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 2017 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 year 2016 and 2017, a tier I tax rate of 7.65 percent for employers applied to compensation up to $118,500 and 

$127,200 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 2016 and 2017. 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 years 2016 and 2017, the tier II tax 

rates paid by employers and employees were 13.1 percent and 4.9 percent, respectively, and were levied on annual earnings 

up to $88,200 in 2016 and $94,500 in 2017. 
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. The taxable earnings base for those programs was the first $1,455 in 

2016 and $1,545 in 2017 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)

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

2016....................................................... 583 428 131 17 17

2017....................................................... 574 427 127 12 16

 

BENEFIT PAYMENTS (in millions)

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

2016....................................................... 12,480.4 10,202.4 2,139.2 77.6 55.7

2017....................................................... 12,574.9 10,341.4 2,121.9 46.6 58.8

 

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, 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, 6.8% for 

 days after September 30, 2015, and 6.9% for days after September 30, 2016.

Table A1.--Beneficiaries and benefits paid under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, by fiscal year, 2008-2017, 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 2017, 7,000 individuals received both retirement and survivor benefits, 800 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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
 

Item 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $2,636.5 $2,501.2 $2,599.0 $2,712.7 $2,659.8 $3,140.2 $3,392.2 $3,760.8 $3,586.7 $3,562.9

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 12.9 12.0 11.0 12.3 11.4 9.0 14.0 17.2 16.8 16.4

Transfers from the National RR Investment Trust 3.................. 1,298.0 1,553.0 1,989.0 1,744.0 2,026.0 1,581.0 1,429.0 1,191.0 1,410.0 1,821.0

Transfers from the SSEB Account 3....................................... 147.0 ........ 81.0 255.0 19.0 171.0 93.0 129.0 ........ (296.0)

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

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

Expenditures

Benefit payments 5............................................................... $4,121.8 $4,326.9 $4,474.4 $4,600.3 $4,775.0 $4,906.2 $5,044.0 $5,106.8 $5,229.0 $5,321.4

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... (100.0) (104.6) (13.1) (88.5) (141.9) (166.6) (164.0) (162.3) (146.5) ........ 

Net transfers to administration............................................. 58.4 63.4 68.7 73.6 69.6 70.2 69.3 72.1 72.3 76.7

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

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

Balance at end of period 8............................................................ $632.0 $418.2 $519.0 $706.5 $720.2 $811.7 $791.8 $877.3 $739.6 $446.7

SOCIAL SECURITY EQUIVALENT BENEFIT ACCOUNT 9

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $2,649.3 $2,528.9 $2,514.9 $2,675.3 $2,878.5 $2,954.1 $3,163.1 $3,389.3 $3,097.5 $3,113.8

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 19.9 19.0 18.9 21.9 20.1 22.4 21.9 24.3 18.6 14.9

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 4,049.9 4,137.3 4,391.6 4,574.3 4,651.0 4,499.0 4,700.8 4,676.6 4,662.7 4,522.5

Advances against financial interchange 11.............................. 3,385.6 3,661.1 3,819.0 3,820.4 3,738.6 3,943.0 3,886.1 3,849.9 3,926.1 4,095.4

Expenditures

Benefit payments................................................................ $5,835.8 $6,107.6 $6,243.7 $6,291.1 $6,506.7 $6,686.9 $6,815.2 $7,035.4 $7,090.4 $7,124.5

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... 100.0 104.6 13.1 88.5 141.9 166.6 164.0 162.3 146.5 ........ 

Net transfers to administration............................................. 38.5 32.5 33.6 29.6 31.4 30.1 32.3 32.9 30.0 30.5

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 525.7 524.3 535.1 477.2 510.9 576.6 611.6 594.7 656.8 637.4

Repayment of advances against financial interchange 4............ 3,410.8 3,564.8 3,837.6 3,946.6 3,946.3 3,863.1 4,041.9 3,982.7 3,940.1 4,054.5

Transfers to the National RR Investment Trust/RR Account 3...... 147.0 ........ 81.0 255.0 19.0 171.0 93.0 129.0 ........ (296.0)

Balance at end of period............................................................ $791.2 $803.8 $804.0 $807.9 $939.8 $863.9 $877.8 $880.8 $721.9 $917.6

See footnotes at end of table.

Fiscal Year

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2008-2017 (In millions), cash basis
 

Item 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 

NATIONAL RAILROAD RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST 12

Cash and investment balance at end of period 13........................... $25,271.5 $23,330.8 $23,770.4 $22,119.0 $23,586.2 $24,963.7 $26,039.9 $24,483.9 $25,007.7 $26,389.6

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 14

Dual benefit transfers 15............................................................... $79.0 $72.0 $64.0 $56.9 $50.9 $44.9 $39.0 $34.0 $29.0 $25.0

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

Benefit payments........................................................................ 77.7 69.5 62.1 55.2 48.6 42.6 37.2 31.9 27.5 23.6

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

Balance at end of period 8............................................................ $1.3 $2.5 $1.9 $1.7 $2.3 $2.3 $1.8 $2.1 $1.5 $1.4

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2008-2017 (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. In fiscal year 2017 the Railroad Retirement

Account transferred funds to the SSEB Account to pay benefits. 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. This adjustment was

discontinued in fiscal year 2017.

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 Railroad Retirement 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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
 

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

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........................................... 2,385.2 6,511.6 4,222.9 4,258.0 

2016........................................... 2,225.4 6

6,388.4 4,251.6 4,286.9 

2017........................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,315.8 

 

Cumulative 1937-2017........... $68,537.5 $199,178.2 ........... $140,726.1 

 

DISABILITY INSURANCE

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 7

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........................................... 362.4 715.1 370.1 418.6 

2016........................................... 428.9 8

625.4 203.6 375.7 

2017........................................... ........... ........... ........... 206.7 

 

Cumulative 1937-2017........... $9,490.7 $16,470.9 ........... $7,767.9 

 

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, 2008-2017, 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

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........................................... 627.3 2.5 (647.0) (594.7) 

2016........................................... 608.9 2.5 (627.9) (656.8) 

2017........................................... ........... ........... ........... (637.4) 

Cumulative 1937-2017........... $16,657.4 $104.5 ........... ($17,945.1) 

 

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, 2008-2017, cash basis (In millions) - Continued

1 Beginning fiscal year 1984, Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance includes 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 -$228.9 million adjustment for pre-1957 military service. 7 Includes +$74.5 million adjustment for pre-1957 military service. 8 Includes -$0.7 million adjustment for pre-1957 military service.

NOTE.--Under the financial interchange provision of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement 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 had railroad employment been covered by the Social Security and Federal Insurance Contributions Acts. 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. 

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
Table A4.--Status of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account, by fiscal year, 2013-2017 (In thousands), cash basis

Fiscal year

 Item 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

RECEIPTS

 Taxes............................................................... $84,679 $6,248 $46,672 $90,241 $100,030

 Interest............................................................ 5,686 4,415 3,165 2,514 1,945

 Transfer from Administration fund

 under sec. 11(d) of the RUI Act........................... 10,706 12,257 11,339 13,375 12,357

 Undistributed recoveries of benefit payments1...... (110) (271) 368 2,458 (2,866)

 Total............................................................... $100,961 $22,649 $61,544 $108,588 $111,466

EXPENDITURES

 Benefit payments2, 3............................................. $83,691 $83,823 $83,501 $133,492 $105,614

 Funding for Office of Inspector General............... 941 1,037 1,053 1,080 1,260

 Total............................................................... $84,633 $84,860 $84,554 $134,572 $106,875

Cash balance end of period.................................... $180,223 $118,012 $95,002 $69,019 $73,610

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 2013: $6,982,000, FY 2014: $619,000, FY 2015: -$308,000, FY 2016: -$154,000,

 and FY 2017: -$229,000.

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, 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015, and 6.9% for 

 days after September 30, 2016.

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
Table A5.--Status of the RUIA Administration Fund, by fiscal year, 2008-2017 (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

 

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 

2016...................................... 27,146 15,498 13,375 12,132 

2017...................................... 26,551 14,842 12,357 11,483 

 

1 Expenditures for each year included encumbrances as of end of year. Fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2011-2017 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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
Table A6.--Retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefit payments, by class of benefit and state

of residence of beneficiary, fiscal year 2017 (In thousands), cash basis

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits 

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . $229,908 $186,995 $40,543 $1,460 $910 

Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,021 3,057 656 281 26 

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,283 187,200 38,759 657 668 

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,164 201,172 36,057 783 1,151 

California . . . . . . . . . . . . 596,842 486,718 104,024 1,922 4,179 

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,771 178,155 29,348 643 625 

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . 66,047 54,997 10,540 133 378 

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,316 50,066 7,575 184 491 

Washington DC . . . . . . . 7,615 6,393 1,117 29 77 

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701,179 595,812 102,889 1,396 1,082 

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,217 348,396 62,598 2,379 1,844 

Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,290 2,678 612 ....... ....... 

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,031 94,125 18,251 324 331 

Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761,382 620,996 131,161 4,401 4,824 

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,297 302,133 64,925 1,788 2,451 

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,469 180,365 36,410 809 885 

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,115 286,163 52,255 826 871 

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,295 267,944 61,042 1,316 1,993 

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,672 140,676 31,086 926 984 

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,539 39,531 10,683 177 148 

Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,895 162,872 33,170 536 1,317 

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 88,521 72,268 14,815 455 984 

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,302 246,596 55,860 739 1,107 

Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 327,219 268,995 55,928 1,148 1,149 

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . 132,310 106,142 25,101 570 497 

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452,452 377,865 70,853 2,117 1,617 

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,670 121,580 21,733 864 493 

Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386,891 338,579 44,756 1,230 2,327 

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,142 63,572 12,306 119 144 

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . 19,788 16,161 3,477 45 105 

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 2017 (In thousands), cash basis - Continued

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits 

New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . $212,319 $173,833 $35,218 $726 $2,541 

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . 96,923 78,500 17,584 440 399 

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . 499,203 412,349 82,323 1,655 2,876 

North Carolina . . . . . . . . 225,216 182,675 40,944 804 793 

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 77,136 62,516 13,860 389 371 

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543,812 427,929 111,672 1,899 2,312 

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,828 92,844 21,279 378 328 

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,217 146,313 30,806 417 681 

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . 724,155 575,504 143,406 1,893 3,351 

Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . 14,200 11,676 2,272 60 191 

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . 162,496 135,464 25,610 757 665 

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 42,168 36,297 5,605 149 117 

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,956 239,934 48,410 1,237 1,375 

Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844,774 703,740 134,617 3,485 2,932 

Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,664 101,057 20,927 360 320 

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,292 10,921 3,330 23 19 

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377,970 309,387 65,971 927 1,686 

Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 254,581 207,879 44,788 701 1,214 

West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . 183,451 143,254 38,348 748 1,101 

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,227 181,277 38,996 875 1,079 

Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,745 84,241 11,315 397 791 

Outside United States:

Canada4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,824 8,708 8,115 ....... ....... 

Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 861 1,440 ....... ....... 

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,774 6,044 2,719 ....... 11 

 Total5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,574,876 $10,341,404 $2,128,086 $46,575 $58,811 

1

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

2

 Includes -$229,000 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 7.3% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after September 30, 2014, 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015, and 6.9% for days

 after September 30, 2016.

4

 Total includes $600 for hospital insurance benefits for services in Canada.

5

 Source: Bureau of Fiscal Operations.

NOTE.--Data partly estimated. Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.