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Houston Municipal Basics

  • Established 1943
  • 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, Houston Municipal, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Net Assets (billions)
2001 1.41
2002 1.27
2003 1.27
2004 1.42
2005 1.82
2006 2.05
2007 2.34
2008 2.26
2009 1.73
2010 1.83
2011 2.13
2012 2.02
2013 2.20
2014 2.46
2015 2.46
2016 2.40
2017 2.60
2018 2.99
2019 3.10
2020 2.88
2021 3.87
2022 3.95
2023 4.07

Source: Public Plans Database

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Number of Actives per Annuitant, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Houston Municipal US State and Local Pensions
2001 2.3 2.4
2002 2.1 2.3
2003 2.0 2.2
2004 1.7 2.1
2005 1.6 2.1
2006 1.6 2.0
2007 1.6 2.0
2008 1.6 1.9
2009 1.6 1.9
2010 1.5 1.8
2011 1.4 1.7
2012 1.3 1.6
2013 1.2 1.5
2014 1.2 1.4
2015 1.2 1.4
2016 1.2 1.4
2017 1.1 1.4
2018 1.1 1.3
2019 1.0 1.3
2020 1.0 1.3
2021 1.0 1.2
2022 1.0 1.2
2023 1.0 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 Houston Municipal, 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 9.9 0.0 5.3 9.9
2002 10.2 0.0 5.2 10.2
2003 10.4 8.0 6.0 18.4
2004 15.6 18.3 7.8 33.8
2005 15.5 9.9 9.6 25.4
2006 15.8 12.3 9.9 28.2
2007 15.6 7.0 10.6 22.7
2008 15.1 7.8 11.0 22.9
2009 14.3 3.1 11.0 17.4
2010 14.9 3.1 11.6 18.0
2011 16.3 4.9 13.4 21.1
2012 18.4 4.4 14.1 22.8
2013 21.3 4.6 15.1 25.8
2014 22.5 2.9 15.7 25.5
2015 23.2 1.6 15.7 24.9
2016 25.0 0.4 15.6 25.3
2017 30.2 0.4 15.5 30.5
2018 68.9 0.4 16.2 69.3
2019 28.7 0.3 16.4 29.0
2020 28.2 1.0 16.8 29.3
2021 28.7 0.5 17.4 29.3
2022 29.1 0.0 18.1 28.8
2023 28.8 0.0 17.4 28.4

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Actuarial Funding

Actuarial Funded Ratio for Houston Municipal, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Houston Municipal National Data
2001 76.2 101.7
2002 60.4 94.6
2003 46.1 88.8
2004 57.0 87.0
2005 65.2 85.4
2006 64.5 85.2
2007 70.1 86.3
2008 70.1 84.4
2009 66.2 78.4
2010 62.6 75.7
2011 61.4 74.3
2012 59.9 72.3
2013 57.7 71.8
2014 58.1 73.2
2015 54.2 73.2
2016 55.5 71.6
2017 56.4 72.0
2018 57.7 72.4
2019 59.3 72.5
2020 59.2 72.6
2021 62.8 75.8
2022 65.8 76.2
2023 69.0 74.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Investments

Asset Allocation for Houston Municipal, 2023

Category Percent
Equities 29.0
Fixed Income 22.6
Private Equity 28.2
Real Estate 10.0
Cash 3.2
Other 0.0
Commodities 0.0
Hedge Fund 7.0
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 Houston Municipal, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Equities Fixed Income Private Equity Real Estate Cash Other Commodities Hedge Fund Misc. Alternatives
2001 52.5 19.4 0.0 12.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8
2002 47.8 20.5 0.0 18.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.2
2003 49.4 17.6 0.0 17.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4
2004 52.9 16.1 0.0 16.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8
2005 54.0 16.0 0.0 14.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4
2006 48.6 18.4 0.0 16.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.2
2007 51.6 17.3 0.0 15.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.9
2008 43.5 18.6 0.0 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.0
2009 45.4 23.9 13.7 14.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 46.3 28.5 14.5 9.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0
2011 48.7 26.2 12.6 9.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0
2012 44.8 25.4 15.4 9.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 4.7 0.0
2013 45.2 24.1 14.0 8.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.0
2014 41.0 25.5 14.5 9.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 8.7 0.0
2015 33.5 29.3 17.4 9.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 8.6 0.0
2016 33.6 23.7 19.8 12.1 2.7 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0
2017 35.7 25.2 20.6 10.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.0
2018 33.0 28.1 21.2 10.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0
2019 32.4 27.6 22.9 10.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 5.8 0.0
2020 31.6 22.8 26.5 11.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.4 0.0
2021 31.2 21.1 28.8 9.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.0
2022 26.4 21.6 31.4 10.7 4.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 0.0
2023 29.0 22.6 28.2 10.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0

Source: Public Plans Database

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Annual Return as of June 30 for Houston Municipal, 2001-2023

Fiscal Year Houston Municipal Assumed return
2001 -4.08 8.50
2002 -6.97 8.50
2003 3.55 8.50
2004 18.64 8.50
2005 13.85 8.50
2006 18.11 8.50
2007 18.64 8.50
2008 0.47 8.50
2009 -16.00 8.50
2010 12.20 8.50
2011 22.20 8.50
2012 -0.10 8.50
2013 13.60 8.50
2014 16.40 8.50
2015 3.40 8.00
2016 1.60 7.00
2017 12.70 7.00
2018 9.33 7.00
2019 7.20 7.00
2020 -0.90 7.00
2021 38.70 7.00
2022 5.20 7.00
2023 6.20 7.00

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Cash Flows

Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
Houston Municipal
2001-2023

Fiscal Year Cash Flow Assets
2001 -11.8 1,407.5
2002 -28.4 1,271.7
2003 -39.5 1,266.2
2004 -75.6 1,418.7
2005 204.5 1,824.9
2006 -72.3 2,052.3
2007 -74.0 2,344.6
2008 -83.3 2,262.0
2009 -92.1 1,730.1
2010 -97.6 1,828.5
2011 -91.3 2,129.4
2012 -93.9 2,024.2
2013 -92.8 2,196.6
2014 -84.7 2,464.4
2015 -82.3 2,456.5
2016 -85.8 2,400.0
2017 -89.5 2,602.7
2018 158.3 2,988.9
2019 -89.0 3,101.0
2020 -104.5 2,881.8
2021 -99.6 3,867.1
2022 -104.6 3,952.4
2023 -102.0 4,072.3

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
Houston Municipal
2001-2023

Fiscal Year Houston Municipal National Average
2001 -0.8 -2.0
2002 -2.2 -2.4
2003 -3.1 -2.5
2004 -5.3 -1.8
2005 11.2 -2.2
2006 -3.5 -2.2
2007 -3.2 -2.0
2008 -3.7 -2.1
2009 -5.3 -3.1
2010 -5.3 -3.2
2011 -4.3 -3.0
2012 -4.6 -3.2
2013 -4.2 -3.1
2014 -3.4 -2.9
2015 -3.4 -2.7
2016 -3.6 -2.9
2017 -3.4 -2.8
2018 5.3 -2.4
2019 -2.9 -2.4
2020 -3.6 -2.3
2021 -2.6 -2.0
2022 -2.6 -1.9
2023 -2.5 -1.9

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Benefits

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