Table S-19
PBGC Claims by Industry (1975-2005)
Single-Employer Program

Industry Total Claims Plans Vested Participants
AGRICULTURE, MINING AND CONSTRUCTION $530,441,173 2.6% 193 39,321
MANUFACTURING 15,117,390,355 73.4% 2,101 887,246
Chemical and Allied Products 118,450,097 0.6% 38 9,102
Fabricated Metal Products 776,462,949 3.8% 415 76,154
Food and Tobacco Products 142,235,118 0.7% 133 26,390
Machinery and Computer Equipment 840,298,250 4.1% 251 79,049
Motor Vehicle Equipment 255,896,170 1.2% 63 27,582
Paper and Allied Products 137,795,236 0.7% 92 14,784
Primary Metals 10,955,512,456 53.2% 291 394,148
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics 280,132,017 1.4% 89 22,863
Other Manufacturing 1,610,608,062 7.8% 729 237,174
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 3,535,073,396 17.2% 195 200,343
Air Transportation 2,857,632,315 13.9% 29 138,079
Other Transportation and Utilities 677,441,081 3.3% 166 62,264
WHOLESALE TRADE 408,186,748 2.0% 227 45,146
RETAIL TRADE 363,743,708 1.8% 294 121,086
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 215,136,123 1.0% 110 22,945
SERVICES 435,344,498 2.1% 349 84,585
TOTAL $20,605,316,001 100.0% 3,469 1,400,672
Sources: PBGC Fiscal Year Closing File (9/30/04) and PBGC Case Administration System.
Values and distributions are subject to change as PBGC completes reviews.
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent.
Industry classifi cations for PBGC claims are based on the Standard Industrial Classifi cation (SIC) system. Therefore the results in this table may not be directly comparable to other industry tables based on the North American Industry Classifi cation (NAIC) system.

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