Table 2.  Receipts, Benefits, and Withdrawals of Major Public Employee - Retirement Systems:
          Quarter Ending June 30, 2008 and Prior Periods 

	  Dollar amounts in millions.
          Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals. 
	  1/ Starting in the fourth quarter 2004 'Government Contributions' was revised to include contributions from other governments.
	  * Earnings on Investments adjusted to exclude imputed data effective second quarter 2002 through third quarter 2004.
	  r Revised from previously published amounts.



                        Total     Government     Earnings on    Employee      Total
Date                   Receipts  Contributions1/ Investments  Contributions  Payments   Benefits  Withdrawals

June 30, 2008           54,828      18,335         27,581        8,912       41,949      41,029        920
March 31, 2008r          9,224      16,046        -14,313        7,490       39,218      38,289        928

Dec 31, 2007r           61,305      17,492         36,032        7,781       40,736      39,613      1,123
Sept 30, 2007r          80,454      15,298         57,593        7,563       38,087      36,866      1,221
June 30, 2007          102,498      16,643         76,644        9,211       37,499      36,383      1,116
March 31, 2007          71,869      13,731         50,251        7,888       37,319      36,246      1,073

Dec 31, 2006           111,940      15,559         88,491        7,891       38,541      37,486      1,055
Sept 30, 2006           71,556      13,409         51,577        6,570       36,005      34,837      1,168
June 30, 2006           48,476      13,295         27,334        7,846       34,503      33,459      1,044
March 31, 2006          89,774      12,522         69,861        7,390       35,167      34,175        992

Dec 31, 2005            54,573      13,108         34,424        7,041       32,883      31,736      1,147
Sept 30, 2005           63,130      12,617         43,550        6,963       32,500      31,370      1,130
June 30, 2005           66,304      12,726         46,125        7,453       31,749      30,788        961
March 31, 2005          60,044      11,996         41,221        6,827       31,656      30,631      1,024

Dec 31, 2004           100,056      13,361         79,671        7,024       32,489      31,452      1,036
Sept 30, 2004*          29,583      10,244         13,134        6,205       30,697      29,458      1,239
June 30, 2004*          33,975      11,001         16,307        6,667       29,274      28,075      1,199
March 31, 2004*         58,065      10,051         41,153        6,861       28,569      27,661        908

Dec 31, 2003*           77,554      10,976         59,715        6,863       29,404      28,436        968
Sept 30, 2003*          50,720      15,011         29,510        6,200       29,644      28,646        998
June 30, 2003*          87,280       9,995         70,212        7,073       27,435      26,467        968
March 31, 2003*         11,538       8,047         -2,343        5,835       24,897      24,028        870


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division	
Created: October 21, 2008