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Mercury Systems Retirement Income Plan (Frozen)

corporate plan · Mercury Systems · Spokane, WA

FROZENPBGC Covered
B
Pension Health Score
79/100
Funding Status85% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.7B
Total Assets
$2.0B
Total Liabilities
$300.0M
Unfunded Liability
8,077
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Mercury Systems Retirement Income Plan (Frozen) is in good 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. This plan is also covered by the PBGC, providing an additional safety net. Participants in this plan have relatively low risk of benefit reductions.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$1.7B$2.0B85.1%$60.9M
2024$1.7B$2.0B85.5%$51.5M
2023$1.6B$1.7B89.5%$50.2M
2022$1.6B$2.0B79.9%$67.5M
2021$1.4B$1.7B83.9%$69.7M

Frequently Asked Questions

Mercury Systems Retirement Income Plan (Frozen) is 85% funded, meaning it has 85 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

Mercury Systems Retirement Income Plan (Frozen) has 8,077 total participants, including 4,752 active employees and 3,325 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, Mercury Systems Retirement Income Plan (Frozen) is covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which provides a backstop if the plan cannot pay benefits. The PBGC risk level is currently "low."

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.