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Delaware Public Employees Retirement System

public plan · State of Delaware · Wilmington, DE

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
88/100
Funding Status80% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$11.4B
Total Assets
$14.2B
Total Liabilities
$2.8B
Unfunded Liability
59,271
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Delaware Public Employees Retirement System is in excellent financial health at 80% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 80 cents in assets to cover it. As a public pension, benefits are typically backed by the taxing authority of the sponsoring government. Participants in this plan have relatively low risk of benefit reductions.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$11.4B$14.2B80.4%$806.5M
2024$11.0B$14.6B75.6%$876.0M
2023$10.9B$15.2B71.4%$918.0M
2022$10.3B$11.6B88.9%$881.4M
2021$9.8B$13.6B72.0%$896.0M