Social Insurance for Railroad Workers in Minnesota

Minnesota joined to CFDA 57.001

CFDA 57.001 is titled SOCIAL INSURANCE FOR RAILROAD WORKERS. Crossed with Minnesota place of performance, obligations sum to $852,722,863.77 on 7,959 awards. The national 57.001 hub includes other states. Minnesota’s spending hub includes other programs. Only this intersection is reported here. $852,722,863.77 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of rail miles in the Twin Cities or Duluth.

Seven thousand nine hundred fifty-nine awards is a high-volume benefit pattern: railroad retirement and related insurance often posts as many discrete assistance records rather than one statewide block. The join does not name beneficiaries, railroads, or union locals. Packet facts are $852,722,863.77, 7,959 awards, MN, and 57.001. Correlation is not causation. FEC donations do not fund this USAspending cell.

57.001 is not Social Security in Minnesota

Social Security retirement and disability use different CFDA numbers. Mixing those series into $852,722,863.77 would invent a broader retirement total than this cell contains. Facts available: Minnesota, CFDA 57.001, $852,722,863.77, 7,959 awards. Annuitant counts, average monthly benefits, and carrier names are not in the facts.

The catalog title names social insurance for railroad workers, not a ranking of Class I systems. Dividing $852,722,863.77 by 7,959 yields about $107,140 per award—closer to a benefit instrument than to a capital grant. Unique recipients are unpublished. 7,959 is not a count of workers still on payroll.

Questions

How much railroad worker insurance is obligated in Minnesota?

USAspending records $852,722,863.77 in CFDA 57.001 obligations with Minnesota place of performance on 7,959 awards. That is the pair total, not an outlay and not Social Security. Keep Social Insurance For Railroad Workers and Minnesota together when citing $852,722,863.77.

Does 7,959 awards mean 7,959 railroad employees?

7,959 is a USAspending award-record count, not an employment census. The implied mean is about $107,140 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. 7,959 is a record count, not a person or facility census.

Is this Minnesota’s total federal retirement spending?

No. This join is CFDA 57.001 only. Social Security and other catalogs appear on separate Minnesota program pages. Nationwide 57.001 is not limited to Minnesota. Obligations of $852,722,863.77 are not outlays. The overlay is the live 57.001–Minnesota table.

Do these obligations equal benefits paid?

No. $852,722,863.77 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. Drawdowns can lag the federal obligation. This packet has no outlay total. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 57.001 × MN pair.