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New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (ERB)

public plan · State of New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
58/100
Funding Status64% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$14.5B
Total Assets
$22.6B
Total Liabilities
$8.1B
Unfunded Liability
92,000
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (ERB) is 64% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $8.1B 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
2023$14.5B$22.6B64.1%$900.0M
2022$14.1B$22.3B63.0%$873.0M
2021$13.6B$21.0B65.0%$846.0M
2020$13.2B$22.4B59.0%$819.0M
2019$12.8B$20.9B61.0%$792.0M

Frequently Asked Questions

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (ERB) is 64% funded, meaning it has 64 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (ERB) has 92,000 total participants, including 45,000 active employees and 47,000 retirees currently receiving benefits.

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (ERB) 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.