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Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS)

public plan · State of Indiana · Indianapolis, IN

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
70/100
Funding Status78% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$37.0B
Total Assets
$47.3B
Total Liabilities
$10.3B
Unfunded Liability
425,000
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is in good financial health at 78% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 78 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
2023$37.0B$47.3B78.2%$2.2B
2022$35.9B$46.6B77.0%$2.1B
2021$34.8B$43.5B80.0%$2.1B
2020$33.7B$45.5B74.0%$2.0B
2019$32.6B$42.8B76.0%$1.9B

Frequently Asked Questions

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is 78% funded, meaning it has 78 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) has 425,000 total participants, including 220,000 active employees and 205,000 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) 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.