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Spokane Fire & Rescue Pension Fund

public plan · City of Spokane · Olympia, WA

ACTIVE
A
Pension Health Score
88/100
Funding Status83% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.1B
Total Assets
$1.3B
Total Liabilities
$215.3M
Unfunded Liability
2,055
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Spokane 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$1.1B$1.3B83.3%$40.8M
2024$1.0B$1.3B80.8%$36.8M
2023$1.0B$1.1B91.2%$38.4M
2022$962.3M$1.3B73.2%$30.9M
2021$885.1M$1.2B75.6%$31.2M

Frequently Asked Questions

Spokane 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.

Spokane Fire & Rescue Pension Fund has 2,055 total participants, including 866 active employees and 1,189 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Spokane 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.