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Table 1.  National Summary of State and Local
Government Employee-Retirement System Finances:
Fiscal Year 2004-2005
(Thousand dollars)
Item  Amount CV Percent CV
Total receipts          354,251,323 0.05% 100.00% 0.00%
     
Employee contributions            30,968,182 0.08% 8.74% 0.04%
Government contributions            60,596,511 0.13% 17.11% 0.08%
    State government contributions            24,394,114 0.07% 6.89% 0.07%
    Local government contributions            36,202,397 0.20% 10.22% 0.15%
Earnings on investments1          262,686,630 0.04% 74.15% 0.02%
     
Total payments          156,050,735 0.07% 100.00% 0.00%
     
Benefits          142,141,336 0.07% 91.09% 0.01%
Withdrawals             3,654,663 0.11% 2.34% 0.09%
Other payments            10,254,736 0.10% 6.57% 0.07%
     
Total cash and investment holdings at       2,675,138,857 0.04% 100.00% 0.00%
end of fiscal year    
     
Cash and short-term investments            91,099,859 0.15% 3.41% 0.15%
     
Total securities       2,371,494,227 0.05% 88.65% 0.01%
    Governmental securities          234,114,635 0.11% 8.75% 0.10%
        Federal government          232,508,060 0.11% 8.69% 0.10%
            United States Treasury          171,517,400 0.12% 6.41% 0.10%
            Federal agency            60,990,660 0.26% 2.28% 0.25%
        State and local government             1,606,575 2.02% 0.06% 2.02%
     
Nongovernmental       2,137,379,592 0.05% 79.90% 0.01%
    Corporate bonds          392,202,391 0.06% 14.66% 0.04%
    Corporate stocks       1,038,353,125 0.05% 38.81% 0.04%
    Mortgages            11,652,927 0.02% 0.44% 0.04%
    Funds held in trust            81,696,819 0.66% 3.05% 0.64%
    Foreign and international          376,887,479 0.01% 14.09% 0.04%
    Other nongovernmental          236,586,851 0.19% 8.84% 0.18%
     
Other investment          212,544,771 0.03% 7.95% 0.05%
    Real Property            41,999,690 0.00% 1.57% 0.04%
    Miscellaneous investments          170,545,081 0.04% 6.38% 0.06%
1 The total of "net earnings" is a calculated statistic (the item code in the data file is X08), and thus can be positive or negative.  Net earnings is the sum of earnings on investments plus gains on investments minus losses on investments.  The change made in 2002 for asset valuation from book to market value in accordance with Statement 34 of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is reflected in the calculated statistics.
Note:  The standard error is a measure of the variation among the estimates from all possible samples and thus is a measure of the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average results of all possible samples.  The coefficient of variation is the estimated standard error expressed as a percent of the estimated total or proportion.
Created: September 22 2006
Last Revised: March 25 2010