by State

Fiscal Year 2008

(Thousand dollars)

Employee 

contributions Total

From state

government

From local

government

United States          56,645,613        31,639,290        64,095,752        28,340,230        35,755,522        (39,089,429)

Alabama           (3,210,665)             516,891          1,072,486             161,063             911,423          (4,800,042)

Alaska               336,063             175,137             526,652             378,364             148,288             (365,726)

Arizona              (129,223)          1,081,129          1,136,836             853,357             283,479          (2,347,188)

Arkansas               271,075             146,450             603,599             383,369             220,230             (478,974)

California           (6,204,256)          6,039,098        11,371,374          6,679,579          4,691,795        (23,614,728)

Colorado            5,931,995             579,284             803,541             528,728             274,813           4,549,170

Connecticut            2,669,281             319,573          3,282,801               39,252          3,243,549             (933,093)

Delaware                  83,723               45,761             110,389                  8,729             101,660               (72,427)

Florida           (2,921,299)               96,767          3,192,699          2,520,215             672,484          (6,210,765)

Georgia            4,724,249             609,998          1,319,723             299,918          1,019,805           2,794,528

Hawaii               220,762             161,328             488,770             123,015             365,755             (429,336)

Idaho                (73,145)             159,922             273,784             183,184               90,600             (506,851)

Illinois            3,118,957          1,693,516          2,758,970             731,496          2,027,474          (1,333,529)

Indiana               436,775             324,378          1,276,002             337,446             938,556          (1,163,605)

Iowa               430,048             271,033             446,875             352,493               94,382             (287,860)

Kansas               103,458             262,707             458,153             131,291             326,862             (617,402)

Kentucky              (180,707)             539,558             810,656             251,263             559,393          (1,530,921)

Louisiana            1,085,523             711,349          1,512,665             259,022          1,253,643          (1,138,491)

Maine               165,299             150,523             317,758               12,399             305,359             (302,982)

Maryland              (560,746)             420,461          1,072,208             107,188             965,020          (2,053,415)

Massachusetts            9,519,178          1,119,813          1,424,402             140,666          1,283,736           6,974,963

Michigan           (8,847,278)             471,619          1,700,189          1,234,119             466,070        (11,019,086)

Minnesota              (768,493)             668,547             755,689             585,364             170,325          (2,192,729)

Mississippi              (396,289)             419,483             708,791             446,903             261,888          (1,524,563)

Missouri               836,550             665,781          1,200,930             729,897             471,033          (1,030,161)

Montana               568,663             148,191             184,234               96,175               88,059              236,238

Nebraska                (50,154)             131,035             161,998             109,257               52,741             (343,187)

Nevada               739,892             131,333          1,167,578             992,923             174,655             (559,019)

New Hampshire               115,280             158,552             189,441             115,841               73,600             (232,713)

New Jersey            2,582,448          1,584,264          2,595,994               56,864          2,539,130          (1,597,810)

New Mexico              (575,095)             394,760             588,978             201,115             387,863          (1,558,833)

New York            3,004,389             443,636          3,838,937          1,640,988          2,197,949          (1,278,184)

North Carolina            7,790,113          1,107,104             658,668             247,000             411,668           6,024,341

North Dakota               135,181               48,550               70,975               53,416               17,559                 15,656

Ohio            8,051,034          2,714,973          2,967,177          1,311,886          1,655,291           2,368,884

Oklahoma               353,749             406,231             983,266             458,216             525,050          (1,035,748)

Oregon           (1,488,592)               11,937             763,165             644,404             118,761          (2,263,694)

Pennsylvania            6,733,030          1,230,908          1,026,810             389,177             637,633           4,475,312

Rhode Island               149,181             175,893             380,393             135,019             245,374             (407,105)

South Carolina            1,030,886             618,576             898,417             581,443             316,974             (486,107)

South Dakota              (515,648)               92,819               89,972               56,375               33,597             (698,439)

Tennessee               678,596             245,853             838,259             244,847             593,412             (405,516)

Texas          19,915,519          2,783,012          3,141,325          1,235,198          1,906,127         13,991,182

Utah            1,996,894               41,495              ‐ 597,184                                   597,184           1,358,215

Vermont               223,323               51,440                ‐ 47,111                                     47,111              124,772

Virginia              (264,060)               24,843          2,122,864          1,547,014             575,850          (2,411,767)

Table 2. Revenues of State Public Employee Retirement Systems

State Total receipts

Government contributions

Earnings on

investments (1)
by State

Fiscal Year 2008

(Thousand dollars)

Employee 

contributions Total

From state

government

From local

government

Table 2. Revenues of State Public Employee Retirement Systems

State Total receipts

Government contributions

Earnings on

investments (1)

Washington               993,398             519,560             937,048               73,822             863,226             (463,210)

West Virginia                  64,691             114,665             509,589             142,991             366,598             (559,563)

Wisconsin           (2,880,043)             717,057             613,999             449,633             164,366          (4,211,099)

Wyoming               652,103               92,497               96,428               78,306               18,122              463,178

Data Created: February 25, 2011

Data Last Revised: April 22, 2011

Source: 2008 Annual 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, and response rates 

may be found at http://www.census.gov/govs/retire/how_data_collected.html. 

(1) The total of "net earnings" is a calculated statistic (the item code in the data file is X08), and thus can be 

positive or negative. Net earnings is the sum of earnings on investments plus gains on investments minus 

losses on investments. The change made in 2002 for asset valuation from book to market value in accordance 

with Statement 34 of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is reflected in the calculated statistics.