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Riverside Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Riverside · Los Angeles, CA

ACTIVE
B
Pension Health Score
74/100
Funding Status79% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.1B
Total Assets
$1.4B
Total Liabilities
$295.5M
Unfunded Liability
4,523
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Riverside Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is in good financial health at 79% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 79 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$1.1B$1.4B79.2%$94.6M
2024$1.1B$1.4B79.1%$72.1M
2023$1.1B$1.3B78.2%$74.2M
2022$986.9M$1.4B71.6%$68.0M
2021$937.5M$1.3B74.8%$77.2M

Frequently Asked Questions

Riverside Fire & Rescue Pension Fund is 79% funded, meaning it has 79 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Riverside Fire & Rescue Pension Fund has 4,523 total participants, including 2,030 active employees and 2,493 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Riverside 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.