San Francisco Employees Retirement System
public plan · City of San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA
Funding History
What This Means for You
San Francisco Employees Retirement System is in good financial health at 90% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 90 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
| Year | Assets | Liabilities | Funding Ratio | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33.7B | $37.3B | 90.3% | $1.7B |
| 2024 | $33.6B | $38.5B | 87.3% | $1.7B |
| 2023 | $31.2B | $33.8B | 92.2% | $1.2B |
| 2022 | $30.5B | $31.0B | 98.3% | $1.6B |
| 2021 | $28.8B | $30.6B | 94.1% | $1.5B |
Frequently Asked Questions
San Francisco Employees Retirement System is 90% funded, meaning it has 90 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.
San Francisco Employees Retirement System has 65,532 total participants, including 23,965 active employees and 41,567 retirees currently receiving benefits.
San Francisco Employees Retirement System 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.
Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.