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Rochester Police Pension Fund

public plan · City of Rochester · Buffalo, NY

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
62/100
Funding Status71% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$640.5M
Total Assets
$901.0M
Total Liabilities
$260.5M
Unfunded Liability
5,297
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Rochester Police Pension Fund is 71% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $260.5M 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
2025$640.5M$901.0M71.1%$22.3M
2024$603.3M$868.1M69.5%$27.3M
2023$601.8M$917.4M65.6%$24.5M
2022$567.4M$755.6M75.1%$29.6M
2021$543.9M$754.3M72.1%$31.5M

Frequently Asked Questions

Rochester Police Pension Fund is 71% funded, meaning it has 71 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Rochester Police Pension Fund has 5,297 total participants, including 2,910 active employees and 2,387 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Rochester 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.