Table S-19
PBGC Claims by Industry (1975-2003)
Single-Employer Program

Industry Total Claims Plans Vested Participants
AGRICULTURE, MINING AND CONSTRUCTION $299,415,842 1.7% 173 25,993
MANUFACTURING 12,922,817,492 73.5% 1,965 779,510
Chemical and Allied Products 84,013,613  0.5%    33  8,386 
Fabricated Metal Products 696,525,561  4.0%    398  70,339 
Food and Tobacco Products 128,356,295  0.7%    137  25,500 
Machinery and Computer Equipment 762,963,795  4.3%    240  74,491 
Motor Vehicle Equipment 219,604,135  1.2%    50  24,265 
Paper and Allied Products 118,843,072  0.7%    91  14,163 
Primary Metals 9,414,745,719  53.5%    276  350,986 
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics 230,735,365  1.3%    74  19,011 
Other Manufacturing 1,267,029,937  7.2%    666  192,369 
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 3,380,405,521 19.2% 196 188,051
Air Transportation 2,932,611,144  16.7%    28  139,342 
Other Transportation and Utilities 447,794,377  2.5%    168  48,709 
WHOLESALE TRADE 91,168,595 0.5% 211 26,611
RETAIL TRADE 304,093,308 1.7% 285 111,256
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 174,534,292 1.0% 99 20,661
SERVICES 415,763,903 2.4% 348 81,548
TOTAL $17,588,198,953 100.0% 3,277 1,233,630
Sources: PBGC Fiscal Year Closing File (9/30/03) and PBGC Case Administration System.
Values and distributions are subject to change as PBGC completes reviews.
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.

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