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Virginia Retirement System

public plan · State of Virginia · Richmond, VA

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
82/100
Funding Status78% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$88.4B
Total Assets
$113.7B
Total Liabilities
$25.3B
Unfunded Liability
779,105
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Virginia 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$88.4B$113.7B77.7%$3.9B
2024$85.9B$114.4B75.1%$5.2B
2023$83.1B$115.3B72.1%$4.6B
2022$80.1B$94.7B84.6%$5.1B
2021$75.0B$113.4B66.1%$4.9B