plan_name stringlengths 9 29 | state stringlengths 2 2 | fiscal_year int64 2.03k 2.03k | funded_ratio_actuarial float64 0.47 0.85 | assumed_return float64 0.06 0.07 | actuarial_liabilities float64 53.9B 650B | unfunded_liability float64 17.7B 187B | required_contribution float64 900M 11.4B ⌀ | pct_required_paid float64 0.62 2.17 ⌀ | contribution_shortfall float64 0 3.89B ⌀ | market_assets float64 25.2B 563B | investment_consultant stringclasses 6
values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California PERF | CA | 2,025 | 0.71313 | 0.068 | 650,446,656,000 | 186,594,848,000 | null | null | null | 562,975,808,000 | Wilshire |
California Teachers | CA | 2,025 | 0.76697 | 0.07 | 433,913,984,000 | 88,668,992,000 | 11,396,000,000 | 1.14207 | 0 | 370,180,192,000 | Meketa |
Illinois Teachers | IL | 2,025 | 0.47795 | 0.07 | 159,123,552,000 | 83,069,904,000 | 10,216,460,000 | 0.61923 | 3,890,121,474.200001 | 77,263,328,000 | RVK |
Texas Teachers | TX | 2,025 | 0.77506 | 0.07 | 288,536,032,000 | 64,902,480,000 | 5,803,168,500 | 1.00782 | 0 | 226,328,304,000 | null |
Florida RS | FL | 2,025 | 0.82247 | 0.067 | 243,620,464,000 | 43,250,528,000 | 5,917,107,000 | 1.00906 | 0 | 212,585,328,000 | Aon Hewitt |
Pennsylvania School Employees | PA | 2,025 | 0.66639 | 0.07 | 122,228,632,000 | 40,776,816,000 | 5,436,968,000 | 1 | 0 | 82,631,208,000 | null |
New Jersey Teachers | NJ | 2,025 | 0.48589 | 0.07 | 76,519,768,000 | 39,339,380,000 | 4,181,818,300 | 1.02409 | 0 | 33,850,644,000 | null |
New Jersey PERS | NJ | 2,025 | 0.57143 | 0.07 | 72,594,648,000 | 31,111,648,000 | 3,254,461,300 | 1.02998 | 0 | 41,002,952,000 | null |
Illinois SERS | IL | 2,025 | 0.46924 | 0.0675 | 58,352,280,000 | 30,971,268,000 | 3,723,608,500 | 0.81102 | 703,687,534.33 | 27,638,458,000 | Meketa |
Georgia Teachers | GA | 2,025 | 0.77857 | 0.069 | 137,943,744,000 | 29,508,504,000 | 3,471,216,000 | 1 | 0 | 116,767,912,000 | null |
Oregon PERS | OR | 2,025 | 0.7315 | 0.069 | 108,703,000,000 | 29,187,000,000 | 2,936,445,000 | 1 | 0 | 88,622,016,000 | null |
Illinois Universities | IL | 2,025 | 0.47122 | 0.065 | 53,931,900,000 | 28,518,272,000 | 2,567,226,000 | 0.85046 | 383,902,976.04 | 25,182,592,000 | Meketa |
Mississippi PERS | MS | 2,025 | 0.56748 | 0.07 | 61,663,860,000 | 26,670,760,000 | 1,873,232,000 | 0.76227 | 445,323,443.36 | 35,602,888,000 | Callan |
Michigan Public Schools | MI | 2,025 | 0.74576 | 0.06 | 98,795,576,000 | 25,118,144,000 | 3,880,359,000 | 1.13614 | 0 | 78,656,192,000 | null |
Massachusetts Teachers | MA | 2,025 | 0.63337 | 0.07 | 66,149,088,000 | 24,252,264,000 | 2,594,483,000 | 1 | 0 | 44,315,496,000 | null |
South Carolina RS | SC | 2,025 | 0.63391 | 0.07 | 64,614,584,000 | 23,654,608,000 | 2,732,350,000 | 1 | 0 | 42,347,352,000 | null |
Ohio PERS | OH | 2,025 | 0.82839 | 0.069 | 132,762,800,000 | 22,140,168,000 | 2,644,837,300 | 1 | 0 | 116,657,784,000 | null |
Ohio Teachers | OH | 2,025 | 0.80932 | 0.07 | 114,514,056,000 | 21,836,064,000 | 899,934,000 | 2.16938 | 0 | 92,707,888,000 | null |
Virginia RS | VA | 2,025 | 0.85146 | 0.0675 | 130,186,688,000 | 19,337,744,000 | 3,318,145,000 | 1.00235 | 0 | 114,401,120,000 | null |
Arizona SRS | AZ | 2,025 | 0.74179 | 0.07 | 73,262,408,000 | 18,916,740,000 | 1,685,627,000 | 1 | 0 | 57,647,664,000 | NEPC |
Colorado School | CO | 2,025 | 0.66133 | 0.0725 | 54,617,852,000 | 18,497,532,000 | 1,488,103,000 | 1.11013 | 0 | 39,532,992,000 | Aon Hewitt |
New York City (NY) ERS | NY | 2,025 | 0.82164 | 0.07 | 106,153,760,000 | 18,140,904,000 | 3,953,084,000 | 1 | 0 | 93,142,664,000 | Callan |
LA County (CA) ERS | CA | 2,025 | 0.82003 | 0.07 | 99,707,000,000 | 17,944,000,000 | 2,670,874,000 | 1 | 0 | 86,187,616,000 | Meketa |
University of California | CA | 2,025 | 0.85436 | 0.0675 | 123,021,576,000 | 17,916,456,000 | 4,661,188,000 | 0.79171 | 970,878,848.52 | 110,808,448,000 | null |
New Jersey Police & Fire | NJ | 2,025 | 0.67668 | 0.07 | 54,821,724,000 | 17,724,976,000 | 2,052,624,000 | 0.96873 | 64,185,552.48 | 37,450,792,000 | null |
Public Pension Funded Status: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
253 state and local pension plans, every year since 2001: funded ratio, assumed return, and whether the sponsor paid the bill.
Headline: 253 large U.S. public pension plans carry $1,582.8B of unfunded actuarial liability in their latest reported year, and 48 of them paid less than their actuarially required contribution, leaving $8.83B unpaid in that year alone.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 6,050 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/public-pension-funded-status/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_state.csv |
row counts and totals by state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by state (largest groups)
| State | rows | Unfunded liability (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 397 | 4,837,024,681,525 |
| MO | 379 | 336,358,320,479 |
| TX | 314 | 1,258,620,191,044 |
| IL | 245 | 3,141,990,607,218 |
| LA | 240 | 426,803,196,280 |
| WA | 214 | 102,554,034,000 |
| NY | 200 | 1,343,889,440,270 |
| GA | 158 | 506,749,700,561 |
| MN | 153 | 292,370,848,143 |
| MD | 150 | 410,343,115,714 |
| OK | 150 | 245,309,515,051 |
| VA | 149 | 466,483,616,144 |
| TOTAL | 6,050 | 24,949,979,827,911 |
Full table: summary_by_state.csv.
What the full file has
- 6,050 rows
- Key fields: plan_id, plan_name, plan_full_name, fiscal_year, fiscal_year_end, state, administering_govt, sponsor_govt, plan_type, employees_covered
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 253 plans, fiscal years 2001 to 2025, 6,050 plan-years. Public Plans Data download Nov 6 2026 (latest plan year FY2025); built Nov 6 2026
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
plan_id |
PPD plan id |
plan_name |
Plan short name |
plan_full_name |
Plan full name |
fiscal_year |
Plan fiscal year |
fiscal_year_end |
Fiscal year end date |
state |
State |
administering_govt |
Administering government level |
sponsor_govt |
Sponsoring government |
plan_type |
PERS or SERS, TRS, police and/or fire |
employees_covered |
Employee groups covered |
plan_closed |
Plan closed to new members (1 = closed) |
funded_ratio_actuarial |
Actuarial funded ratio |
actuarial_assets |
Actuarial value of assets, USD |
actuarial_liabilities |
Actuarial accrued liability, USD |
unfunded_liability |
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, USD |
assumed_return |
Assumed investment return |
blended_discount_rate |
GASB 67 blended discount rate |
required_contribution |
Actuarially required (determined) contribution, USD |
pct_required_paid |
Share of the required contribution paid |
employer_contributions |
Employer contributions, USD |
total_contributions |
Total contributions, USD |
total_pension_liability_gasb67 |
GASB 67 total pension liability, USD |
fiduciary_net_position |
GASB 67 fiduciary net position, USD |
net_pension_liability |
GASB 67 net pension liability, USD |
market_assets |
Market value of assets, USD |
return_1yr |
1-year investment return |
return_10yr |
10-year investment return |
covered_payroll |
Covered payroll, USD |
active_members |
Active members |
beneficiaries |
Beneficiaries |
actuarial_firm |
Plan actuary |
investment_consultant |
Investment consultant |
alloc_private_equity |
Private equity allocation |
alloc_hedge_funds |
Hedge fund allocation |
alloc_real_estate |
Real estate allocation |
alloc_public_equity |
Public equity allocation |
alloc_fixed_income |
Fixed income allocation |
contribution_shortfall |
Required contribution times the unpaid share, USD (0 when fully paid) |
funded_ratio_gasb67 |
Fiduciary net position over total pension liability |
unfunded_per_active |
Unfunded liability per active member, USD |
funded_ratio_change_5y |
Change in actuarial funded ratio over 5 plan years |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| State file | $400 | Every plan in up to 3 states with its full 2001 to 2025 history, contribution shortfalls, assumptions, actuary and consultant. CSV and Excel. |
| National plan history | $1,900 | All 253 plans and 6,050 plan-years with every field, plus a latest-year ranking by unfunded liability and shortfall. |
| Annual update | $4,500 a year | The national history refreshed as plans post new fiscal years, with funded-ratio moves, new shortfalls and assumption changes marked, for 12 months. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/public-pension-funded-status/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Download the Public Plans Data full-data file through its API (variables listed in build.py), keep plan-years from 2001 with a reported liability, convert PPD's thousands to dollars, decode government and plan type, compute the contribution shortfall where percent paid is under 100%, the GASB 67 funded ratio, unfunded liability per active member and the 5-year change in funded ratio.
Not every public plan (Public Plans Data covers about 250 of the largest state and local plans, most of public pension assets), not a market-value funded ratio (the main ratio is actuarial, on each plan's own assumptions), and not a forecast. Shortfall is blank where the plan did not report a required contribution or percent paid. Latest year differs by plan (191 at FY2025, 57 at FY2024).
Sources
- Public Plans Data (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, MissionSquare Research Institute, NASRA, GFOA), https://publicplansdata.org/
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/public-pension-funded-status/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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