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Milwaukee Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Milwaukee · Green Bay, WI

ACTIVE
D
Pension Health Score
42/100
Funding Status56% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$725.4M
Total Assets
$1.3B
Total Liabilities
$581.0M
Unfunded Liability
3,814
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Milwaukee Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is significantly underfunded at 56%, with $581.0M in unfunded liabilities affecting 3,814 participants. Plans at this funding level face difficult choices: raising contributions substantially, reducing future benefit accruals, or in extreme cases, applying for benefit suspensions. Public plans cannot declare bankruptcy, but severe underfunding may lead to reduced cost-of-living adjustments or increased employee contributions. If you are a participant, it is important to understand your options and consider diversifying your retirement income sources.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$725.4M$1.3B55.5%$38.6M
2024$695.9M$1.3B52.4%$46.3M
2023$660.7M$1.2B56.8%$48.6M
2022$664.7M$1.3B52.4%$42.0M
2021$634.5M$1.1B59.9%$35.9M