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 2016 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 2015 and 2016, a tier I tax rate of 7.65 percent for employers applied to compensation up to $118,500

per year. 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 2015 and 2016. 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 2015 and 2016, 

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. 
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 2015 and 2016, the taxable earnings base for those programs was 

the first $1,455 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)

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

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

 

BENEFIT PAYMENTS (in millions)

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

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

 

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 and 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015.

Table A1.--Beneficiaries and benefits paid under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, by fiscal year, 2007-2016, 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 2016, 6,800 individuals received both retirement and survivor benefits, 900 employees received both unemployment and 

sickness benefits, and 1,900 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $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 $3,586.7

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 19.3 12.9 12.0 11.0 12.3 11.4 9.0 14.0 17.2 16.8

Transfers from the National RR Investment Trust 3.................. 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 1,410.0

Transfers from the SSEB Account 3....................................... 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............................................................... $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 $5,229.0

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... (45.7) (100.0) (104.6) (13.1) (88.5) (141.9) (166.6) (164.0) (162.3) (146.5)

Net transfers to administration............................................. 64.0 58.4 63.4 68.7 73.6 69.6 70.2 69.3 72.1 72.3

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

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

Balance at end of period 8............................................................ $616.9 $632.0 $418.2 $519.0 $706.5 $720.2 $811.7 $791.8 $877.3 $739.6

SOCIAL SECURITY EQUIVALENT BENEFIT ACCOUNT 9

Receipts

Tax transfers 1..................................................................... $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 $3,097.5

Interest and profit on investments 2....................................... 29.0 19.9 19.0 18.9 21.9 20.1 22.4 21.9 24.3 18.6

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 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 4,662.7

Advances against financial interchange 11.............................. 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 3,926.1

Expenditures

Benefit payments................................................................ $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 $7,090.4

Financial Interchange adjustment 6....................................... 45.7 100.0 104.6 13.1 88.5 141.9 166.6 164.0 162.3 146.5

Net transfers to administration............................................. 25.6 38.5 32.5 33.6 29.6 31.4 30.1 32.3 32.9 30.0

Transfers under financial interchange 10................................. 483.3 525.7 524.3 535.1 477.2 510.9 576.6 611.6 594.7 656.8

Repayment of advances against financial interchange 4............ 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 3,940.1

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

Balance at end of period............................................................ $744.2 $791.2 $803.8 $804.0 $807.9 $939.8 $863.9 $877.8 $880.8 $721.9

See footnotes at end of table.

Fiscal Year

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2007-2016 (In millions), cash basis
 

Item 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 

NATIONAL RAILROAD RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST 12

Cash and investment balance at end of period 13........................... $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 $25,007.7

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 14

Dual benefit transfers 15............................................................... $88.0 $79.0 $72.0 $64.0 $56.9 $50.9 $44.9 $39.0 $34.0 $29.0

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

Benefit payments........................................................................ 86.5 77.7 69.5 62.1 55.2 48.6 42.6 37.2 31.9 27.5

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

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

Table A2.--Status of the Railroad Retirement Act accounts and trust funds, by fiscal year, 2007-2016 (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 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

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

2016........................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,286.9 

 

Cumulative 1937-2016........... $66,312.1 $192,789.8 ........... $136,410.3 

 

DISABILITY INSURANCE

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

2016........................................... ........... ........... ........... 375.7 

 

Cumulative 1937-2016........... $9,061.8 $15,845.5 ........... $7,561.2 

 

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, 2007-2016, 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

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

2016........................................... ........... ........... ........... (656.8) 

Cumulative 1937-2016........... $16,048.5 $102.0 ........... ($17,307.7) 

 

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, 2007-2016, 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 +$74.5 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 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. 

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
Table A4.--Status of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account, by fiscal year, 2012-2016 (In thousands), cash basis

Fiscal year

 Item 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

RECEIPTS

 Taxes............................................................... $184,452 $84,679 $6,248 $46,672 $90,241

 Interest............................................................ 4,106 5,686 4,415 3,165 2,514

 Transfer from Administration fund

 under sec. 11(d) of the RUI Act........................... 11,219 10,706 12,257 11,339 13,375

 Undistributed recoveries of benefit payments1...... (21) (110) (271) 368 2,458

 Total............................................................... $199,755 $100,961 $22,649 $61,544 $108,588

EXPENDITURES

 Benefit payments2, 3............................................. $81,782 $83,691 $83,823 $83,501 $133,492

 Funding for Office of Inspector General............... 1,022 941 1,037 1,053 1,080

 Total............................................................... $82,804 $84,633 $84,860 $84,554 $134,572

Cash balance end of period.................................... $163,895 $180,223 $118,012 $95,002 $69,019

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 2012: $6,737,000, FY 2013: $6,982,000, FY 2014: $619,000, FY 2015: -$308,000,

 and FY 2016: -$154,000.

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, 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, and 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015.

SOURCE: Bureau of Fiscal Operations
Table A5.--Status of the RUIA Administration Fund, by fiscal year, 2007-2016 (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

 

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 

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

 

1 Expenditures for each year included encumbrances as of end of year. Fiscal years 2007-2009 and 2011-2016 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 2016 (In thousands), cash basis

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits 

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . $227,901 $184,738 $40,255 $2,007 $902 

Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,101 3,061 667 346 26 

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,543 182,050 38,590 1,254 649 

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . 238,171 200,588 35,029 1,669 884 

California . . . . . . . . . . . . 599,419 486,419 106,182 3,117 3,702 

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,017 173,573 28,842 1,927 676 

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . 64,322 52,915 10,832 173 401 

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,729 47,596 7,570 199 365 

Washington DC . . . . . . . 7,733 6,460 1,159 34 80 

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,711 583,267 102,773 1,508 1,162 

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,520 343,875 62,346 2,595 1,704 

Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,435 2,801 622 12 ....... 

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,200 92,353 17,957 546 344 

Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759,491 616,360 131,941 6,630 4,559 

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369,792 299,813 65,232 2,425 2,323 

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,831 174,905 36,783 1,286 856 

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338,814 283,520 52,364 2,144 786 

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . 333,471 268,365 60,594 2,594 1,918 

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,040 139,014 31,702 1,326 999 

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,487 40,134 10,928 306 119 

Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,682 157,803 33,961 733 1,185 

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 87,168 70,548 15,321 435 865 

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,080 247,050 55,546 1,291 1,193 

Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 328,763 268,192 57,245 2,220 1,106 

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . 133,490 106,881 25,405 715 489 

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449,410 372,752 71,459 3,698 1,501 

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,665 118,490 21,984 1,726 465 

Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,983 323,636 44,191 2,870 2,287 

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,066 63,345 12,305 252 165 

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . 19,042 15,403 3,468 51 120 

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 2016 (In thousands), cash basis - Continued

 Retirement Survivor1 Unemployment2, 3 Sickness3

State Total benefits benefits benefits benefits 

New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . $207,431 $168,338 $35,867 $770 $2,455 

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . 96,493 77,578 17,609 926 380 

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . 494,219 406,315 83,232 2,169 2,502 

North Carolina . . . . . . . . 223,803 180,395 41,606 1,120 681 

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 76,448 60,964 14,067 1,072 345 

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547,692 427,734 114,318 3,195 2,446 

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,657 92,721 20,711 906 319 

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,253 145,214 31,759 708 571 

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . 723,536 570,434 147,378 2,405 3,319 

Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . 13,381 10,915 2,279 32 156 

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . 160,333 133,268 25,630 902 533 

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 40,723 34,574 5,640 386 124 

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,701 236,277 47,782 2,103 1,538 

Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832,803 689,270 134,295 6,306 2,932 

Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,743 100,509 21,140 744 350 

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,234 10,785 3,388 39 21 

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376,988 307,040 66,640 1,723 1,584 

Washington . . . . . . . . . . . 253,134 205,823 45,198 1,092 1,021 

West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . 183,866 141,989 39,054 1,775 1,048 

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,905 180,743 39,386 1,791 984 

Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,749 79,561 11,259 1,335 595 

Outside United States:

Canada4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,810 9,114 8,696 ....... ....... 

Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413 892 1,522 ....... ....... 

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,969 6,076 2,883 6 4 

 Total5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,480,360 $10,202,433 $2,144,589 $77,595 $55,742 

1

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

2

 Includes -$154,000 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 7.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after September 30, 2013, 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, and 6.8% for days

 after September 30, 2015.

4

 There were no payments in fiscal year 2016 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.