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Riverside County Employees Retirement Fund

public plan · Riverside County · Denver, CO

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
81/100
Funding Status81% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$3.0B
Total Assets
$3.7B
Total Liabilities
$713.9M
Unfunded Liability
24,976
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Riverside County Employees Retirement Fund is in excellent 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$3.0B$3.7B80.7%$88.4M
2024$2.9B$3.6B80.6%$89.3M
2023$2.8B$3.5B80.1%$86.8M
2022$2.7B$3.0B89.4%$122.0M
2021$2.6B$3.4B77.1%$124.0M

Frequently Asked Questions

Riverside County Employees Retirement 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.

Riverside County Employees Retirement Fund has 24,976 total participants, including 12,799 active employees and 12,177 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Riverside County Employees Retirement 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.