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Public Pension Compensation Survey

Source: NCPERS Nearly 170 public pensions participated in the 2025 Public Pension Compensation Survey. Conducted annually by NCPERS and CBIZ, the survey captures compensation data on 90 positions commonly found at public pension funds, as well as details on benefits, fund oversight, salary increase planning, and bonuses. The survey results are now available in a detailed report and interactive dashboard, providing a robust dataset intended to help funds benchmark their compensation and benefits packages against peers. View a sample [...]

CORPaTH2025-10-29T15:03:41-07:00October 29th, 2025|Categories: Pension Funding|Tags: ncpers, pension survey|

Public Pension Funding Ratios Modestly Increase in Fiscal 2025

By Emily Boyle Source: AI-CIO The state and local pension funding ratio is projected to have increased to 77.7% in fiscal 2025, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. That ratio is up 1.5 percentage points since 2023, while the S&P Index jumped more than 40% over the same period. Meanwhile, the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems reported in its annual retirement study, released in February, that the funded level of the average public [...]

CORPaTH2025-07-28T16:34:46-07:00July 25th, 2025|Categories: Pension Funding|Tags: milliman, ncpers, pension funding|

Study: Decline in DB Plans Widens Income Inequality Gap

By Michael Katz Source: Chief Investment Officer NCPERS research found that increasing income inequality ‘degrades national economic growth.’ Research done by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems found that public policies aimed at cutting public costs by reducing pension benefits or switching to defined contribution plans may actually increase the need for public spending due to “the dynamic interrelationship between pension reforms, income inequality, the economy, and market return.” The continuing decline of the number of defined [...]

joey2024-08-21T12:03:54-07:00August 20th, 2024|Categories: Defined Benefit Plans, Pension Funding, Pension Reform, Retirement|Tags: defined benefit pension plans, income inequality, ncpers|

10 Ways to Close Public Pension Funding Gaps

The best way to close public pension funding gaps, according to the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), is to reform state and local revenue systems and close tax loopholes. “But that is a long road, and it is beyond the scope of responsibilities of pension trustees and administrators,” NCPERS said in a recent research paper called “Ten Ways to Close Public Pension Funding Gaps.” “However, we can help ensure that state and local governments are looking [...]

CORPaTH2020-11-06T11:25:39-08:00November 6th, 2020|Categories: Pension Funding|Tags: ncpers|