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Atlanta Fire Basics

Established 1978
Currently open to new hires
Plan covers police and/or fire
Plan members not covered by Social Security
Single employer

Assets, Participants, and Benefits

State and local government pension benefits are paid from trust funds to which public employees and their employers contributed while they were working, not from general operating revenues. Trust fund assets are invested and grow over time. The combined value of defined benefit plan assets held by state and local governments as of Q2 2022 decreased to $5.3 trillion, from $5.7 trillion as of Q2 2021 (Federal Reserve Flow of Funds, June 2023). PPD data covers the period from 2001 to the most recently available plan reports, and the historical charts presented in this page mirror the period for which PPD data are available.

Assets at Year-End, Atlanta Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Net Assets (billions)
2001	0.31
2002	0.28
2003	0.32
2004	0.35
2005	0.36
2006	0.37
2007	0.44
2008	0.42
2009	0.37
2010	0.41
2011	0.51
2012	0.51
2013	0.56
2014	0.66
2015	0.64
2016	0.61
2017	0.67
2018	0.72
2019	0.73
2020	0.72
2021	0.93
2022	0.77

Source: Public Plans Database

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State and local employees make up around 10-15 percent of the US workforce. About a quarter of public sector workers are covered by a public pension in lieu of Social Security, including nearly half of all teachers and over two-thirds of firefighters and public safety officers. Public employees live in every city and county in the nation; more than 90 percent retire in the same jurisdiction where they worked. PPD data covers the period from 2001 to the most recently available plan reports, and the historical charts presented in this page mirror the period for which PPD data are available.

Number of Actives per Annuitant, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Atlanta Fire	US State and Local Pensions
2001	1.2	2.4
2002	1.2	2.3
2003	1.1	2.2
2004	1.2	2.1
2005	1.1	2.1
2006	1.2	2.0
2007	1.1	2.0
2008	0.9	1.9
2009	0.9	1.9
2010	0.9	1.8
2011	0.9	1.7
2012	0.9	1.6
2013	1.1	1.5
2014	1.0	1.4
2015	1.1	1.4
2016	1.0	1.4
2017	1.0	1.4
2018	0.9	1.3
2019	0.9	1.3
2020	0.8	1.3
2021	0.8	1.2
2022	0.8	1.2

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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2022 Membership for Atlanta Fire

Actives	Beneficiaries	Total Membership
926	1,101	2,061

Source: Public Plans Database

Costs

The Annual Required Contribution (ARC) is the amount needed to finance benefits accrued each year, plus the cost to amortize unfunded liabilities from past years, minus required employee contributions. It is a projection that matches a yearly payment amount to a particular amortization period, taking into consideration an assortment of assumptions adopted by the plan. In practice, all plans do not calculate the ARC in the same manner. Assumptions used to calculate the ARC reflect actual plan experience, including investment return , actuarial cost, salary growth, total payroll growth and mortality, as well as an adopted amortization method. These assumptions and methods will differ from one plan another, so caution should be taken when comparing ARC between plans. PPD data covers the period from 2001 to the most recently available plan reports, and the historical charts presented in this page mirror the period for which PPD data are available.

Employer's Annual Required Contribution as a Percentage of Payroll and Portion Paid for Atlanta Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Portion of Employer ARC paid	Portion of Employer ARC left unpaid	US Avg Employer ARC	ARC as a Percent of Payroll
2001	null	null	14.9	null
2002	null	null	13.9	null
2003	null	null	19.0	null
2004	null	null	21.7	null
2005	null	null	23.6	null
2006	null	null	24.9	null
2007	null	null	27.5	null
2008	null	null	28.0	null
2009	null	null	29.3	null
2010	null	null	31.3	null
2011	null	null	33.6	null
2012	null	null	34.1	null
2013	39.0	0.0	34.8	39.0
2014	43.8	0.0	34.7	43.8
2015	42.8	0.0	38.2	42.8
2016	35.3	0.0	37.9	35.3
2017	36.7	0.0	37.2	36.7
2018	44.6	0.0	36.8	44.6
2019	40.8	0.0	36.9	40.8
2020	30.3	0.0	37.6	30.3
2021	48.6	0.0	37.8	48.6
2022	49.3	0.0	38.5	49.3

Note: The employer's annual required contribution as a percent of payroll is calculated by dividing the dollar amount reported in the schedule of employer contributions by the covered payroll reported in the schedule of funding. The U.S. Average Employer data reflects the average for plans of similar type and social Security coverage to the plan.

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Actuarial Funding

While funded ratios among pension plans vary substantially, in the aggregate, public pension funding levels rose steadily during the 1990s, due largely to strong returns in global equity markets. Since then, sharp market downturns in 2000-02 and 2008-09 negatively affected asset values and increased unfunded pension liabilities and required contributions. A combination of the market downturns, insufficient contributions (for some plans), and increased benefit levels (also for some plans) resulted in a decline in aggregate funding level between 2001 and 2012, and has since remained relatively stable.

Actuarial Funded Ratio for Atlanta Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Atlanta Fire	National Data
2001	88.2	101.7
2002	83.2	94.8
2003	77.2	89.0
2004	68.2	87.2
2005	58.4	85.4
2006	56.9	85.3
2007	64.2	86.3
2008	57.6	84.4
2009	60.5	78.4
2010	65.8	75.7
2011	69.8	74.3
2012	69.5	72.3
2013	71.5	71.9
2014	80.8	73.2
2015	78.3	73.2
2016	71.9	71.6
2017	74.7	72.1
2018	84.2	72.4
2019	74.2	72.5
2020	74.4	72.7
2021	74.7	76.2
2022	74.6	77.1

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Investments

The major asset allocation classes presented in the PPD are generated from the specific asset classes that plans report. For consistent reporting in the PPD, the individual asset classes reported by plans are categorized as one of eight major asset classes: equity, fixed income, real estate, private equity, hedge funds, commodities, misc. alternative assets, cash, and other. For more details on the PPD allocation data please see documentation.

Asset Allocation for Atlanta Fire, 2022

Category	Percent
Equities	null
Fixed Income	null
Private Equity	null
Real Estate	null
Cash	null
Other	null
Commodities	null
Hedge Fund	null
Misc. Alternatives	null

Source: Public Plans Database

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Asset Allocation for State and Local Pensions, 2022

Category	Percent
Equities	42.7
Fixed Income	20.8
Private Equity	13.0
Real Estate	10.2
Cash	2.1
Other	0.6
Commodities	2.3
Hedge Fund	6.5
Misc. Alternatives	1.8

Note: The most recent year of data contains virtually all the plans in the PPD.

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Asset allocation for Atlanta Fire, 2012-2022

Fiscal Year	Equities	Fixed Income	Private Equity	Real Estate	Cash	Other	Commodities	Hedge Fund	Misc. Alternatives
2012	70.0	30.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	77.0	23.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2014	80.0	19.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
2015	74.3	22.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8
2016	70.4	26.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3
2017	72.9	23.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3
2018	74.1	22.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4
2019	72.2	23.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3
2020	70.2	22.4	0.0	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2021	77.5	18.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
2022	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null

Source: Public Plans Database

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Annual Return as of June 30 for Atlanta Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Atlanta Fire	Assumed return
2001	1.19	8.00
2002	-5.90	8.00
2003	15.47	8.00
2004	9.12	7.75
2005	4.84	7.75
2006	2.68	7.75
2007	14.50	7.75
2008	-4.36	7.75
2009	-13.86	7.75
2010	14.40	7.75
2011	25.58	7.75
2012	1.68	7.75
2013	15.34	7.50
2014	21.01	7.50
2015	0.79	7.50
2016	-1.13	7.50
2017	13.15	7.50
2018	9.85	7.25
2019	5.74	7.25
2020	2.47	7.00
2021	33.28	7.00
2022	-14.72	7.00

Note: The PPD average is for plans with a similar fiscal year end (FYE) date to the plan presented on this page. The FYE date for the majority of plans is either June 30th or December 31st. Those with FYE dates that do not fall on either of those two dates are compared with the June 30th plans. The PPD average return includes plans that report gross returns and returns net of fees.

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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Annualized 5-Year Return

Atlanta Fire	PPD Sample
6.2	7.8

Annualized 10-Year Return

Atlanta Fire	PPD Sample
7.9	8.5

Cash Flows

Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
Atlanta Fire
2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Cash Flow	Assets
2001	-5.1	307.7
2002	-6.3	283.5
2003	-2.7	324.5
2004	-3.5	350.4
2005	-3.2	364.1
2006	-1.5	372.3
2007	9.5	436.5
2008	0.5	418.0
2009	8.9	367.4
2010	-3.1	415.0
2011	-6.9	509.6
2012	-11.3	505.7
2013	-17.3	561.5
2014	-15.3	658.5
2015	-16.5	644.6
2016	-22.1	612.6
2017	-21.4	669.5
2018	-19.8	718.1
2019	-22.9	727.3
2020	-30.4	716.4
2021	-23.3	928.7
2022	-23.6	770.2

Source: Public Plans Database

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2022 Cash Flows for Atlanta Fire (millions)

Inflows	Outflows	Investment Gains (losses)	Change in Net Assets
34.0	57.6	-134.9	-158.5

Source: Public Plans Database

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
Atlanta Fire
2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Atlanta Fire	National Average
2001	-1.6	-2.0
2002	-2.2	-2.4
2003	-0.8	-2.6
2004	-1.0	-1.8
2005	-0.9	-2.2
2006	-0.4	-2.2
2007	2.2	-2.0
2008	0.1	-2.2
2009	2.4	-3.1
2010	-0.7	-3.2
2011	-1.3	-3.0
2012	-2.2	-3.2
2013	-3.1	-3.1
2014	-2.3	-2.9
2015	-2.6	-2.7
2016	-3.6	-2.9
2017	-3.2	-2.8
2018	-2.8	-2.4
2019	-3.2	-2.4
2020	-4.2	-2.3
2021	-2.5	-2.0
2022	-3.1	-1.9

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

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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2022 Membership for Atlanta Fire

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Actuarial Funding

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Cash Flows

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2022 Cash Flows for Atlanta Fire (millions)

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