lawrench Yi, Song G - EBSA 2008-02-05T16:37:09Z 2003-12-02T15:27:41Z 2012-04-12T14:47:55Z US Department of Labor 14.00 10560 14220 10140 1455 False False Table A1. Number of Pension Plans, Total Participants, Active Participants, Assets, Contributions, and Benefits by type of plan, 2005 Type of Plan Number of Plans 1/ Total Participants (thousands) 2/ Active Participants (thousands) 3/ Total Assets (millions) 4/ Total Contributions (millions) 5/ Total Benefits (millions) 6/ Total 679095 117406 82665 5061622 341449 354540 Defined Benefit 47614 41925 20310 2254032 92662 136555 Cash balance 3101 10135 5169 649989 21755 39802 Other defined benefit 44513 31790 15140 1604043 70907 96752 Defined Contribution 631481 75481 62355 2807590 248788 217985 Profit sharing and thrift-savings plans 579184 68718 57144 2554429 232786 200026 Stock bonus plans 2969 1824 1394 90425 5415 7190 Target benefit plans 1200 65 53 3538 179 226 Money purchase plans 28556 3866 2983 126993 8579 8320 Annuity-403(b)(1) 14018 94 88 374 48 47 Custodial account-403(b)(7) 2254 88 71 3619 263 357 IRAs or annuities (Code 408) 237 4 3 32 1 1 Other defined contribution plans 3063 822 619 28180 1517 1817 NOTE: Total Participant and Active Participant definitions have changed. See page 2. 1/ Excludes plans covering only one participant. 2/ Includes active, retired, and separated vested participants not yet in pay status. The number of participants also includes double counting of workers in more than one plan. 3/ Active participants include any workers currently in employment covered by a plan and who are earning or retaining credited service under a plan. This category includes any individuals who are eligible to elect to have the employer make payments to a Code section 401(k) plan. Active Participants also include nonvested former employees who have not yet incurred a break in service. 4/ Total asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These excluded funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total pension fund assets. 5/ Includes both employer and employee contributions. 6/ Amounts shown include both benefits paid directly from trust funds and premium payments made by plans to insurance carriers. Amounts exclude benefits paid directly by insurance carriers. SOURCE: Form 5500 filings for plan years ending in 2005.