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Washington State Department of Retirement Systems

public plan · State of Washington · Olympia, WA

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
80/100
Funding Status91% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$114.0B
Total Assets
$125.2B
Total Liabilities
$11.3B
Unfunded Liability
513,796
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Washington State Department of Retirement Systems is in excellent financial health at 91% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 91 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$114.0B$125.2B91.0%$6.8B
2024$110.7B$118.5B93.4%$6.4B
2023$108.9B$120.4B90.4%$7.1B
2022$104.4B$109.0B95.8%$7.4B
2021$98.1B$107.5B91.2%$7.0B