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West Virginia Teachers Retirement System

public plan · State of West Virginia · Morgantown, WV

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
76/100
Funding Status67% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$6.8B
Total Assets
$10.2B
Total Liabilities
$3.4B
Unfunded Liability
44,552
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

West Virginia Teachers Retirement System is in good financial health at 67% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 67 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$6.8B$10.2B66.6%$293.2M
2024$6.5B$11.0B59.3%$302.1M
2023$6.1B$9.0B67.9%$269.5M
2022$5.9B$8.5B69.2%$244.8M
2021$5.7B$11.0B51.8%$324.3M