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Valuations of the Washington Retirement Systems

Actuarial valuations are technical reports providing full disclosure of the financial and funding status of public retirement systems administered by the Department of Retirement Systems.  Valuations for odd-numbered years are also used to set contribution rates for the ensuing biennium.  For those valuations, the Pension Funding Council oversees an actuarial audit of the results by an outside actuary.

The OSA also performs annual valuations of the Volunteer Fire Fighters’ and Reserve Officers’ Relief and Pension Act ( RCW 41.24).  This retirement system is administered by the Board for Volunteer Fire Fighters and Reserve Officers and its valuation is published separately.

The California Research Bureau (CRB) has provided a plain language primer that summarizes and explains the actuarial methods and practices used by OSA when preparing the annual actuarial valuations. We've provided a link directly to the report on the CRB website. Or you may download the report in PDF format instead.

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Annual Actuarial Valuations

Adobe PDF icon. 2006 Actuarial Valuation Report [10.47mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2005 Actuarial Valuation Report [1.67mb]     Adobe PDF icon. Actuarial Audit [79kb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2004 Actuarial Valuation Report [1.74mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2003 Actuarial Valuation Report [1.79mb]     Adobe PDF icon. Actuarial Audit [131kb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2002 Actuarial Valuation Report [4.29mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2001 Combined Valuation [279kb]                 Adobe PDF icon. Summary [3.1mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2000 Combined Valuation                             Adobe PDF icon. Summary [2.4mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 1999 Combined Valuation [830kb]                 Adobe PDF icon. Summary [1.2mb]

 

Volunteer Fire Fighters' and Reserve Officers' Annual Valuations

Adobe PDF icon. 2006 Volunteer Fire Fighters Relief and Pension Fund Valuation [20mb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2005 Volunteer Fire Fighters Relief and Pension Fund Valuation [501kb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2004 Volunteer Fire Fighters Relief and Pension Fund Valuation [687kb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2003 Volunteer Fire Fighters Relief and Pension Fund Valuation [971kb]

Adobe PDF icon. 2002 Volunteer Fire Fighters Relief and Pension Fund Valuation [1.2mb]

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Last Reviewed: 2/21/2008

Last Updated: 2/21/2008

   

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