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Home Research & Statistics Retirement Research Defined Contribution Plans

Defined Contribution Plans
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at ERISA 403(b) Plans, 2017 (pdf)
    Jan 21, 2021
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2020 (pdf)
    Nov 19, 2020
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Plan Account Balances, 2010–2018 (pdf)
    Oct 1, 2020
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans, 2017 (pdf)
    Aug 18, 2020
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2020 (pdf)
    Aug 18, 2020
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2019 (pdf)
    Jul 27, 2020
  • Supplemental Tables: The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2019 (xls)
    Jul 26, 2020
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2020 (pdf)
    May 14, 2020
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, 2019 (pdf)
    Apr 30, 2020
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at ERISA 403(b) Plans, 2016 (pdf)
    Apr 16, 2020
  • Ten Important Facts About 401(k) Plans (pdf)
    Mar 30, 2020
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2019 (pdf)
    Feb 27, 2020
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2019 (pdf)
    Dec 19, 2019
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2019 (pdf)
    Aug 20, 2019
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2018 (pdf)
    Jul 11, 2019
  • Supplemental Tables: The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2018 (xls)
    Jul 10, 2019
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans, 2016 (pdf)
    Jun 19, 2019
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, 2018 (pdf)
    May 23, 2019
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2018 (pdf)
    Feb 21, 2019
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2018 (pdf)
    Feb 21, 2019
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at ERISA 403(b) Plans, 2015 (pdf)
    Dec 6, 2018
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2018 (pdf)
    Nov 29, 2018
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Plan Account Balances, 2010–2016 (pdf)
    Nov 6, 2018
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2016 (pdf)
    Sep 10, 2018
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2018 (pdf)
    Aug 24, 2018
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2017 (pdf)
    Jun 19, 2018
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, 2017 (pdf)
    May 17, 2018
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans, 2015 (pdf)
    Mar 12, 2018
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2017 (pdf)
    Feb 22, 2018
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2017 (pdf)
    Nov 21, 2017
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Account Balances, 2010–2015 (pdf)
    Oct 24, 2017
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2017 (pdf)
    Aug 31, 2017
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2015 (pdf)
    Aug 3, 2017
  • New Comparison Across Two Generations of 401(k) Savers in Their Twenties Shows Contrast in Asset Allocations
    Aug 3, 2017
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2016 (pdf)
    Jun 15, 2017
  • Supplemental Tables: The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2016
    Jun 14, 2017
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, 2016 (pdf)
    Jun 6, 2017
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Three Quarters of 2016 (pdf)
    Feb 22, 2017
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans, 2014 (pdf)
    Dec 20, 2016
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2016 (pdf)
    Oct 27, 2016
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Account Balances, 2010–2014 (pdf)
    Sep 8, 2016
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2016 (pdf)
    Aug 11, 2016
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2015 (pdf)
    Jul 14, 2016
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2015 (pdf)
    Jun 16, 2016
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at ERISA 403(b) Plans 2013 (pdf)
    May 23, 2016
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2014 (pdf)
    Apr 28, 2016
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Three Quarters of 2015 (pdf)
    Feb 23, 2016
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans, 2013 (pdf)
    Dec 22, 2015
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Half 2015 (pdf)
    Nov 24, 2015
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Account Balances, 2007–2013 (pdf)
    Sep 15, 2015
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2014 (pdf)
    Aug 19, 2015
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2015 (pdf)
    Aug 6, 2015
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at ERISA 403(b) Plans (pdf)
    Jun 30, 2015
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2014 (pdf)
    Apr 29, 2015
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Three Quarters of 2014 (pdf)
    Feb 11, 2015
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2013 (pdf)
    Dec 18, 2014
  • The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan Profile: A Close Look at 401(k) Plans (pdf)
    Dec 8, 2014
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2014 (pdf)
    Nov 6, 2014
  • Inside the Structure of Defined Contribution/401(k) Plan Fees, 2013 (pdf)
    Aug 20, 2014
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Quarter 2014 (pdf)
    Aug 12, 2014
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? Changes in 401(k) Account Balances, 2007–2012 (pdf)
    Jul 31, 2014
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2013 (pdf)
    Jul 14, 2014
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2013 (pdf)
    Apr 23, 2014
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Three Quarters of 2013 (pdf)
    Feb 6, 2014
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2012 (pdf)
    Dec 23, 2013
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Half 2013 (pdf)
    Nov 5, 2013
  • 401(k) Participants in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: Changes in Account Balances, 2007-2011 (pdf)
    Oct 17, 2013
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Quarter 2013 (pdf)
    Jul 31, 2013
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2012 (pdf)
    Jun 12, 2013
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2012 (pdf)
    Apr 25, 2013
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2011 (pdf)
    Dec 20, 2012
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, First Half 2012 (pdf)
    Nov 14, 2012
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Quarter 2012 (pdf)
    Jul 24, 2012
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2011 (pdf)
    Apr 2, 2012
  • 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2010 (pdf)
    Dec 21, 2011
  • Inside the Structure of Defined Contribution/401(k) Plan Fees (pdf)
    Nov 15, 2011
  • The Economics of Providing 401(k) Plans: Services, Fees, and Expenses, 2010 (pdf)
    Jun 29, 2011
  • What Does Consistent Participation in 401(k) Plans Generate? (pdf)
    Jul 14, 2009
  • Defined Contribution Plan Distribution Choices at Retirement (pdf)
    Oct 21, 2008
  • 401(k) Plans: A 25-Year Retrospective (pdf)
    Nov 6, 2006
  • Appendix: Additional Information for a 25-Year 401(k) Retrospective (pdf), November 2006
    Nov 5, 2006
  • The Influence of Automatic Enrollment, Catch-Up, and IRA Contributions on 401(k) Accumulations at Retirement (pdf), July 2005
    Jul 12, 2005
  • Can 401(k) Accumulations Generate Significant Income for Future Retirees? (pdf), November 2002
    Nov 30, 2002
  • Contribution Behavior of 401(k) Plan Participants (pdf), October 2001
    Oct 1, 2001
  • 401(k) Plan Participants: Characteristics, Contributions, and Account Activity (pdf)
    May 1, 2000

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