Green Mountain Times

As of June 2020, Vermont had received $325,811 in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

Of that amount, $304,667 was in state pension funds, and the remaining $21,144 was in local government pension funds.

The survey includes public pensions sponsored by local and state government entities with employees who are compensated with public funds. The local governments include counties, townships, school districts and special districts.

The data gathered includes revenues, expenditures, financial assets, membership and liabilities information.

Residents in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming do not pay state income taxes.

The Census Bureau cautions that not all respondents answer all survey questions. Thus, some fields were left blank.

Vermont reported data from 10 pension systems, including three state-level pension funds and seven local-level systems. The total number of pension system members was 58,492 (55,607 at the state level and 2,885 at the local level).

	Local	State	Local & State
Employee contributions	$5,489	$99,671	$105,160
Government contributions	$15,655	$204,996	$220,651
Total Contributions	$21,144	$304,667	$325,811

Source: US Census Bureau