Tarrant County Employees Retirement Fund
public plan · Tarrant County · Washington, DC
Funding History
What This Means for You
Tarrant County Employees Retirement Fund is in good financial health at 80% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 80 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 | $1.4B | $1.7B | 80.0% | $64.2M |
| 2024 | $1.3B | $1.7B | 81.2% | $63.7M |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $1.6B | 83.6% | $64.5M |
| 2022 | $1.2B | $1.5B | 81.8% | $77.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2B | $1.6B | 74.0% | $69.9M |
Frequently Asked Questions
Tarrant County Employees Retirement Fund is 80% funded, meaning it has 80 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.
Tarrant County Employees Retirement Fund has 17,726 total participants, including 6,875 active employees and 10,851 retirees currently receiving benefits.
Tarrant County Employees Retirement 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.
Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.