U.S. Census Bureau
Table 3. Expenditures of State and Local Government Employee-
Retirement Systems by State and Level of Government: 2006-2007
(Thousand Dollars)
 
Source: 2007 Census of Governments, Survey of Public Employee-Retirement Systems. Data users who create
their own estimates using data from this report should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original
data only. The data in this table are based on information from public records and contain no confidential data.
Although the data in this table come from a census of retirement systems and are not subject to sampling error,
the census results do contain nonsampling error. Additional information on nonsampling error, response rates,
and definitions may be found at http://www.census.gov/govs/www/retire07.html.

State and Level of Government Total
Payments		 Benefits Withdrawals Other
Payments
United States                            182,972,467 162,715,716 5,233,579 15,023,172
   State                                 148,356,597 131,201,708 4,558,069 12,596,820
   Local                                 34,615,870 31,514,008 675,510 2,426,352
Alabama                                  2,263,758 2,149,839 75,002 38,917
   State                                 2,137,511 2,038,886 69,618 29,007
   Local                                 126,247 110,953 5,384 9,910
Alaska                                   777,079 736,808 11,698 28,573
   State                                 749,590 711,756 11,698 26,136
   Local                                 27,489 25,052 0 2,437
Arizona                                  2,476,218 2,251,991 119,611 104,616
   State                                 2,308,107 2,111,213 103,381 93,513
   Local                                 168,111 140,778 16,230 11,103
Arkansas                                 1,120,688 926,257 10,112 184,319
   State                                 1,087,262 896,204 8,592 182,466
   Local                                 33,426 30,053 1,520 1,853
California                               28,956,634 26,891,898 502,370 1,562,366
   State                                 19,334,880 18,385,789 378,629 570,462
   Local                                 9,621,754 8,506,109 123,741 991,904
Colorado                                 3,360,928 2,684,729 174,970 501,229
   State                                 2,988,797 2,354,816 161,478 472,503
   Local                                 372,131 329,913 13,492 28,726
Connecticut                              2,844,793 2,605,848 2,897 236,048
   State                                 2,439,778 2,224,321 0 215,457
   Local                                 405,015 381,527 2,897 20,591
Delaware                                 401,697 369,713 3,392 28,592
   State                                 360,379 331,966 3,164 25,249
   Local                                 41,318 37,747 228 3,343
District of Columbia                     84,198 50,169 203 33,826
   State                                 0 0 0 0
   Local                                 84,198 50,169 203 33,826
Florida                                  6,450,377 4,993,067 1,132,809 324,501
   State                                 5,453,502 4,127,516 1,099,147 226,839
   Local                                 996,875 865,551 33,662 97,662
Georgia                                  3,829,559 3,639,096 71,845 118,618
   State                                 3,471,017 3,308,662 65,069 97,286
   Local                                 358,542 330,434 6,776 21,332
Hawaii                                   811,454 761,005 3,498 46,951
   State                                 811,454 761,005 3,498 46,951
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
Idaho                                    495,002 440,919 0 54,083
   State                                 493,312 439,263 0 54,049
   Local                                 1,690 1,656 0 34
Illinois                                 10,279,327 9,599,015 259,285 421,027
   State                                 6,860,084 6,396,933 156,362 306,789
   Local                                 3,419,243 3,202,082 102,923 114,238
Indiana                                  1,856,847 1,551,585 64,786 240,476
   State                                 1,752,415 1,449,118 64,674 238,623
   Local                                 104,432 102,467 112 1,853
Iowa                                     1,353,343 1,131,989 39,242 182,112
   State                                 1,351,103 1,129,878 39,242 181,983
   Local                                 2,240 2,111 0 129
Kansas                                   1,102,834 1,011,944 46,866 44,024
   State                                 1,055,544 970,272 46,129 39,143
   Local                                 47,290 41,672 737 4,881
Kentucky                                 2,533,134 2,353,337 40,212 139,585
   State                                 2,488,935 2,312,017 40,063 136,855
   Local                                 44,199 41,320 149 2,730
Louisiana                                2,967,362 2,665,487 137,707 164,168
   State                                 2,768,653 2,491,663 126,547 150,443
   Local                                 198,709 173,824 11,160 13,725
Maine                                    757,036 541,388 21,939 193,709
   State                                 757,036 541,388 21,939 193,709
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
Maryland                                 2,902,992 2,732,568 24,501 145,923
   State                                 2,098,360 1,984,830 16,021 97,509
   Local                                 804,632 747,738 8,480 48,414
Massachusetts                            4,456,861 4,174,273 58,740 223,848
   State                                 3,034,786 2,866,093 15,878 152,815
   Local                                 1,422,075 1,308,180 42,862 71,033
Michigan                                 6,513,574 5,461,321 170,891 881,362
   State                                 5,002,698 4,193,899 40,180 768,619
   Local                                 1,510,876 1,267,422 130,711 112,743
Minnesota                                3,516,633 3,135,085 57,615 323,933
   State                                 3,161,692 2,815,950 50,774 294,968
   Local                                 354,941 319,135 6,841 28,965
Mississippi                              1,761,079 1,347,473 72,617 340,989
   State                                 1,761,079 1,347,473 72,617 340,989
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
Missouri                                 3,265,909 2,789,744 88,216 387,949
   State                                 2,779,269 2,365,241 59,549 354,479
   Local                                 486,640 424,503 28,667 33,470
Montana                                  440,737 392,283 21,167 27,287
   State                                 440,737 392,283 21,167 27,287
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
Nebraska                                 528,851 441,419 40,017 47,415
   State                                 349,225 278,988 35,908 34,329
   Local                                 179,626 162,431 4,109 13,086
Nevada                                   955,889 929,778 17,456 8,655
   State                                 955,889 929,778 17,456 8,655
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire                            459,956 355,399 34,462 70,095
   State                                 450,928 347,678 34,080 69,170
   Local                                 9,028 7,721 382 925
New Jersey                               6,733,624 6,573,423 120,284 39,917
   State                                 6,723,265 6,564,256 119,814 39,195
   Local                                 10,359 9,167 470 722
New Mexico                               1,173,513 1,073,828 62,205 37,480
   State                                 1,173,513 1,073,828 62,205 37,480
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
New York                                 21,212,038 18,913,405 92,018 2,206,615
   State                                 11,940,504 10,043,573 65,953 1,830,978
   Local                                 9,271,534 8,869,832 26,065 375,637
North Carolina                           3,599,085 3,316,775 141,667 140,643
   State                                 3,573,434 3,294,081 141,168 138,185
   Local                                 25,651 22,694 499 2,458
North Dakota                             213,398 171,826 10,152 31,420
   State                                 198,798 160,208 8,500 30,090
   Local                                 14,600 11,618 1,652 1,330
Ohio                                     9,228,704 8,587,830 413,639 227,235
   State                                 9,064,880 8,425,686 413,459 225,735
   Local                                 163,824 162,144 180 1,500
Oklahoma                                 1,653,044 1,438,162 74,768 140,114
   State                                 1,599,985 1,392,554 71,431 136,000
   Local                                 53,059 45,608 3,337 4,114
Oregon                                   3,329,753 2,659,821 41,247 628,685
   State                                 3,240,778 2,574,589 41,223 624,966
   Local                                 88,975 85,232 24 3,719
Pennsylvania                             7,953,276 6,984,394 74,187 894,695
   State                                 6,925,014 6,041,151 44,630 839,233
   Local                                 1,028,262 943,243 29,557 55,462
Rhode Island                             901,729 781,457 15,367 104,905
   State                                 757,932 647,678 10,557 99,697
   Local                                 143,797 133,779 4,810 5,208
South Carolina                           1,852,572 1,707,495 89,885 55,192
   State                                 1,848,672 1,704,010 89,825 54,837
   Local                                 3,900 3,485 60 355
South Dakota                             301,263 268,706 28,961 3,596
   State                                 288,410 256,250 28,777 3,383
   Local                                 12,853 12,456 184 213
Tennessee                                1,779,570 1,667,160 54,694 57,716
   State                                 1,296,996 1,230,431 36,344 30,221
   Local                                 482,574 436,729 18,350 27,495
Texas                                    11,561,675 9,180,211 498,618 1,882,846
   State                                 10,349,260 8,128,708 475,849 1,744,703
   Local                                 1,212,415 1,051,503 22,769 138,143
Utah                                     784,603 709,799 5,228 69,576
   State                                 784,603 709,799 5,228 69,576
   Local                                 0 0 0 0
Vermont                                  192,406 161,122 3,833 27,451
   State                                 185,142 155,075 3,704 26,363
   Local                                 7,264 6,047 129 1,088
Virginia                                 3,277,797 2,824,925 100,823 352,049
   State                                 2,571,811 2,219,350 89,716 262,745
   Local                                 705,986 605,575 11,107 89,304
Washington                               2,914,231 2,487,877 52,594 373,760
   State                                 2,742,364 2,342,467 39,200 360,697
   Local                                 171,867 145,410 13,394 13,063
West Virginia                            262,874 248,009 9,487 5,378
   State                                 230,854 217,540 9,217 4,097
   Local                                 32,020 30,469 270 1,281
Wisconsin                                4,241,305 3,592,669 26,487 622,149
   State                                 3,875,102 3,264,200 25,100 585,802
   Local                                 366,203 328,469 1,387 36,347
Wyoming                                  281,258 251,395 13,309 16,554
   State                                 281,258 251,395 13,309 16,554
   Local                                 0 0 0 0

Created: December 9, 2008
Last Revised: December 9, 2008