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Oakland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Oakland · San Diego, CA

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
88/100
Funding Status83% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.3B
Total Assets
$1.6B
Total Liabilities
$261.2M
Unfunded Liability
3,643
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Oakland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is in excellent financial health at 83% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 83 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$1.3B$1.6B83.4%$73.3M
2024$1.3B$1.5B86.0%$94.8M
2023$1.2B$1.4B84.3%$88.9M
2022$1.2B$1.4B82.0%$78.0M
2021$1.1B$1.5B75.8%$73.9M

Frequently Asked Questions

Oakland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is 83% funded, meaning it has 83 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

Oakland Fire & Rescue Pension Fund has 3,643 total participants, including 2,251 active employees and 1,392 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Oakland Fire & Rescue 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.