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Minnesota State Retirement System

public plan · State of Minnesota · Rochester, MN

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
52/100
Funding Status77% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$14.2B
Total Assets
$18.5B
Total Liabilities
$4.4B
Unfunded Liability
103,197
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Minnesota State Retirement System is 77% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $4.4B 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$14.2B$18.5B76.5%$548.0M
2024$13.3B$17.0B78.5%$520.0M
2023$13.2B$17.7B74.6%$395.2M
2022$12.9B$17.3B74.4%$393.7M
2021$12.0B$13.9B86.0%$558.6M

Frequently Asked Questions

Minnesota State Retirement System is 77% funded, meaning it has 77 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Minnesota State Retirement System has 103,197 total participants, including 41,302 active employees and 61,895 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Minnesota State Retirement System 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.