LABF

Laborers’ & Retirement Board Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Covers City of Chicago laborers and other manual-labor employees. Was over 100% funded as recently as 2001.

Accrued liability vs. assets

Market value (solid), actuarial smoothed value (dashed), liability (shaded)

Accrued liability is the present value of benefits already earned by current and former employees. The gap between the liability band and the market-value line is the unfunded liability on a market basis.

Source: Public Plans Database

Funded ratio

Market basis (solid), actuarial basis (dashed)

Funded ratio is assets divided by liabilities. The solid line uses market-value assets; the dashed line uses actuarial (smoothed) assets, which is what governs the legal funding policy.

Source: Public Plans Database

Year-by-year detail

FYAALMVAAVAUAAL (MVA)Funded (MVA)Funded (AVA)
2024$3.09B$1.26B$1.32B$1.87B40.8%42.6%
2023$3.03B$1.18B$1.28B$1.89B39.0%42.1%
2022$2.79B$1.13B$1.24B$1.69B40.5%44.5%
2021$2.76B$1.33B$1.23B$1.57B48.3%44.5%
2020$2.74B$1.27B$1.18B$1.59B46.4%43.0%
2019$2.70B$1.19B$1.15B$1.59B44.0%42.6%
2018$2.65B$1.09B$1.19B$1.60B41.3%44.7%
2017$2.58B$1.27B$1.25B$1.36B49.2%48.3%
2016$2.51B$1.17B$1.26B$2.53B46.5%50.4%
2015$2.47B$1.24B$1.31B$2.47B50.2%53.0%
2014$2.11B$1.39B$1.36B$0.77B65.9%64.4%
2013$2.38B$1.46B$1.35B$0.93B61.2%56.8%
2012$2.34B$1.37B$1.32B$0.97B58.7%56.3%
2011$2.15B$1.31B$1.42B$0.84B61.0%66.1%
2010$2.03B$1.43B$1.53B$0.60B70.3%75.3%
2009$1.98B$1.33B$1.60B$0.64B67.5%81.0%
2008$1.92B$1.19B$1.70B$0.73B62.1%88.7%
2007$1.81B$1.78B$1.76B$0.03B98.6%97.2%
2006$1.77B$1.74B$1.66B$0.03B98.4%94.1%
2005$1.74B$1.66B$1.64B$0.08B95.2%93.9%
2004$1.67B$1.64B$1.65B$0.04B97.8%98.5%
2003$1.63B$1.55B$1.68B$0.08B95.3%103.2%
2002$1.54B$1.39B$1.72B$0.15B90.1%111.3%
2001$1.40B$1.57B$1.76B$-0.17B112.0%125.2%
2000$1.30B$1.65B$1.74B$-0.35B127.0%133.9%
1999$1.31B$1.68B$1.69B$-0.37B128.6%129.1%
1998$1.29B$1.62B$1.53B$-0.32B125.0%118.4%
1997$1.04B$1.40B$1.33B$-0.36B134.9%127.6%