Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System Basics, by Plan
Plan |
Assets (millions) |
Total Members |
Arlington County ERS |
3,280.6 |
8,805 |
Other Plans |
0 |
0 |
Total |
3,280.6 |
8,805 |
Source: Public Plans Database (as of 2024)
Note: Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System has 0 other plans.
Assets
Assets at Year-End
Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System
2001-2024
Fiscal Year |
Net Assets (billions) |
2001 |
1.1 |
2002 |
1.0 |
2003 |
1.0 |
2004 |
1.1 |
2005 |
1.2 |
2006 |
1.3 |
2007 |
1.5 |
2008 |
1.2 |
2009 |
1.1 |
2010 |
1.3 |
2011 |
1.5 |
2012 |
1.5 |
2013 |
1.7 |
2014 |
2.0 |
2015 |
2.0 |
2016 |
2.0 |
2017 |
2.2 |
2018 |
2.3 |
2019 |
2.4 |
2020 |
2.5 |
2021 |
3.2 |
2022 |
2.8 |
2023 |
3.0 |
2024 |
3.3 |
Membership
Ratio of Actives to Beneficiaries, 2001-2024
Fiscal Year |
Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System |
US State and Local Pensions |
2001 |
null |
2.4 |
2002 |
null |
2.3 |
2003 |
null |
2.2 |
2004 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
2005 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
2006 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
2007 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
2008 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
2009 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
2010 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
2011 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
2012 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
2013 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
2014 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2015 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2016 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
2017 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2018 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2019 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2020 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2021 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2022 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2023 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2024 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2024 Membership for Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System
Actives |
Beneficiaries |
Inactive Vested |
Total Membership |
# of Participating Employers |
3,631 |
4,163 |
817 |
8,805 |
1 |
Cash Flows
Cash Flow vs. Total Assets (Millions)
Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System
2001-2024
Fiscal Year |
Cash Flow |
Assets |
2001 |
-41.4 |
1,080.1 |
2002 |
-37.1 |
998.5 |
2003 |
-30.8 |
1,008.2 |
2004 |
-34.3 |
1,133.0 |
2005 |
-33.2 |
1,198.1 |
2006 |
-32.3 |
1,299.4 |
2007 |
-26.6 |
1,487.8 |
2008 |
-33.2 |
1,198.1 |
2009 |
-21.1 |
1,146.0 |
2010 |
-20.8 |
1,271.4 |
2011 |
-23.2 |
1,535.8 |
2012 |
-22.3 |
1,517.3 |
2013 |
-24.0 |
1,696.8 |
2014 |
-22.1 |
1,979.6 |
2015 |
-21.9 |
1,995.0 |
2016 |
-30.3 |
1,963.5 |
2017 |
-37.0 |
2,173.8 |
2018 |
-39.1 |
2,303.1 |
2019 |
-43.0 |
2,413.3 |
2020 |
-42.9 |
2,527.2 |
2021 |
-47.5 |
3,187.9 |
2022 |
-52.6 |
2,813.9 |
2023 |
-53.1 |
2,976.1 |
2024 |
-54.6 |
3,280.6 |
2024 Cash Flows for Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System (millions)
Inflows |
Outflows |
Investment Gains (losses) |
Change in Net Assets |
87.7 |
142.3 |
359.1 |
304.5 |
Cash Flow as a Percentage of Assets
Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System
2001-2024
Fiscal Year |
Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System |
National Average |
2001 |
-3.8 |
-2.1 |
2002 |
-3.7 |
-2.0 |
2003 |
-3.1 |
-2.5 |
2004 |
-3.0 |
-2.0 |
2005 |
-2.8 |
-2.2 |
2006 |
-2.5 |
-2.5 |
2007 |
-1.8 |
-2.1 |
2008 |
-2.8 |
-2.4 |
2009 |
-1.8 |
-3.2 |
2010 |
-1.6 |
-3.2 |
2011 |
-1.5 |
-3.1 |
2012 |
-1.5 |
-3.3 |
2013 |
-1.4 |
-3.2 |
2014 |
-1.1 |
-2.9 |
2015 |
-1.1 |
-2.8 |
2016 |
-1.5 |
-3.0 |
2017 |
-1.7 |
-2.9 |
2018 |
-1.7 |
-2.6 |
2019 |
-1.8 |
-2.6 |
2020 |
-1.7 |
-2.4 |
2021 |
-1.5 |
-2.1 |
2022 |
-1.9 |
-2.1 |
2023 |
-1.8 |
-2.2 |
2024 |
-1.7 |
-2.0 |