Every State’s Pension Crisis, Ranked

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50. Wisconsin
> Funded ratio: 99.1%
> Total pension shortfall: $852.9 million (2nd smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 12.9% (13th lowest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $24,897 (17th highest)

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49. South Dakota
> Funded ratio: 96.9%
> Total pension shortfall: $337.8 million (the smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.7% (12th highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $19,649 (13th lowest)

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48. Tennessee
> Funded ratio: 94.1%
> Total pension shortfall: $2.7 billion (8th smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 12.7% (10th lowest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $17,714 (6th lowest)

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47. New York
> Funded ratio: 90.6%
> Total pension shortfall: $19.0 billion (20th largest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 14.0% (24th lowest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $32,487 (8th highest)

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46. Nebraska
> Funded ratio: 88.8%
> Total pension shortfall: $1.5 billion (3rd smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.3% (18th highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $25,577 (14th highest)