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Garland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Garland · San Antonio, TX

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
51/100
Funding Status54% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$688.5M
Total Assets
$1.3B
Total Liabilities
$582.9M
Unfunded Liability
9,366
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Garland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is 54% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $582.9M 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$688.5M$1.3B54.2%$45.0M
2024$661.6M$1.1B58.9%$55.4M
2023$631.4M$1.0B60.9%$46.3M
2022$632.0M$1.2B52.8%$46.6M
2021$571.0M$1.1B52.4%$55.7M

Frequently Asked Questions

Garland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is 54% funded, meaning it has 54 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is significantly underfunded and participants should monitor the situation closely.

Garland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund has 9,366 total participants, including 3,979 active employees and 5,387 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Garland Fire & Rescue Pension 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.