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Benefit Plan
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Provides you with a pension or guaranteed monthly payments for life.
Available to employees hired before 1/1/19 and certain law enforcement and security positions after.

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Defined
Contribution Plan
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Provides you with the option
to choose your own investments
and assume the risk.
Available to most employees
hired after 1/1/19.

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Hybrid
Plan
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Provides you with a combined retirement benefit, which includes a pension and investment plan.
Default retirement plan for most employees hired after 1/1/19.

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Deferred
Compensation Plan
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Provides you with a voluntary supplemental investment
plan with tax deferred savings.
Available to most active employees.

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Welcome to SERS

Established in 1923, the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System is one of the nation's oldest and largest statewide retirement plans for public employees. Our mission is to prepare our members and participants to achieve financial success and security in retirement. We are proud to serve you and thank you for your work to make Pennsylvania great.

New members can use this website to learn about your retirement benefit, particularly some choices you need to make when you're first hired. Active members can run estimates to see how your retirement benefit grows as your years of service and salary change. Members who are getting ready to retire can read about payment options and get a check list for your counseling session. Retired members can get duplicate tax forms and click through to the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund - the PEBTF - for more about your health care.

Online Calculators

Online Calculators

Estimate your future retirement benefit or the federal tax withholding from your current pension payments.

Online Calculators

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Provide your e-mail address to get member updates, notice of board meetings, press releases, and more.

Contact SERS

Contact SERS

Contact SERS with questions about your specific plan or fill out our contact form for general questions.

Latest News

05/25/2023
SERS Offices Closed for Memorial Day Holiday

SERS offices will be closing at 11:30 a.m. Fri. May 26 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. on Tue. May 30.

05/02/2023
Penn SERS Board Approves Employer Contribution Rates,
Updates Policies, Begins Search for Third-Party Administrator, and Recognizes Departing Board Members

The Board of the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, meeting here today, certified the employer contribution rates for the upcoming fiscal year and approved several policies.

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04/21/2023 

An incorrect telephone number was published on page three of the recently distributed SERS News (spring/summer 2023 edition), in the article titled “IRS Released New Form W-4P for 2023.” We have not changed our telephone number. To obtain a copy of the new W-4P form, please call us at 1.800.633.5461, press 1 for retired members and press 2 for forms. The phone number has been corrected in the archived copy on our website.

We apologize for any inconvenience and frustration.

03/21/2023 Active Members: Your 2022 SERS Statement is in the Mail 

Today, we mailed your 2022 statement directly from our print and mail vendor in Claysburg, PA and made it available in your online member services account.

Your statement provides a snapshot of all your SERS retirement plans as of December 31, 2022, whether you have one or multiple SERS retirement plans. The statement lists the number of beneficiaries you have on file for each plan. Beneficiaries are plan specific, so if you contribute to more than one SERS retirement plan, you will need to name beneficiaries for each plan.

Please review your annual statement for accuracy and keep it with your other important financial documents. Your combined statement will help you plan for your retirement.

If you do not receive your member statement by April 4, 2023, please contact a SERS plan specialist at ra-sersretc@pa.gov or 1.800.633.5461.

If you would like to receive member updates directly to your e-mail, sign up here.


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