Skip to main content
PensionWatch

NYC Teachers Retirement System

public plan · New York City · Albany, NY

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
80/100
Funding Status78% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$89.0B
Total Assets
$114.3B
Total Liabilities
$25.3B
Unfunded Liability
220,816
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

NYC Teachers Retirement System is in excellent financial health at 78% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 78 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$89.0B$114.3B77.9%$4.2B
2024$84.7B$104.5B81.1%$5.9B
2023$82.6B$102.3B80.8%$4.4B
2022$81.7B$108.1B75.6%$5.6B
2021$76.1B$110.5B68.9%$4.7B