Table S-15
PBGC Claims by Industry (1975-2002)
Single-Employer Program

Industry 
 Total Claims Plans Vested Participants
AGRICULTURE, MINING AND CONSTRUCTION 
 $187,321,746 1.7% 172 20,620
MANUFACTURING 
 7,468,654,911 67.7% 1,839 581,675
Chemical and Allied Products 81,908,953 0.7% 33 8,235
Fabricated Metal Products 553,889,195 5.0% 363 55,434
Food and Tobacco Products 122,964,500 1.1% 135 23,970
Machinery and Computer Equipment 616,943,268 5.6% 220 57,558
Motor Vehicle Equipment 201,949,588 1.8% 48 22,392
Paper and Allied Products 108,184,216 1.0% 82 11,562
Primary Metals 4,402,739,129 39.9% 250 211,162
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics 225,080,634 2.0% 75 18,594
Other Manufacturing 1,154,995,429 10.5% 633 172,768
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 
 2,396,208,745 21.7% 192 167,667
Air Transportation 2,178,076,924 19.7% 25 128,045
Other Transportation and Utilities 218,131,821 2.0% 167 39,622
WHOLESALE TRADE 
 172,320,692 1.6% 213 26,458
RETAIL TRADE 
 292,077,215 2.6% 283 93,037
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 
 142,029,188 1.3% 93 16,708
SERVICES 
 375,689,167 3.4% 330 59,638
TOTAL 
 $11,034,301,664 100.0% 3,122 965,803
Sources: PBGC Fiscal Year Closing File (9/30/02) and PBGC Case Administration System.
Values and distributions are subject to change as PBGC completes reviews and establishes termination dates.
Due to rounding of individual items, percentages may not add up to 100 percent.
Industry classifications for PBGC claims are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. Therefore the results in this table may not be directly
comparable to other industry tables based on the North American Industry Classification (NAIC) system.