There’s been a lot shared about STRS Ohio lately on social media, the Internet and email. Sadly, much of this information has been incomplete at best and incorrect at worst.
Learn The Real Story, the undeniable facts about your retirement system, by checking out the resources below.
$85.4
billion
total investments500,000
educators
active, inactive and retired433
members
approved for service retirement benefitsThe funded ratio is the pension plan’s assets as a percentage of what it owes to current and future retirees.
11.5 years
STRS Ohio funding periodThis is how long STRS Ohio would need to fully fund benefits for current and future retirees.
78.9%
Market value of assets funded ratioThis looks at the pension fund’s assets as a percentage of what it owes to current and future retirees.
Diversifying assets among domestic and international stocks, real estate, and alternative and fixed-income investments helps the pension system “weather the storm” of market fluctuations.
| Domestic equities — top 10 holdings | International equities — top 10 holdings |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp. | Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) |
| Apple Computer Inc. | Taiwan Semicon Man (Taiwan) |
| Amazon Com Inc. | Nestle SA (Switzerland) |
| Alphabet Inc. Class C | Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark) |
| Alphabet Inc. | Novartis AG (Switzerland) |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Shell Plc. (United Kingdom) |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | SAP SE (Germany) |
| Johnson & Johnson | Samsung Electronics Co. LTD (South Korea) |
| Nvidia Corp. | Hitachi (Japan) |
| Tesla Inc. | AIA Group LTD (Hong Kong) |
STRS Ohio members include public school teachers and administrators and higher education faculty. Members are employed by 1,121 school districts, vocational schools, colleges and universities, county boards of developmental disabilities, and community and charter schools.
13
Years service credit$69,240
Salary
$69,000
Annual benefit$157,000
Average Partial Lump-Sum Option Plan (PLOP) payment, if elected
Health care coverage:
Access to health care coverage is available for qualifying Defined Benefit and Combined Plan retirees and their families, as well as eligible disabled educators. Current enrollment is more than 108,000.
$418
million
paid in medical and pharmacy costs for the Health Care Program enrollees — an average of more than $1.1 million per daySelect a county or district from the menu below to view the number of STRS Ohio members, earnings and benefits paid throughout the state.
8 out of 10
STRS Ohio benefit recipients live in Ohio
$5.7
billion
STRS Ohio benefits distributed among 88 counties