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NYC Police Pension Fund

public plan · New York City · New York City, NY

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
75/100
Funding Status81% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$54.7B
Total Assets
$67.4B
Total Liabilities
$12.7B
Unfunded Liability
63,016
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

NYC Police Pension Fund is in good financial health at 81% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 81 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$54.7B$67.4B81.2%$2.3B
2024$54.4B$70.1B77.6%$2.4B
2023$50.3B$65.6B76.6%$2.5B
2022$49.6B$69.4B71.5%$2.4B
2021$46.4B$57.0B81.4%$2.1B

Frequently Asked Questions

NYC Police Pension Fund is 81% funded, meaning it has 81 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

NYC Police Pension Fund has 63,016 total participants, including 36,695 active employees and 26,321 retirees currently receiving benefits.

NYC Police Pension Fund 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.