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Kansas City (MO) Fire Basics

Established 1953
Currently open to new hires
Plan covers police and/or fire
Plan members 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, Kansas City (MO) Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Net Assets (billions)
2001	0.33
2002	0.33
2003	0.30
2004	0.36
2005	0.37
2006	0.43
2007	0.46
2008	0.43
2009	0.29
2010	0.38
2011	0.41
2012	0.40
2013	0.43
2014	0.47
2015	0.49
2016	0.47
2017	0.51
2018	0.54
2019	0.56
2020	0.53
2021	0.67
2022	0.63

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

Source: Public Plans Database

National data averages are weighted by plan size.

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2022 Membership for Kansas City (MO) Fire

Actives	Beneficiaries	Total Membership
1,004	950	1,965

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 Kansas City (MO) 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	19.4	0.0	13.5	19.4
2002	18.5	0.0	14.9	18.5
2003	19.4	0.0	19.3	19.4
2004	19.3	2.7	20.1	21.9
2005	19.1	2.3	24.8	21.5
2006	19.3	1.5	26.3	20.9
2007	19.2	0.0	27.8	19.1
2008	19.4	0.0	30.0	17.1
2009	19.2	0.0	32.9	17.7
2010	20.1	12.8	33.1	33.0
2011	19.8	4.9	35.0	24.7
2012	19.3	4.1	36.8	23.4
2013	22.5	3.9	37.5	26.4
2014	19.9	7.4	34.3	27.2
2015	27.4	0.0	34.4	27.3
2016	28.9	0.0	35.3	28.8
2017	26.0	0.0	34.0	25.9
2018	26.3	0.0	35.1	26.1
2019	29.3	0.0	36.7	28.9
2020	31.2	0.0	35.7	30.9
2021	34.7	0.0	37.3	34.3
2022	37.5	0.0	37.4	37.5

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 Kansas City (MO) Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Kansas City (MO) Fire	National Data
2001	93.9	101.7
2002	87.4	94.8
2003	82.3	89.0
2004	83.0	87.2
2005	84.6	85.4
2006	87.9	85.3
2007	92.1	86.3
2008	93.4	84.4
2009	69.7	78.4
2010	84.3	75.7
2011	81.9	74.3
2012	78.5	72.3
2013	76.4	71.9
2014	77.6	73.2
2015	78.9	73.2
2016	78.3	71.6
2017	70.5	72.1
2018	70.8	72.4
2019	70.3	72.5
2020	68.9	72.7
2021	72.2	76.2
2022	72.8	77.1

Source: Public Plans Database

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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 Kansas City (MO) Fire, 2022

Category	Percent
Equities	33.2
Fixed Income	29.6
Private Equity	0.8
Real Estate	18.5
Cash	0.0
Other	0.0
Commodities	0.0
Hedge Fund	18.0
Misc. Alternatives	0.0

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 Kansas City (MO) Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Equities	Fixed Income	Private Equity	Real Estate	Cash	Other	Commodities	Hedge Fund	Misc. Alternatives
2001	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2002	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2003	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2004	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2005	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2006	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2007	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2008	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2009	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2010	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2011	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2012	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2013	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2014	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2015	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2016	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
2017	38.4	28.2	2.1	13.5	0.0	0.0	3.5	14.4	0.0
2018	36.5	29.9	1.8	13.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.9	0.0
2019	35.5	30.2	1.4	13.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.7	0.0
2020	38.4	31.3	1.1	13.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.1	0.0
2021	39.9	30.5	1.0	13.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.6	0.0
2022	33.2	29.6	0.8	18.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0

Source: Public Plans Database

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Annual Return as of April 30 for Kansas City (MO) Fire, 2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Kansas City (MO) Fire	Assumed return
2001	-1.48	8.00
2002	0.73	8.00
2003	-6.55	8.00
2004	21.96	8.00
2005	7.16	8.00
2006	17.63	8.00
2007	10.57	8.00
2008	-4.48	7.75
2009	-30.18	7.75
2010	33.41	7.75
2011	13.94	7.75
2012	0.91	7.75
2013	11.08	7.75
2014	10.85	7.50
2015	7.19	7.50
2016	-1.50	7.50
2017	12.89	7.25
2018	9.53	7.25
2019	4.62	7.25
2020	-2.35	7.25
2021	30.32	7.25
2022	-4.45	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

Kansas City (MO) Fire	PPD Sample
6.9	7.8

Annualized 10-Year Return

Kansas City (MO) Fire	PPD Sample
7.4	8.5

Cash Flows

Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
Kansas City (MO) Fire
2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Cash Flow	Assets
2001	-6.3	333.7
2002	-6.6	329.5
2003	-7.6	300.6
2004	-9.7	355.8
2005	-10.0	370.9
2006	-9.9	425.6
2007	-10.0	460.0
2008	-10.4	429.2
2009	-9.6	291.5
2010	-11.0	376.1
2011	-13.1	414.6
2012	-13.8	404.5
2013	-14.4	434.1
2014	-15.0	465.2
2015	-12.1	486.0
2016	-13.6	465.0
2017	-13.7	510.2
2018	-13.7	544.1
2019	-12.6	555.9
2020	-13.2	528.2
2021	-13.0	674.2
2022	-14.6	629.7

Source: Public Plans Database

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2022 Cash Flows for Kansas City (MO) Fire (millions)

Inflows	Outflows	Investment Gains (losses)	Change in Net Assets
38.0	52.6	-29.9	-44.5

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
Kansas City (MO) Fire
2001-2022

Fiscal Year	Kansas City (MO) Fire	National Average
2001	-1.9	-2.0
2002	-2.0	-2.4
2003	-2.5	-2.6
2004	-2.7	-1.8
2005	-2.7	-2.2
2006	-2.3	-2.2
2007	-2.2	-2.0
2008	-2.4	-2.2
2009	-3.3	-3.1
2010	-2.9	-3.2
2011	-3.1	-3.0
2012	-3.4	-3.2
2013	-3.3	-3.1
2014	-3.2	-2.9
2015	-2.5	-2.7
2016	-2.9	-2.9
2017	-2.7	-2.8
2018	-2.5	-2.4
2019	-2.3	-2.4
2020	-2.5	-2.3
2021	-1.9	-2.0
2022	-2.3	-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

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Kansas City (MO) Fire Basics

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2022 Membership for Kansas City (MO) Fire

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2022 Cash Flows for Kansas City (MO) Fire (millions)

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