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New Orleans Municipal Employees Retirement System

public plan · City of New Orleans · Shreveport, LA

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
64/100
Funding Status56% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$3.2B
Total Assets
$5.7B
Total Liabilities
$2.5B
Unfunded Liability
25,153
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

New Orleans Municipal Employees Retirement System is 56% 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$3.2B$5.7B56.2%$137.1M
2024$3.2B$5.9B54.8%$147.6M
2023$3.1B$6.0B51.5%$140.8M
2022$2.8B$5.6B50.3%$162.3M
2021$2.7B$6.1B43.5%$143.2M