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Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System

public plan · City of Los Angeles · San Francisco, CA

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
63/100
Funding Status79% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$21.3B
Total Assets
$26.8B
Total Liabilities
$5.5B
Unfunded Liability
45,178
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System is 79% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $5.5B 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$21.3B$26.8B79.4%$1.2B
2024$20.7B$27.5B75.2%$1.2B
2023$20.4B$27.0B75.4%$1.3B
2022$18.6B$23.9B77.7%$1.1B
2021$18.5B$22.4B82.5%$1.0B