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New York State Teachers Retirement System

public plan · State of New York · New York City, NY

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
88/100
Funding Status98% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$123.8B
Total Assets
$126.6B
Total Liabilities
$2.8B
Unfunded Liability
421,297
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

New York State Teachers Retirement System is in excellent financial health at 98% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 98 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$123.8B$126.6B97.8%$5.3B
2024$122.1B$128.1B95.3%$6.0B
2023$118.0B$118.6B99.5%$7.5B
2022$111.4B$113.1B98.5%$7.2B
2021$105.9B$111.5B95.0%$7.1B