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Hamilton County Employees Retirement Fund

public plan · Hamilton County · Lexington, KY

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
79/100
Funding Status74% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$3.0B
Total Assets
$4.0B
Total Liabilities
$1.0B
Unfunded Liability
3,249
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Hamilton County Employees Retirement Fund is in good financial health at 74% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 74 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$3.0B$4.0B74.4%$246.5M
2024$2.9B$3.9B73.3%$248.0M
2023$2.7B$3.9B69.7%$260.4M
2022$2.7B$3.5B77.3%$264.5M
2021$2.6B$3.9B65.4%$233.0M