Table 2.  Receipts, Benefits, and Withdrawals of Major Public Employee - Retirement Systems:
          Quarter Ending Sept 30, 2005 and Prior Periods
        
          Dollar amounts in millions.
          Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals.
          1/Government contributions revised to include contributions from other governments fourth quarter 2004.
          * Earnings on investments adjusted to exclude imputed data effective second quarter 2002 through third quarter 2004.
          r Data are revised from previously published amounts.


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

Sept 30, 2005           63,218      12,284         43,951        6,984       32,528      31,401      1,128
June 30, 2005r          70,053      12,727         49,873        7,453       31,753      30,791        961
March 31, 2005r         63,838      11,996         45,015        6,827       31,656      30,631      1,024

Dec 31, 2004r          100,056      13,361         79,671        7,024       32,489      31,452      1,036
Sept 30, 2004*r         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

Dec 31, 2002*           27,952       8,970         12,829        6,152       24,784      23,900        884
Sept 30, 2002*          -9,087       7,397        -23,015        6,531       24,965      24,065        901
June 30, 2002*          20,255       8,221          5,101        6,934       24,002      23,139        863
March 31, 2002          31,103       7,904         17,128        6,070       23,425      22,547        878

Dec 31, 2001            39,801       8,345         25,457        6,000       22,946      21,929      1,016
Sept 30, 2001            6,033       7,754         -6,714        4,993       24,150      23,184        966
June 30, 2001           43,723       7,873         29,838        6,012       22,181      21,251        930
March 31, 2001          32,792       7,677         19,587        5,528       21,451      20,493        958

Dec 31, 2000            41,625       8,443         27,416        5,766       21,125      20,175        950
Sept 30, 2000           63,152       8,381         49,571        5,200       21,127      20,071      1,056
June 30, 2000           53,866       9,876         38,671        5,318       19,346      18,481        864
March 31, 2000          58,730       7,787         45,706        5,237       19,330      18,441        890