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San Mateo County Employees Retirement Fund

public plan · San Mateo County · Detroit, MI

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
90/100
Funding Status84% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$521.2M
Total Assets
$617.6M
Total Liabilities
$96.4M
Unfunded Liability
11,812
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

San Mateo County Employees Retirement Fund is in excellent financial health at 84% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 84 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$521.2M$617.6M84.4%$42.3M
2024$518.2M$592.3M87.5%$36.4M
2023$484.7M$589.6M82.2%$45.9M
2022$467.4M$572.7M81.6%$37.4M
2021$440.0M$581.2M75.7%$42.5M

Frequently Asked Questions

San Mateo County Employees Retirement Fund is 84% funded, meaning it has 84 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

San Mateo County Employees Retirement Fund has 11,812 total participants, including 7,254 active employees and 4,558 retirees currently receiving benefits.

San Mateo County Employees Retirement Fund is not covered by the PBGC. Benefits depend entirely on the plan's assets and the sponsor's ability to fund it.

The Pension Health Score (0-100, A-F) measures a pension plan's financial strength based on funding ratio (50%), funding trend over 3 years (30%), and PBGC risk level (20%). Higher scores indicate more secure retirement benefits.

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Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.