Below is 2002 Wash State public employees retirement information
active retired average new members
members members benefits benefits
Public Employees' (PERS) 154,185 63,756 $1,082 $1,682
Teachers (TRS) 66,063 34,254 $1,453 $2,005
School Employees (SERS) 49,791 622 $410 $455
Police & Fire (LEOFF) 15,158 8,231 $2,684 $3,047
Wa St Patrol (WSPRS) 1,027 696 $2,647 $3,867
Public Employees' (PERS)
Teachers' (TRS)
School Employees' (SERS)
Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' (LEOFF)
Washington State Patrol (WSPRS)
Judges' Retirement Fund (JRF)
Judicial (JRS)
DRS Membership descriptions
PERS: Public Employees Retirement System
PERS members include: elected officials; employees of state, county and local government; elected or appointed judges; certain employees of community colleges, technical colleges, and universities; noncertificated employees of school districts; and employees of various service and utility districts.
TRS: Teachers' Retirement System
TRS members include teachers and administrators who work in Washington State public schools, educational service districts and state agencies.
SERS: School Employees' Retirement System
SERS members include eligible classified employees of school districts and educational service districts.
LEOFF: Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System
LEOFF members include full-time, fully compensated general authority, law enforcement officers and fire fighters.
WSPRS: Washington State Patrol Retirement System
WSPRS provides retirement coverage to commissioned employees in the Washington State Patrol.
JRS: Judicial Retirement System
The Judicial Retirement System was capped on July 1, 1988. Judges appointed or elected to office on or after July 1, 1988, may elect to join PERS if they meet eligibility requirements.
JRF: Judges' Retirement Fund
The Judges' Retirement Fund was capped when the legislature created the Judicial Retirement System (JRS) on August 9, 1971.
Below is the actuary table (statistics) list I got from the Department of Retirement Systems with the number of people and the retirement benefit amounts of the different Washington State Department of Retirement administered systems.
Here's the freedom of information request letter I sent to the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, requesting the 2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters Benefits List.
Here's the response letter the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems sent me about the 2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters Benefits List.
Here's the 2nd freedom of information request letter I sent to the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, requesting retirement system statistics.
Here's the response letter the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems sent me, along with (see above) the 2002 Washington State Retired Public Employees total numbers (107,559) and their average monthly benefits amounts .
