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2006 State and local employee average contribution
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Rank |
State |
Benefits per recipient |
Rank, employee contributions
as percentage of total receipts |
Employee contributions
as percentage of total receipts |
1 |
Connecticut | $28,344 |
31 |
8.7% |
2 |
Colorado | $27,796 |
24 |
10.4% |
3 |
New Jersey | $26,824 |
3 |
16.7% |
4 |
Rhode Island | $25,836 |
19 |
11.3% |
5 |
Nevada | $24,997 |
39 |
4.7% |
6 |
NEW YORK | $24,293 |
44 |
2.5% |
7 |
Illinois | $24,223 |
9 |
13.6% |
8 |
California | $23,777 |
27 |
8.9% |
9 |
Ohio | $23,628 |
16 |
11.7% |
10 |
Alaska | $23,481 |
33 |
8.5% |
11 |
Georgia | $23,220 |
23 |
10.5% |
12 |
Wisconsin | $22,813 |
25 |
10.3% |
13 |
Oregon | $22,548 |
49 |
0.1% |
14 |
Hawaii | $21,005 |
43 |
3.9% |
15 |
Arizona | $20,662 |
5 |
16.0% |
16 |
Texas | $20,645 |
14 |
12.4% |
17 |
Minnesota | $20,500 |
26 |
9.7% |
18 |
Pennsylvania | $20,484 |
32 |
8.6% |
19 |
Kentucky | $20,160 |
7 |
15.2% |
20 |
Massachusetts | $19,711 |
6 |
15.2% |
21 |
New Mexico | $19,702 |
13 |
12.4% |
22 |
Missouri | $19,250 |
28 |
8.9% |
23 |
Maryland | $18,516 |
37 |
5.3% |
24 |
Michigan | $18,140 |
42 |
4.4% |
25 |
Louisiana | $18,119 |
20 |
11.3% |
26 |
Mississippi | $17,978 |
11 |
12.7% |
27 |
Washington | $17,928 |
46 |
1.7% |
28 |
Alabama | $17,858 |
12 |
12.6% |
29 |
Utah | $17,386 |
50 |
13.1% |
30 |
Nebraska | $17,334 |
10 |
13.1% |
31 |
Virginia | $16,939 |
21 |
11.1% |
32 |
Arkansas | $16,779 |
41 |
4.5% |
33 |
Florida | $16,709 |
47 |
1.1% |
34 |
North Carolina | $16,407 |
4 |
16.6% |
35 |
Oklahoma | $16,401 |
15 |
12.4% |
36 |
South Carolina | $15,975 |
2 |
19.4% |
37 |
New Hampshire | $15,949 |
1 |
20.2% |
38 |
Delaware | $15,905 |
38 |
5.1% |
39 |
Maine | $15,321 |
17 |
11.5% |
40 |
Idaho | $14,127 |
22 |
10.9% |
41 |
Kansas | $13,939 |
18 |
11.5% |
42 |
Tennessee | $13,439 |
36 |
7.3% |
43 |
South Dakota | $13,368 |
34 |
8.5% |
44 |
Indiana | $13,328 |
30 |
8.7% |
45 |
Wyoming | $12,940 |
48 |
0.7% |
46 |
Vermont | $12,628 |
45 |
2.0% |
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47 |
Montana | $12,562 |
8 |
15.1% |
48 |
North Dakota | $12,297 |
29 |
8.8% |
49 |
Iowa | $11,951 |
35 |
7.9% |
50 |
West Virginia | $11,034 |
40 |
4.6% |
| United States | $20,829 |
8.3% |
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| NYS % +/- U.S. | 17% |
-70% |
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| Source: Public Policy Institute Analysis of Census Bureau data on State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems | ||||
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