Plans with fewer or more than 500 participants:
Architecture and engineering: 89% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 72% of plans with 500 or more participants offer automatic increases.
Construction: 78% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 62% of plans with 500 or more participants offered automatic increases.
Finance: 52% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 72% of plans with 500 or more participants offered automatic increases.
Professional, scientific, and technical services: 65% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 68% of plans with 500 or more participants offered automatic increases.
Unions: 67% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 68% of plans with 500 or more participants offered automatic increases.
Wholesale trade: 58% of plans with fewer than 500 participants offered automatic increases; 80% of plans with 500 or more participants offered automatic increases.
Vanguard benchmark: 69% of all plans offered automatic increases.