Funding of PBGC-Insured Plans by Industry (1999) Multiemployer Program

Table M-13
Industry Average Funding Ratio Total Liabilities * (in millions) Underfunding (in millions) Overfunding (in millions)
AGRICULTURE 100% $748 0.2% $46 0.1% $46 0.6%
MINING 83% 9,461 2.5% 1,606 2.4% 17 0.2%
CONSTRUCTION 86% 165,897 44.2% 25,612 38.8% 2,286 29.4%
General Contracting 86% 22,189 5.9% 3,212 4.9% 208 2.7%
Heavy Construction 92% 21,612 5.8% 2,012 3.0% 202 2.6%
Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning 86% 22,642 6.0% 3,557 5.4% 316 4.1%
Electrical Work 84% 25,185 6.7% 4,374 6.6% 393 5.1%
Masonry, Brick and Stonework 85% 6,195 1.6% 1,051 1.6% 115 1.5%
Carpentry 87% 22,563 6.0% 3,200 4.8% 335 4.3%
Roofing and Sheet Metal Work 75% 10,476 2.8% 2,933 4.4% 306 3.9%
Other Construction 86% 35,034 9.3% 5,273 8.0% 410 5.3%
MANUFACTURING 91% 32,560 8.7% 3,991 6.0% 1,158 14.9%
Food and Tobacco Products 90% 9,954 2.6% 1,187 1.8% 227 2.9%
Apparel and Textile Products 76% 1,736 0.5% 423 0.6% 3 **
Paper and Allied Products 90% 1,945 0.5% 288 0.4% 84 1.1%
Printing and Publishing 84% 5,170 1.4% 864 1.3% 51 0.7%
Furniture and Fixtures 113% 1,176 0.3% 41 0.1% 197 2.5%
Machinery and Computer Equipment 106% 5,154 1.4% 67 0.1% 365 4.7%
Electrical and Electronic Equipment 97% 996 0.3% 60 0.1% 34 0.4%
Other Manufacturing 87% 6,428 1.7% 1,062 1.6% 197 2.5%
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 72% 91,996 24.5% 26,837 40.6% 969 12.5%
Trucking 69% 79,725 21.2% 24,720 37.4% 241 3.1%
Water Transportation 91% 7,765 2.1% 1,380 2.1% 669 8.6%
Other Transportation and Public Utilities 85% 4,506 1.2% 738 1.1% 59 0.8%
INFORMATION 92% 8,947 2.4% 744 1.1% 28 0.4%
WHOLESALE TRADE 83% 3,480 0.9% 674 1.0% 73 0.9%
RETAIL TRADE 95% 27,526 7.3% 2,307 3.5% 965 12.4%
SERVICES 94% 35,053 9.3% 4,278 6.5% 2,220 28.6%
Administration 84% 7,415 2.0% 1,227 1.9% 51 0.7%
Health Care 111% 7,548 2.0% 345 0.5% 1,181 15.2%
Accomodation / Food Service 87% 3,394 0.9% 689 1.0% 257 3.3%
Other Services 92% 16,696 4.4% 2,016 3.1% 731 9.4%
TOTAL 84% $375,668 100.0% $66,095 100.0% $7,763 100.0%

Source: Internal Revenue Service Form 5500 Series Filings for multiemployer plans with 100 or more participants.
Due to aggregation and rounding of individual items, totals may not add up to totals in other tables and percentages may not add up to 100 percent.
*Vested liabilities have been adjusted to an interest rate that, along with the GAM-83 mortality table, reflects the cost to purchase an annuity at the beginning of 1999.
** Less than 0.05 of one percent.

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