Idaho Public Employee Retirement System (PERSI)

On funding, Idaho Public Employee Retirement System (PERSI) sits in the moderate band: 88% of liabilities covered, $2.8B unfunded. This is the modal funding-ratio bucket for U.S. pension plans — neither flush nor distressed.

Idaho Public Employee Retirement System (PERSI) is a government pension plan administered by State of Idaho. Unlike private corporate plans, the benefit guarantee flows from the sponsoring government's ongoing tax authority and contribution obligations rather than from federal insurance. The plan remains active — accruing new benefits for current employees and accepting new participants. Among private-sector single-employer plans, the active status is increasingly rare as employers freeze accruals while continuing to fund existing obligations; public-sector plans are more often still actively accruing.

Idaho Public Employee Retirement System (PERSI) is a large pension plan with $21.2B in assets and 142,000 participants (75,000 active, 67,000 retired). Large plans usually have professional investment management and complex actuarial structures. Active and retired participants are roughly balanced (75,000 active, 67,000 retired). The plan is in a steady-state cash-flow phase where new accruals offset benefit payments. Annual cash flows: $1.1B in sponsor contributions versus $1.3B in benefit payments. Investment performance over the most recent year ran 6.6%, against the plan's assumed long-term return of 7.0%.

On PBGC risk classification: low — the plan's funded status and solvency trajectory are favorable enough that PBGC intervention is not on the near-term horizon. Public plans like Idaho Public Employee Retirement System (PERSI) are not PBGC-insured. The benefit guarantee rests on the sponsoring government's ability and willingness to make required contributions, which interacts with state and local tax-base dynamics.