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DeKalb County Employees Retirement Fund

public plan · DeKalb County · Shreveport, LA

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
93/100
Funding Status86% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.7B
Total Assets
$2.0B
Total Liabilities
$279.6M
Unfunded Liability
22,021
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

DeKalb County Employees Retirement Fund is in excellent financial health at 86% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 86 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$1.7B$2.0B85.8%$103.7M
2024$1.6B$1.9B86.6%$98.1M
2023$1.5B$1.9B82.5%$94.8M
2022$1.5B$1.8B83.9%$89.6M
2021$1.5B$2.0B74.1%$99.7M

Frequently Asked Questions

DeKalb County Employees Retirement Fund is 86% funded, meaning it has 86 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

DeKalb County Employees Retirement Fund has 22,021 total participants, including 11,164 active employees and 10,857 retirees currently receiving benefits.

DeKalb 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.