lawrench Yi, Song G - EBSA 2010-12-24T00:08:45Z 2003-12-02T15:27:41Z 2012-04-12T15:31:10Z US Department of Labor 14.00 10380 14790 4155 375 False False Table A1. Number of Pension Plans, Total Participants, Active Participants, Assets, Contributions, and Benefits by type of plan, 2008 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 717532 124853 86233 4703498 419036 431121 Defined Benefit 48375 42344 18981 2040961 107285 166026 Cash balance 5442 10812 5083 623538 27014 49824 Other defined benefit 42934 31532 13897 1417422 80271 116201 Defined Contribution 669157 82510 67252 2662537 311751 265095 Profit sharing and thrift-savings plans 623492 76248 62490 2371569 293924 245126 Stock bonus plans 3058 1727 1280 97323 6548 7771 Target benefit plans 1020 81 67 4104 272 293 Money purchase plans 19636 3307 2484 106508 8484 8333 Annuity-403(b)(1) 14981 156 141 1334 196 100 Custodial account-403(b)(7) 2603 46 44 215 29 12 Other defined contribution plans 4368 945 747 81484 2298 3460 NOTE: Total participant and active participant definitions were changed beginning with the 2005 Private Pension Plan Bulletin. See the related Appendix in the Historical Tables for more 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 nonvested former employees who have not yet incurred a break in service. Active Participants also include individuals who are eligible to elect to have the employer make payments to a Code section 401(k) plan. 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 2008.