Show-Me State Times

In 2020, Missouri had received $3.5 million 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, $3 million was in state pension funds, and the remaining $566,020 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.

It's worth noting that residents in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming are not subject to state income taxes.

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

Missouri reported data from 91 pension systems, including 12 state-level pension funds and 79 local-level systems. The total number of pension system members was 653,512 (564,639 at the state level and 88,873 at the local level).

	Local	State	Local & State
Employee contributions	$98,967	$1,004,894	$1,103,861
Government contributions	$467,053	$1,959,713	$2,426,766
Total Contributions	$566,020	$2,964,608	$3,530,627

Source: US Census Bureau