by a Primary Defined Benefit Plan		Workers Covered by a Primary Defined Contribution Plan		Workers Covered by a Supplemental Defined Contribution Plan(s)
Year	Number of Wage and Salary Workers	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
1977	73,254	27,655	38	5,141	7	7,623	10
1978	75,939	28,613	38	5,424	7	8,258	11
1979	78,058	29,008	37	5,790	7	9,368	12
1980	78,349	29,736	38	6,203	8	10,134	13
1981	80,282	29,687	37	7,224	9	10,629	13
a
1982	82,318	29,361	36	8,120	10	12,087	15
1983	84,410	29,576	35	9,395	11	14,191	17
1984	86,732	29,812	34	9,902	11	15,303	18
1985	88,293	28,894	33	11,550	13	16,018	18
1986	90,267	28,536	32	12,672	14	16,188	18
a
1987	91,559	28,347	31	13,437	15	16,110	18
1988	93,012	27,864	30	14,106	15	15,180	16
1989	94,448	27,240	29	15,485	16	15,242	16
1990	94,772	26,323	28	16,116	17	15,671	17
1991	94,959	25,701	27	17,133	18	15,287	16
a
1992	96,577	25,318	26	19,474	20	16,300	17
1993	97,749	25,091	26	19,780	20	16,621	17
1994	101,077	24,591	24	20,948	21	16,516	16
1995	102,162	23,531	23	23,038	23	16,482	16
1996	104,313	23,262	22	24,173	23	17,199	16

^1/ For workers covered under both a defined benefit and a defined contribution plan, the defined benefit plan is designated as the primary plan unless the plan name indicates it provides supplemental or only past service benefits.

SOURCES: Number of workers taken from Employment and Earnings, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. These numbers include both employed (full and part-time) and unemployed wage and salary workers. The number of workers in primary and supplemental plans are estimates derived from annual Form 5500 reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1977-96 plan years.

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