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West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System

public plan · State of West Virginia · Charleston, WV

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
55/100
Funding Status78% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$6.1B
Total Assets
$7.8B
Total Liabilities
$1.7B
Unfunded Liability
58,763
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System is 78% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $1.7B in unfunded liabilities that must be addressed through increased contributions, investment returns, or benefit adjustments. Current participants should monitor this plan and consider supplemental retirement savings.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$6.1B$7.8B77.7%$348.3M
2024$5.8B$7.4B77.9%$350.6M
2023$5.6B$7.3B76.7%$402.2M
2022$5.5B$7.4B74.4%$408.8M
2021$5.2B$6.1B85.6%$322.1M