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Syracuse Police Pension Fund

public plan · City of Syracuse · Rochester, NY

ACTIVE
C
Pension Health Score
54/100
Funding Status70% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.2B
Total Assets
$1.7B
Total Liabilities
$530.8M
Unfunded Liability
10,027
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Syracuse Police Pension Fund is 70% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $530.8M 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$1.2B$1.7B69.6%$69.7M
2024$1.2B$1.9B62.4%$63.5M
2023$1.1B$1.8B64.0%$66.5M
2022$1.1B$1.4B74.1%$76.4M
2021$1.0B$1.4B75.7%$60.6M

Frequently Asked Questions

Syracuse Police Pension Fund is 70% funded, meaning it has 70 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Syracuse Police Pension Fund has 10,027 total participants, including 4,013 active employees and 6,014 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Syracuse 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.