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MAY 14, 2026 — Public pensions in the nation totaled over $6 trillion in 2025, according to the Annual Survey of Public Pensions (ASPP) released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The ASPP provides revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership information about defined-benefit public pension systems. Defined-benefit plans provide a specified benefit in retirement.
A separate unit file provides detailed actuarial data for state and locally administered defined-benefit public pension systems. Actuarial data shows how systems act today to pay tomorrow’s benefits.
Statistics are available at the national level and for individual states. State and locally administered defined benefits are also available.
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