TABLE 2.  Employer Stock Held in Pension Plans: Comparison by Plan Type and Size of Plan
Based on federal Form 5500 data for all large pension plans (100+ participants) for FY98 (latest data available)
from Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Excludes terminated plans and those not reporting assets.
Compiled by Prof. Douglas Kruse, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, Feb. 2002  
  Number of Number of Total employer Employer Total plan Employer stock
  plans participants stock held by stock per assets as pct.of
  plans (millions) participant (millions) total assets
      (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
All defined contribution plans
All   50,769 50,933,238 $330,529.6 $6,489 $1,671,703.6 19.8%
Less than 5000 participants 49,225 23,978,346 $53,408.5 $2,227 $610,788.8 8.7%
5000+ participants   1,544 26,954,892 $277,121.1 $10,281 $1,060,914.8 26.1%
 
ESOP non-401(k) plans  
All   2,056 3,170,045 $53,677.1 $16,933 $69,635.8 77.1%
Less than 5000 participants 1,964 1,054,331 $23,146.5 $21,954 $31,523.9 73.4%
5000+ participants   92 2,115,714 $30,530.6 $14,430 $38,111.8 80.1%
 
ESOP 401(k) plans  
All   613 4,757,356 $129,609.8 $27,244 $332,712.8 39.0%
Less than 5000 participants 452 441,996 $10,354.0 $23,426 $23,681.0 43.7%
5000+ participants   161 4,315,360 $119,255.8 $27,635 $309,031.8 38.6%
 
Non-ESOP 401(k)'s with employer stock
All   2,275 11,037,790 $132,899.4 $12,040 $472,176.1 28.1%
Less than 5000 participants 1835 2,236,178 $16,728.6 $7,481 $84,036.2 19.9%
5000+ participants   440 8,801,612 $116,170.8 $13,199 $388,139.8 29.9%
 
Non-ESOP 401(k)'s without employer stock
All   36,832 23,474,392 $0 $0 $567,223.1 0.0%
Less than 5000 participants 36240 15,968,776 $0 $0 $350,299.6 0.0%
5000+ participants   592 7,505,616 $0 $0 $216,923.5 0.0%
 
Profit sharing and other defined
contribution plans with employer stock
(non-ESOP non-401(k))  
All   355 1,377,825 $14,343.3 $10,410 $47,501.5 30.2%
Less than 5000 participants 296 265,268 $3,179.5 $11,986 $12,335.1 25.8%
5000+ participants   59 1,112,557 $11,163.9 $10,034 $35,166.4 31.7%
 
Profit sharing and other defined
contribution plans without employer stock
All   8,633 7,115,015 $0 $0 $182,432.0 0.0%
Less than 5000 participants 8433 4,010,982 $0 $0 $108,890.6 0.0%
  5000+ participants   200 3,104,033 $0 $0 $73,541.3 0.0%
Note: Employer stock figures include imputations of employer stock in common/collective trusts based on 1996 spread files.