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Just the Facts - Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

AVERAGE BENEFITS PER STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION RECIPIENT FY 2003

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Rank, benefits per recipient State Benefits per recipient Rank, Employee contributions as percentage of total receipts Employee contributions as percentage of total receipts
1 Alaska $28,345 15 25%
2 Connecticut $24,203 21 18%
3 Colorado $23,531   NA
4 New Jersey $23,095 19 21%
5 New York $22,676 42 8%
6 Ohio $22,649 4 43%
7 Rhode Island $22,387 16 24%
8 Wisconsin $22,303 44 3%
9 Nevada $21,681 43 4%
10 Oregon $21,063 40 10%
11 Georgia $20,799 34 14%
12 Illinois $20,533 10 30%
13 California $20,408 27 17%
14 Texas $20,287 30 16%
15 Florida $19,893 45 3%
16 Minnesota $19,817 13 26%
17 Hawaii $19,204 36 14%
18 Michigan $18,070 37 13%
19 Massachusetts $17,805 9 30%
20 New Mexico $17,790 8 30%
21 Pennsylvania $17,606   NA
22 Louisiana $17,430 6 34%
23 Missouri $17,219 28 16%
24 Maryland $17,077 22 18%
25 Arizona $16,924 2 54%
26 West Virginia $16,911 31 15%
27 Kentucky $16,619 7 30%
28 Mississippi $16,093 12 26%
29 Washington $16,058 32 14%
30 Nebraska $15,973 5 38%
31 South Carolina $15,288 29 16%
32 Utah $15,274 46 1%
33 Oklahoma $15,161 20 20%
34 Arkansas $15,127 39 10%
35 Virginia $14,890 41 8%
36 New Hampshire $14,784 3 49%
37 North Carolina $14,722   NA
38 Maine $13,556 25 17%
39 Delaware $13,175 33 14%
40 Tennessee $11,992 26 17%
41 Idaho $11,825 17 22%
42 Indiana $11,552 38 10%
43 South Dakota $11,305 18 22%
44 Wyoming $11,155   NA
45 Montana $11,052 11 29%
46 North Dakota $10,963 14 25%
47 Kansas $10,838 1 56%
48 Iowa $10,578 35 14%
49 Alabama $10,435 24 18%
50 Vermont $10,323 23 18%
United States $18,968   20%
N.Y.S. above avg. 16%    
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