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Greensboro Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Greensboro · Greensboro, NC

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
81/100
Funding Status85% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.2B
Total Assets
$1.4B
Total Liabilities
$205.8M
Unfunded Liability
1,737
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Greensboro Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is in excellent financial health at 85% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 85 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$1.2B$1.4B85.1%$65.4M
2024$1.2B$1.3B90.9%$86.5M
2023$1.1B$1.4B78.1%$80.4M
2022$1.1B$1.4B74.8%$63.6M
2021$1.0B$1.2B82.7%$78.4M

Frequently Asked Questions

Greensboro Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is 85% funded, meaning it has 85 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

Greensboro Fire & Rescue Pension Fund has 1,737 total participants, including 1,026 active employees and 711 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Greensboro 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.