Annual Statistical Supplement, 2005

Other Social Insurance, Veterans' Benefits, and Public Assistance

Other Social Insurance and Veterans' Benefits

Temporary Disability Insurance

Table 9.C1 Selected data on state and railroad programs, 2002
State and program a Average
annual
covered
employment
(thousands)
Taxable
payrolls
(millions
of dollars)
Average
weekly
number of
beneficiaries
(thousands)
Average
weekly
benefit
(dollars)
Average
duration
per period
paid (weeks)
Contributions
collected
(millions
of dollars)
Net benefits
paid (millions
of dollars)
Administrative
expenditures b
(millions
of dollars)
California c 12,485 365,751 -- -- -- -- 3,025.1 203.0
State-operated fund 12,000 344,750 99.2 301.00 14.06 3,070.4 2,833.2 169.9
Private plans 485 21,001 -- 488.53 12.29 230.1 191.9 33.1
Hawaii d (private plans) 331 7,345 56.9 313.00 2.25 49.5 40.1 --
New Jersey e 3,482 f -- -- -- -- -- 538.2 29.3
State-operated fund 2,789 f 55,700 f -- 333.00 -- 459.0 402.9 g 27.4
Private plans 693 f -- -- -- -- -- 135.3 1.9
New York 6,556 43,820 h -- -- -- -- 592.2 8.0 e
Special state fund i . . . . . . -- -- -- -- 3.6 --
Private plans j 6,556 43,820 48.3 191.80 7.79 -- 588.6 k --
Puerto Rico 656 13,190 -- -- -- -- 10.0 4.1
State-operated fund 129 9,303 1.0 104.35 11.14 11.8 4.0 3.7
Private plans 527 3,887 0.8 109.96 7.55 0.9 6.0 0.4
Rhode Island (state-operated fund) 408 10,574 9.2 314.68 10.60 155.2 151.0 8.1
Railroad (publicly operated fund) 229 3,112 6.4 l 249.25 m 15.00 m n 48.0 o n
SOURCES: State agencies and Railroad Retirement Board.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
a. Statutory programs providing short-term cash benefits to employees unable to work because of nonoccupational illness or injury.
b. State cost of administering state program and of supervising private plans.
c. Benefits and beneficiary data are for periods paid or terminated in 2002.
d. Includes data not shown separately for special fund for workers whose disability begins during unemployment. In 2001, the fund paid $48,278 in benefits.
e. State fiscal year data (July 1–June 30).
f. Estimated data.
g. Data are for calendar year (January 1–December 31).
h. First $7,000 of earnings of each employee, which was paid by the employer during the calendar year.
i. For workers whose disability begins during unemployment.
j. Includes State Insurance Fund of $11.5 million.
k. Includes medical, surgical, and hospital benefits amounting to $107 million paid under approved plans.
l. For 14-day registration period.
m. For benefit year 2001–2002 (July 1, 2001–June 30, 2002).
n. Single system of contributions and administrative operations for railroad unemployment insurance and temporary disability; collections amounted to $112.4 million and administrative expenses to $15.6 million for the system in 2002.
o. Of this amount, $43.4 million was for regular benefits and $4.6 million for extended benefits.
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