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Austin Municipal Employees Retirement System

public plan · City of Austin · Fort Worth, TX

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
52/100
Funding Status45% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$2.0B
Total Assets
$4.5B
Total Liabilities
$2.5B
Unfunded Liability
28,360
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Austin Municipal Employees Retirement System is 45% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $2.5B in unfunded liabilities that must be addressed through increased contributions, investment returns, or benefit adjustments. Current participants should monitor this plan and consider supplemental retirement savings.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$2.0B$4.5B44.8%$70.3M
2024$1.9B$4.4B43.8%$60.6M
2023$1.9B$4.6B40.7%$50.1M
2022$1.8B$3.6B50.7%$62.5M
2021$1.8B$5.1B34.4%$58.7M