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

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.

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Contact SERS

Contact SERS

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

Latest News

03/03/2026
Penn SERS Investments Earned Nearly 13.7% in 2025
Returns Added Approximately $5.2 Billion for Pension Benefits

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement Board, meeting here today, received investment reports detailing an approximately 13.7% return in 2025 that added approximately $5.2 billion to the SERS Fund for pension benefits. As of Dec. 31, 2025, the SERS Fund totaled $42.6 billion.


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03/02/2026
Winter Weather Impacts In-Person Services
Due to the forecasted winter weather, the Bensalem, Harrisburg, Montoursville, Pittsburgh, State College, and Wilkes-Barre regional offices will open for in-person services at 10:00 am tomorrow, Tue. 03/03/2026. Plan specialists and other staff will be working remotely to help members during normal business hours from 8:00 am to 4:30 p.m. 

02/17/2026
SERS 2026 Supplemental Budget Book Released
The budget book provides detailed information about the retirement plans SERS administered in 2025 and proposed budgets for commonwealth fiscal year 2026-27. Key data is provided in a budget handout that includes the budget highlights, snapshots of data for each SERS-administered retirement plan, and the 2025 Pension Payments By County map.

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