Every State’s Pension Crisis, Ranked

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45. North Carolina
> Funded ratio: 88.3%
> Total pension shortfall: $11.5 billion (21st smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.0% (21st highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $19,429 (11th lowest)

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44. Idaho
> Funded ratio: 87.7%
> Total pension shortfall: $2.0 billion (4th smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.4% (16th highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $18,714 (10th lowest)

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43. Utah
> Funded ratio: 86.0%
> Total pension shortfall: $4.7 billion (12th smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 14.1% (25th lowest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $23,733 (23rd highest)

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42. Washington
> Funded ratio: 84.0%
> Total pension shortfall: $14.4 billion (25th smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.4% (17th highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $21,943 (20th lowest)

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41. Iowa
> Funded ratio: 81.6%
> Total pension shortfall: $6.5 billion (16th smallest)
> Gov’t workers as share of total workforce: 15.4% (15th highest)
> Avg. annual payout per public retiree: $17,019 (5th lowest)