lawrench Yi, Song G - EBSA 2008-12-29T21:14:55Z 2003-12-02T15:27:41Z 2012-04-12T15:11:43Z US Department of Labor 14.00 11760 9030 1260 165 False False Table A1. Number of Pension Plans, Total Participants, Active Participants, Assets, Contributions, and Benefits by type of plan, 2006 Type of Plan 1/ Number of Plans 2/ Total Participants (thousands) 3/ Active Participants (thousands) 4/ Total Assets (millions) 5/ Total Contributions (millions) 6/ Total Benefits (millions) 7/ Total 694550 121995 85751 5684302 366564 410959 Defined Benefit 48579 42146 19919 2468142 89769 150619 Cash balance 3910 10185 5106 699776 18832 45422 Other defined benefit 44669 31960 14813 1768366 70937 105198 Defined Contribution 645971 79849 65832 3216160 276795 260340 Profit sharing and thrift-savings plans 597220 72976 60574 2917433 259671 240661 Stock bonus plans 3080 1993 1486 119432 6341 8727 Target benefit plans 1202 86 69 5293 214 330 Money purchase plans 24535 3704 2832 135055 8611 8275 Annuity-403(b)(1) 14625 156 144 1395 163 97 Custodial account-403(b)(7) 2155 50 45 1447 136 129 Other defined contribution plans 3154 883 681 36107 1658 2120 NOTE: Total participant and active participant definitions were changed beginning with the 2005 Private Pension Plan Bulletin. See page 2 of that publication for details. 1/ About 1% of defined contribution plans report more than one plan type. These plans are assigned whichever plan type appears first in the list. Annuity-403(b)(1) plans and custodial account-403(b)(7) plans are not required to report participation or financial information, but if these plans volunteer such data, it is tabulated. 2/ Excludes plans covering only one participant. 3/ 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. 4/ 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. 5/ 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. 6/ Includes both employer and employee contributions. 7/ 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 2006.