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Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems

public plan · State of Nebraska · Lincoln, NE

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
69/100
Funding Status89% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$14.4B
Total Assets
$16.2B
Total Liabilities
$1.7B
Unfunded Liability
111,667
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems is in good financial health at 89% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 89 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$14.4B$16.2B89.4%$1.1B
2024$13.6B$15.4B88.4%$991.2M
2023$13.6B$15.8B86.4%$899.8M
2022$13.1B$13.5B97.7%$980.0M
2021$12.5B$12.9B96.3%$1.2B

Frequently Asked Questions

Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems is 89% funded, meaning it has 89 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems has 111,667 total participants, including 59,742 active employees and 51,925 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems 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.