Green Mountain Times

The earnings on investments for Vermont public pensions dropped from $303,673 in 2018 to $58,313 in 2019, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

The Census Bureau’s 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).