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San Diego City ERS Basics

  • Established 1927
  • Currently open to new hires
  • Plan covers local employees
  • Plan members covered by Social Security
  • Single employer

Assets, Participants, and Benefits

Assets at Year-End, San Diego City ERS, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Net Assets (billions)
2001 2.60
2002 2.53
2003 2.52
2004 3.08
2005 3.45
2006 4.01
2007 4.68
2008 4.38
2009 3.35
2010 3.79
2011 4.77
2012 4.71
2013 5.32
2014 6.77
2015 6.89
2016 6.81
2017 7.57
2018 8.08
2019 8.44
2020 8.31
2021 10.28
2022 9.99
2023 10.59

Source: Public Plans Database

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Number of Actives per Annuitant, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year San Diego City ERS US State and Local Pensions
2001 2.0 2.4
2002 2.0 2.3
2003 1.8 2.2
2004 1.7 2.1
2005 1.6 2.1
2006 1.4 2.0
2007 1.3 2.0
2008 1.2 1.9
2009 1.1 1.9
2010 1.1 1.8
2011 1.0 1.7
2012 0.8 1.6
2013 0.8 1.5
2014 0.8 1.4
2015 0.8 1.4
2016 0.7 1.4
2017 0.7 1.4
2018 0.6 1.3
2019 0.6 1.3
2020 0.5 1.3
2021 0.5 1.2
2022 0.5 1.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Costs

Employer's Annual Required Contribution as a Percentage of Payroll and Portion Paid for San Diego City ERS, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Portion of Employer ARC paid Portion of Employer ARC left unpaid US Avg Employer ARC ARC as a Percent of Payroll
2001 6.1 6.1 5.3 12.2
2002 7.6 5.1 5.2 12.7
2003 11.0 6.2 6.0 17.2
2004 12.8 13.2 7.8 25.9
2005 21.9 10.6 9.6 32.5
2006 50.8 0.0 9.9 31.8
2007 33.0 0.0 10.6 31.6
2008 30.9 0.0 11.0 25.7
2009 30.3 0.0 11.0 30.1
2010 36.3 0.0 11.6 29.1
2011 44.5 0.0 13.4 44.5
2012 45.2 0.0 14.1 45.2
2013 46.3 0.0 15.1 46.3
2014 60.9 0.0 15.7 60.8
2015 52.0 0.0 15.7 52.0
2016 50.3 0.0 15.6 50.2
2017 53.1 0.0 15.5 52.7
2018 67.9 0.0 16.2 67.5
2019 66.6 0.0 16.4 66.3
2020 68.2 0.0 16.8 67.8
2021 68.9 0.0 17.4 68.4
2022 83.3 0.0 18.1 82.9
2023 75.0 0.0 17.4 68.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Actuarial Funding

Actuarial Funded Ratio for San Diego City ERS, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year San Diego City ERS National Data
2001 89.9 101.7
2002 77.3 94.6
2003 67.2 88.8
2004 65.8 87.0
2005 68.2 85.4
2006 79.9 85.2
2007 78.8 86.3
2008 78.1 84.4
2009 66.5 78.4
2010 67.1 75.7
2011 68.5 74.3
2012 68.6 72.3
2013 70.4 71.8
2014 74.2 73.2
2015 75.6 73.2
2016 71.6 71.6
2017 71.2 72.0
2018 70.8 72.4
2019 71.6 72.5
2020 70.2 72.6
2021 74.3 75.8
2022 76.0 76.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Investments

Asset Allocation for San Diego City ERS, 2023

Category Percent
Equities 38.7
Fixed Income 27.7
Private Equity 12.2
Real Estate 11.1
Cash 1.7
Other 0.0
Commodities 2.8
Hedge Fund 5.8
Misc. Alternatives 0.0

Source: Public Plans Database

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Asset Allocation for State and Local Pensions, 2023

Category Percent
Equities 42.2
Fixed Income 20.5
Private Equity 14.0
Real Estate 10.5
Cash 1.8
Other 0.1
Commodities 2.7
Hedge Fund 6.6
Misc. Alternatives 1.8

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Asset allocation for San Diego City ERS, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Equities Fixed Income Private Equity Real Estate Cash Other Commodities Hedge Fund Misc. Alternatives
2001 52.0 29.0 0.0 10.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 51.9 28.0 0.0 10.5 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 55.3 35.9 0.0 8.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 55.2 36.1 0.0 8.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 54.2 36.7 0.0 9.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 54.2 36.7 0.0 9.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 58.2 32.8 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 53.8 36.0 0.0 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 54.1 29.5 0.0 9.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 6.7 0.0
2010 55.3 28.7 0.9 8.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0
2011 54.5 28.8 1.7 9.9 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0
2012 54.4 30.6 2.9 10.1 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0
2013 56.1 27.2 4.3 9.6 2.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
2014 51.2 28.1 5.5 9.6 2.7 0.0 0.7 2.2 0.0
2015 48.4 27.1 10.6 10.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0
2016 44.4 27.5 12.7 10.4 1.7 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0
2017 45.0 26.6 14.8 9.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.0
2018 44.5 27.3 13.6 9.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0
2019 42.5 27.4 14.1 10.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0
2020 39.5 27.2 13.6 11.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.0
2021 43.8 23.7 14.2 9.3 2.6 0.0 0.0 6.4 0.0
2022 37.5 24.9 17.5 11.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0
2023 38.7 27.7 12.2 11.1 1.7 0.0 2.8 5.8 0.0

Source: Public Plans Database

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Annual Return as of June 30 for San Diego City ERS, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year San Diego City ERS Assumed return
2001 -0.45 8.00
2002 -2.48 8.00
2003 5.44 8.00
2004 20.21 8.00
2005 10.80 8.00
2006 12.73 8.00
2007 16.50 8.00
2008 -4.66 7.75
2009 -19.20 7.75
2010 13.40 7.75
2011 24.20 7.50
2012 0.90 7.50
2013 13.60 7.25
2014 16.80 7.25
2015 3.30 7.25
2016 1.10 7.00
2017 13.50 6.75
2018 8.20 6.50
2019 7.00 6.50
2020 0.50 6.50
2021 24.90 6.50
2022 -1.70 6.50
2023 5.20 6.50

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Cash Flows

Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
San Diego City ERS
2001-2023

Fiscal Year Cash Flow Assets
2001 -28.5 2,599.3
2002 3.7 2,527.5
2003 0.6 2,520.3
2004 26.6 3,083.7
2005 16.7 3,451.8
2006 90.8 4,013.8
2007 -22.6 4,681.7
2008 -45.9 4,384.8
2009 -74.4 3,354.3
2010 -59.7 3,786.0
2011 -56.0 4,769.8
2012 -91.4 4,710.5
2013 -103.6 5,322.4
2014 -48.2 6,772.1
2015 -111.2 6,885.0
2016 -146.8 6,807.9
2017 -167.1 7,568.8
2018 -137.8 8,075.2
2019 -157.4 8,436.0
2020 -151.0 8,305.6
2021 -177.2 10,281.6
2022 -144.0 9,988.0
2023 83.8 10,586.9

Source: Public Plans Database

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Note: The PPD average is for plans with a similar fiscal year end (FYE) date to the plan presented on this page.


Cash Flow as a Percentage of Assets
San Diego City ERS
2001-2023

Fiscal Year San Diego City ERS National Average
2001 -1.1 -2.0
2002 0.1 -2.4
2003 0.0 -2.5
2004 0.9 -1.8
2005 0.5 -2.2
2006 2.3 -2.2
2007 -0.5 -2.0
2008 -1.0 -2.1
2009 -2.2 -3.1
2010 -1.6 -3.2
2011 -1.2 -3.0
2012 -1.9 -3.2
2013 -1.9 -3.1
2014 -0.7 -2.9
2015 -1.6 -2.7
2016 -2.2 -2.9
2017 -2.2 -2.8
2018 -1.7 -2.4
2019 -1.9 -2.4
2020 -1.8 -2.3
2021 -1.7 -2.0
2022 -1.4 -1.9
2023 0.8 -1.9

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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2022 Financial Reports

Benefits

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