Section A -- Financial Statistics

The tables in this section generally present data on financial operations under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Acts for fiscal year 2015 and for varying numbers of prior years.

The main source of financing the railroad retirement program is a payroll tax paid by employers and employees. Railroad 

retirement taxes and benefits are paid on a two-tier basis. Employers and employees pay tier I taxes at the same rate as 

social security taxes, subject to the prevailing social security taxable maximum. Tier II taxes finance benefits payable 

over and above social security levels, but earnings subject to the tax are restricted to the social security taxable maximums

which would have been applicable under continuation of pre-1977 social security law. Both employers and employees 

pay tier II taxes, but at different rates.

In calendar years 2014 and 2015, a tier I tax rate of 7.65 percent for employers applied to compensation up to $117,000

and $118,500 per year, respectively. The tier I rates include taxes that finance the hospital insurance portion of Medicare; 

that tax rate for both employees and employers was 1.45 percent for 2014 and 2015. There is no limit to earnings subject 

to the hospital insurance portion of the tier I tax rate. Beginning in 2013, employees pay an additional 0.9 percent on 

earnings above $200,000 (for those who file an individual return) or $250,000 (for those who file a joint return).

The tier II tax rate is determined annually from a tax rate schedule based on the average account benefits ratio. The 

average account benefits ratio is the average for the 10 fiscal years preceding the calendar year of the ratio of the fair 

market value of the assets in the Railroad Retirement Account and the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (and 

for years before 2002, the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account) as of the close of each fiscal year to the total 

benefits and administrative expenses paid from those accounts during the fiscal year. Employer tax rates can range from 

8.2 percent to 22.1 percent. Employee tax rates can range from 0 percent to 4.9 percent. In calendar year 2014, the tier II 

tax rates paid by employers and employees were 12.6 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, and were levied on annual 

earnings up to $87,000. During 2015, tier II tax rates paid by employers and employees were 13.1 percent and 4.9 

percent, respectively, and were levied on earnings up to $88,200.
Additional income is derived from Federal income taxes on tier I, tier II and vested dual benefits, from interest on invested 

funds and from the financial interchange with the social security system. The experience under the latter arrangement is 

presented in table A3. Under this arrangement, the social security trust funds are, in effect, credited with the additional 

payroll and income taxes they would have received, and charged with the additional benefits and administrative costs they 

would have paid if railroad employment had been covered under the social security program, with allowances for interest. 

Financial interchange determinations are made jointly by the Railroad Retirement Board, the Social Security 

Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on an annual basis. Separate determinations are made 

with respect to the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds.

The railroad unemployment and sickness benefit programs are financed by contributions from railroad employers, based 

on a percentage of their employees' taxable earnings. In 2014 and 2015, the taxable earnings base for those programs was 

the first $1,440 and $1,455, respectively, of each employee's monthly earnings. Beginning in 1991, each employer's 

contribution rate is experience based. Temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) were financed by a $20,000,000 congressional appropriation. Benefits had 

to begin by December 31, 2009. The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (WHBAA) 

contained an appropriation of $175,000,000 to extend the provisions of the Recovery Act by one year. The Tax Relief, 

Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation 

Act of 2011, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

each continued the special unemployment benefit provision for periods ranging from two months to one year, for a total 

extension of three years. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

Fiscal years begin October 1 of the prior calendar year and end September 30.

In the tables, detailed figures may not add to totals shown because of rounding.
 

Total1 Retirement2 Survivor2 Unemployment3, 4 Sickness4

 

BENEFICIARIES (in thousands)

2006....................................................... 643 441 187 9 20

2007....................................................... 641 444 180 10 19

2008....................................................... 623 433 174 11 19

2009....................................................... 626 430 167 24 18

2010....................................................... 617 428 161 22 18

2011....................................................... 603 429 156 11 18

2012....................................................... 595 429 150 10 17

2013....................................................... 592 429 146 11 16

2014....................................................... 585 428 141 10 16

2015....................................................... 581 428 136 9 16

 

BENEFIT PAYMENTS (in millions)

2006....................................................... $9,513.7 $7,294.0 $2,146.9 $30.8 $42.1

2007....................................................... 9,871.5 7,641.1 2,156.4 27.8 46.2

2008....................................................... 10,115.4 7,877.0 2,158.1 35.1 44.9

2009....................................................... 10,663.8 8,311.0 2,192.0 111.7 48.1

2010....................................................... 10,939.8 8,588.6 2,187.1 109.6 50.0

2011....................................................... 11,047.2 8,778.5 2,165.3 48.3 52.3

2012....................................................... 11,418.8 9,155.4 2,171.7 41.1 47.5

2013....................................................... 11,726.4 9,456.5 2,175.5 47.8 42.9

2014....................................................... 11,980.9 9,724.9 2,167.2 37.7 46.7

2015....................................................... 12,257.3 10,012.2 2,156.9 34.0 49.2

 

1

 Beginning in fiscal year 2008, beneficiaries and benefit payments include partition payments to spouses and divorced spouses where the employee is deceased or not

 otherwise entitled to an annuity. Benefit payments also include a small amount of payments for hospital insurance benefits for services in Canada.

2

 Retirement benefits include vested dual benefit and supplemental annuity payments. Survivor benefits include vested dual benefit payments.

3

 Includes temporary extended unemployment benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance

 Act of 2009, as amended by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011,

 the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

4

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2% under

 sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30,

 2014.

Table A1.--Beneficiaries and benefits paid under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, by fiscal year, 2006-2015, cash basis

Fiscal year

NOTE.-- Number of beneficiaries represents all individuals paid benefits in year. In total number for each year, beneficiaries are counted only once, even though they may have 

received more than one type of benefit. In fiscal year 2015, 7,300 individuals received both retirement and survivor benefits, 600 employees received both unemployment and 

sickness benefits, and 1,800 employees received benefits under both the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. These figures are partly 

estimated, and totals for earlier years are similarly adjusted.
 

Item 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $2,674.8 $2,637.8 $2,636.5 $2,501.2 $2,599.0 $2,712.7 $2,659.8 $3,140.2 $3,392.2 $3,760.8

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 19.6 19.3 12.9 12.0 11.0 12.3 11.4 9.0 14.0 17.2

Transfers from the National RR Investment Trust 3.................. 947.0 1,391.0 1,298.0 1,553.0 1,989.0 1,744.0 2,026.0 1,581.0 1,429.0 1,191.0

Transfers from the SSEB Account 3....................................... 38.0 181.0 147.0 ........ 81.0 255.0 19.0 171.0 93.0 129.0

Loan repayments from RUI Account 4..................................... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 48.4 ........ ........ ........ ........ 

Loan repayments from DBP Account 4..................................... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 4.5 ........ 

Expenditures

Benefit payments 5............................................................... $3,808.8 $4,073.0 $4,121.8 $4,326.9 $4,474.4 $4,600.3 $4,775.0 $4,906.2 $5,044.0 $5,106.8

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... (85.9) (45.7) (100.0) (104.6) (13.1) (88.5) (141.9) (166.6) (164.0) (162.3)

Net transfers to administration............................................. 69.9 64.0 58.4 63.4 68.7 73.6 69.6 70.2 69.3 72.1

Loans to RUI Account......................................................... ........ ........ ........ ........ 46.5 ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 

Loans to DBP Account 7...................................................... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 4.5 ........ 

Balance at end of period 8............................................................ $479.4 $616.9 $632.0 $418.2 $519.0 $706.5 $720.2 $811.7 $791.8 $877.3

SOCIAL SECURITY EQUIVALENT BENEFIT ACCOUNT 9

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $2,462.5 $2,538.0 $2,649.3 $2,528.9 $2,514.9 $2,675.3 $2,878.5 $2,954.1 $3,163.1 $3,389.3

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 28.0 29.0 19.9 19.0 18.9 21.9 20.1 22.4 21.9 24.3

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 3,846.3 4,019.8 4,049.9 4,137.3 4,391.6 4,574.3 4,651.0 4,499.0 4,700.8 4,676.6

Advances against financial interchange 11.............................. 3,241.3 3,232.3 3,385.6 3,661.1 3,819.0 3,820.4 3,738.6 3,943.0 3,886.1 3,849.9

Expenditures

Benefit payments................................................................ $5,536.1 $5,637.9 $5,835.8 $6,107.6 $6,243.7 $6,291.1 $6,506.7 $6,686.9 $6,815.2 $7,035.4

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... 85.9 45.7 100.0 104.6 13.1 88.5 141.9 166.6 164.0 162.3

Net transfers to administration............................................. 24.3 25.6 38.5 32.5 33.6 29.6 31.4 30.1 32.3 32.9

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 471.5 483.3 525.7 524.3 535.1 477.2 510.9 576.6 611.6 594.7

Repayment of advances against financial interchange 4............ 3,419.7 3,418.7 3,410.8 3,564.8 3,837.6 3,946.6 3,946.3 3,863.1 4,041.9 3,982.7

Transfers to the National RR Investment Trust/RR Account 3...... 38.0 181.0 147.0 ........ 81.0 255.0 19.0 171.0 93.0 129.0

Balance at end of period............................................................ $717.4 $744.2 $791.2 $803.8 $804.0 $807.9 $939.8 $863.9 $877.8 $880.8

See footnotes at end of table.

Fiscal Year

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2006-2015 (In millions), cash basis
 

Item 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

NATIONAL RAILROAD RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST 12

Cash and investment balance at end of period 13........................... $29,327.9 $32,631.4 $25,271.5 $23,330.8 $23,770.4 $22,119.0 $23,586.2 $24,963.7 $26,039.9 $24,483.9

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 14

Dual benefit transfers 15............................................................... $97.0 $88.0 $79.0 $72.0 $64.0 $56.9 $50.9 $44.9 $39.0 $34.0

Loans from Railroad Retirement Account 7.................................... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 4.5 ........ 

Benefit payments........................................................................ 96.0 86.5 77.7 69.5 62.1 55.2 48.6 42.6 37.2 31.9

Repayment of loans from Railroad Retirement Account 4............... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 4.5 ........ 

Balance at end of period 8............................................................ $1.0 $1.5 $1.3 $2.5 $1.9 $1.7 $2.3 $2.3 $1.8 $2.1

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2006-2015 (In millions), cash basis - Continued

Fiscal Year

1 Net of U.S. Treasury adjustments for payroll tax refunds to certain carriers and their employees for prior periods. Includes Federal income tax transfers under section 72(r) of the Internal

 Revenue Code as amended. In calendar years 2011-2012, Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account includes general revenue transfers under the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance

 Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 and the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, respectively. The final reconciliation for calendar years 2011-2012

 occurred in June 2015. In fiscal year 2012, Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account includes one-time general revenue transfer under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

 of 2010.

2 Net of interest on U.S. Treasury adjustments for payroll tax refunds (see note 1). 3 Under the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001, as amended, the portion of the Railroad Retirement Account not needed to pay current administrative expenses

 is to be transferred to the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (Trust). The Trust may transfer funds back to the Railroad Retirement Account for payment of benefits. The 

 balance of the Social Security Equivalent Benefit (SSEB) Account not needed to pay current benefits and administrative expenses is to be transferred to the Trust or to the Railroad 

 Retirement Account. The SSEB Account transferred funds to the Trust in fiscal year 2003 and to the Railroad Retirement Account thereafter. 4 Includes interest. 5 Effective January 1, 2002, supplemental benefits are paid from the Railroad Retirement Account. 6 Adjustments in benefit payments charged to the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account as compared to actual financial interchange benefits, with interest. 7 Due to delay in enactment of a continuing resolution, the Dual Benefits Payments Account borrowed $4,500,000 from the Railroad Retirement Account in October 2013 in order to pay

 vested dual benefits. The loan was repaid in entirety in December 2013. 8 The Railroad Retirement Account balance reflects (a) the current net difference between Board payments of social security benefits and the receipt of reimbursements for such payments,

 (b) liabilities for uncashed check credits received from U.S. Treasury, and (c) credits for undistributed payment returns and recoveries. The Dual Benefits Payments Account balance

 does not carry over to the following year. 9 Established October 1, 1984, to keep track of the financing and payment of social security level portions of railroad retirement benefits. 10 Transfers to or from OASDHI Trust Funds under section 7(c)(2) of the 1974 Railroad Retirement Act. 11 Advances, including interest, from U.S. Treasury to offset lag in receipt of financial interchange funds under section 7(c)(4) of the 1974 Railroad Retirement Act as amended. 12 Established February 1, 2002, for investment of railroad retirement assets. 13 Source: National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust. 14 Established October 1, 1981, to keep track of the financing and payment of vested dual benefits. 15 Transfers from U.S. Treasury under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and Federal income tax transfers under section 72(r) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended.
 

Amount due as of end

Benefit payments of year to or (from) Transferred to or (from)

and administrative the Railroad Retirement the Railroad Retirement

Fiscal year Taxes1 expenses2 Accounts3 Accounts4

 

OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE

2006........................................... $1,702.4 $5,063.8 $3,460.4 $3,458.0 

2007........................................... 1,787.9 5,180.6 3,514.2 3,574.6 

2008........................................... 1,803.4 5,294.2 3,581.5 3,632.3 

2009........................................... 1,750.5 5,505.8 3,839.5 3,689.7 

2010........................................... 1,787.6 5,696.0 4,025.1 3,929.7 

2011........................................... 1,847.2 5,778.3 4,056.7 4,109.5 

2012........................................... 2,127.0 5

5,896.1 3,879.8 4,139.2 

2013........................................... 2,106.4 6,199.5 4,190.3 3,948.4 

2014........................................... 2,232.4 6,320.4 4,191.2 4,257.1 

2015........................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,258.0 

 

Cumulative 1937-2015........... $63,926.9 $186,278.2 ........... $132,123.4 

 

DISABILITY INSURANCE

2006........................................... $274.1 $683.0 $431.0 $388.3 

2007........................................... 288.7 673.0 404.0 445.2 

2008........................................... 292.2 711.3 434.5 417.6 

2009........................................... 284.9 706.2 451.3 447.6 

2010........................................... 286.5 735.5 455.2 461.9 

2011........................................... 296.1 745.8 501.6 464.7 

2012........................................... 315.5 6

818.7 541.0 511.8 

2013........................................... 327.0 739.6 436.7 550.6 

2014........................................... 342.9 732.7 412.0 443.7 

2015........................................... ........... ........... ........... 418.6 

 

Cumulative 1937-2015........... $8,699.4 $15,130.4 ........... $7,185.5 

 

See footnotes at end of table.

Table A3.--Status of the financial interchange between the Railroad Retirement Accounts and the Old-Age and Survivors, Disability,

and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds, by fiscal year, 2006-2015, cash basis (In millions)
 

Amount due as of end

Benefit payments of year to or (from) Transferred to or (from)

and administrative the Railroad Retirement the Railroad Retirement

Fiscal year Taxes1 expenses2 Accounts3 Accounts4

 

HOSPITAL INSURANCE

2006........................................... $459.1 $4.4 ($467.9) ($471.5) 

2007........................................... 497.0 3.4 (508.6) (483.3) 

2008........................................... 499.5 3.5 (508.9) (525.7) 

2009........................................... 510.5 3.2 (522.8) (524.3) 

2010........................................... 455.1 3.2 (467.4) (535.1) 

2011........................................... 488.3 4.4 (500.7) (477.2) 

2012........................................... 551.0 3.6 (566.6) (510.9) 

2013........................................... 584.1 3.4 (602.0) (576.6) 

2014........................................... 566.6 1.8 (585.4) (611.6) 

2015........................................... ........... ........... ........... (594.7) 

Cumulative 1937-2015........... $15,421.2 $99.5 ........... ($16,650.9) 

 

Table A3.--Status of the financial interchange between the Railroad Retirement Accounts and the Old-Age and Survivors, Disability,

and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds, by fiscal year, 2006-2015, cash basis (In millions) - Continued

1 Beginning fiscal year 1984, Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance include Federal income taxes. Hospital Insurance income taxes included

 beginning fiscal year 1994. 2 Cumulative for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance is net of pre-1957 military service adjustments. For hospital insurance, administrative

 expenses only. 3 Includes interest at rate applicable to each trust fund. 4 Represents transfer of amount due at end of preceding year with interest from due date to date of transfer.

5 Includes -$154.8 million adjustment for pre-1957 military service. 6 Includes +$74.5 million adjustment for pre-1957 military service.

NOTE.--Under the financial interchange provision of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Board, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services make annual determinations of the amounts which would place the Federal Old-Age and Survivors, Disability, and Hospital Insurance Trust 

Funds in the same position in which they would have been if railroad employment had been covered by the Social Security Act. Transfers are to or from the 

Railroad Retirement Account in all years through fiscal year 1984; beginning fiscal year 1985, transfers are to or from the Social Security Equivalent Benefit 

Account. All figures are net after adjustment for changes in prior years. 
Table A4.--Status of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account, by fiscal year, 2011-2015 (In thousands), cash basis

Fiscal year

 Item 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

RECEIPTS

 Taxes............................................................... $149,287 $184,452 $84,679 $6,248 $46,672

 Interest............................................................ 1,933 4,106 5,686 4,415 3,165

 Transfer from Administration fund

 under sec. 11(d) of the RUI Act........................... 7,918 11,219 10,706 12,257 11,339

 Undistributed recoveries of benefit payments1...... (48) (21) (110) (271) 368

 Total............................................................... $159,089 $199,755 $100,961 $22,649 $61,544

EXPENDITURES

 Benefit payments2, 3............................................. $91,929 $81,782 $83,691 $83,823 $83,501

 Repayment of RRA Loans.................................... 48,408 .... .... .... .... 

 Funding for Office of Inspector General............... 1,077 1,022 941 1,037 1,053

 Total............................................................... $141,414 $82,804 $84,633 $84,860 $84,554

Cash balance end of period.................................... $46,944 $163,895 $180,223 $118,012 $95,002

LOANS DUE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

 Loans............................................................... .... .... .... .... .... 

 Interest accrued................................................ $1,030 .... .... .... .... 

 Repayment from RUI Account.............................. 48,408 .... .... .... .... 

Due RR Account end of period.............................. .... .... .... .... .... 

1

 Net of distributed payments.

2

 Excludes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009,

 the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation

 Act of 2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013. FY 2011: $8,736,000, FY 2012: $6,737,000, FY 2013: $6,982,000, FY 2014: $619,000,

 and FY 2015: -$308,000.

3

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days

 of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014.
Table A5.--Status of the RUIA Administration Fund, by fiscal year, 2006-2015 (In thousands), cash basis

 

Transfer to

Railroad

Unemployment

Insurance

Taxes and Administrative Account under Balance at

Fiscal year interest expenditures1 Sec. 11d2 end of period

 

2006...................................... $21,980 $10,610 $6,664 $10,163 

2007...................................... 23,082 14,415 8,923 9,907 

2008...................................... 23,945 14,713 8,711 10,427 

2009...................................... 23,151 14,305 9,808 9,465 

2010...................................... 22,990 15,729 8,305 8,421 

2011...................................... 23,722 12,442 7,918 11,783 

2012...................................... 25,463 14,608 11,219 11,419 

2013...................................... 26,202 14,591 10,706 12,324 

2014...................................... 25,225 15,172 12,257 10,120 

2015...................................... 28,063 12,987 11,339 13,858 

 

1 Expenditures for each year included encumbrances as of end of year. Fiscal years 2006-2009 and 2011-2015 reflect 

 reallocation of prior period administrative expenses between the Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Unemployment 

 Insurance Act programs.

2 Transfers to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account are based on the excess of the accrual balance on the prior

 September 30 over $6,000,000.
Table A6.--Retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefit payments, by class of benefit and state

of residence of beneficiary, fiscal year 2015 (In thousands), cash basis

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits

 

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . $224,495 $182,578 $40,226 $900 $791 

Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,123 3,088 694 329 13 

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216,997 177,886 38,228 380 503 

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,512 198,547 34,410 718 836 

California . . . . . . . . . . . . 597,048 484,415 107,904 1,767 2,963 

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,487 168,079 28,408 458 542 

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . 62,585 50,739 11,260 160 426 

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,240 44,093 7,613 107 427 

Washington DC . . . . . . . 7,603 6,293 1,188 59 64 

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671,646 566,630 102,847 1,141 1,028 

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,296 336,046 61,941 1,856 1,452 

Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451 2,822 628 ....... ....... 

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,979 90,687 17,745 247 299 

Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745,307 605,176 132,833 2,930 4,368 

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365,697 295,748 66,385 1,361 2,202 

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,506 168,868 37,550 328 760 

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,224 278,167 52,673 677 707 

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . 328,284 266,279 60,010 693 1,301 

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,022 136,670 31,745 825 782 

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,238 40,411 11,365 325 136 

Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,370 153,529 35,159 583 1,099 

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 84,337 67,522 15,753 383 679 

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,235 247,528 55,912 812 983 

Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,384 264,438 58,210 674 1,061 

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . 133,453 107,147 25,544 312 450 

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439,979 366,119 71,536 1,047 1,276 

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,140 115,142 21,956 780 262 

Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,737 304,875 43,060 526 2,276 

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,817 63,186 12,426 88 118 

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . 18,436 14,869 3,428 52 88 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table A6.--Retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefit payments, by class of benefit and state

of residence of beneficiary, fiscal year 2015 (In thousands), cash basis - Continued

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits

 

New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . $202,483 $162,567 $36,937 $597 $2,381 

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . 94,255 75,830 17,992 131 301 

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . 487,210 399,084 84,361 1,492 2,274 

North Carolina . . . . . . . . 221,267 178,499 41,649 489 629 

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 72,872 57,870 14,431 225 346 

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,130 428,925 115,910 1,344 1,951 

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,153 91,806 20,667 334 346 

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,984 143,817 32,299 378 490 

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . 718,799 561,838 152,385 1,358 3,218 

Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . 12,728 10,269 2,267 35 157 

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . 156,903 129,939 25,954 526 485 

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 38,932 33,212 5,450 119 151 

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,955 232,404 47,651 715 1,185 

Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810,816 671,953 133,818 2,500 2,544 

Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,553 99,576 21,300 340 337 

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,187 10,756 3,397 16 19 

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,304 302,787 67,330 750 1,438 

Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 250,057 203,340 45,234 677 805 

West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . 182,172 140,625 40,115 508 924 

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,900 178,216 39,109 683 892 

Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,986 75,010 11,284 277 415 

Outside United States:

Canada4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,697 9,585 9,112 ....... ....... 

Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,525 927 1,598 ....... ....... 

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,777 5,774 3,003 ....... ....... 

 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,257,269 $10,012,187 $2,161,889 $34,014 $49,180 

1

 Includes partition payments to spouses and divorced spouses where the employee is deceased or not otherwise entitled to an annuity.

2

 Includes -$308,000 in temporary extended unemployment benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Worker, Homeownership

 and Business Assistance Act of 2009, as amended by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary 

 Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Benefits had

 to begin by December 31, 2013.

3

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction

 of 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3%

 for days after September 30, 2014.

4

 There were no payments in fiscal year 2015 for hospital insurance benefits for services in Canada.