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.

Annual cashflow

Contributions in, benefits out, and the resulting net flow

Bars above zero are money coming in from employers and employees. Bars below zero are benefits paid to retirees. The black line is net cashflow. When the net line is negative, the fund relies on investment returns (or principal) to cover benefits.

Source: Public Plans Database

Contribution detail

FYEmployerEmployeeBenefitsNet flowADEC paid
2024$0.15B$0.02B$0.18B$-0.01B87.3%
2023$0.12B$0.02B$0.18B$-0.04B80.7%
2022$0.12B$0.02B$0.17B$-0.04B75.9%
2021$0.08B$0.02B$0.17B$-0.07B54.7%
2020$0.07B$0.02B$0.17B$-0.08B47.3%
2019$0.06B$0.02B$0.16B$-0.09B40.0%
2018$0.05B$0.02B$0.16B$-0.10B37.0%
2017$0.04B$0.02B$0.16B$-0.11B28.5%
2016$0.01B$0.02B$0.16B$-0.13B10.8%
2015$0.01B$0.02B$0.15B$-0.13B15.5%
2014$0.01B$0.02B$0.15B$-0.12B11.5%
2013$0.01B$0.02B$0.15B$-0.12B53.4%
2012$0.01B$0.02B$0.14B$-0.12B39.7%
2011$0.02B$0.02B$0.14B$-0.11B28.6%
2010$0.02B$0.02B$0.13B$-0.10B22.4%
2009$0.02B$0.02B$0.12B$-0.09B15.5%
2008$0.02B$0.02B$0.12B$-0.08B9.2%
2007$0.02B$0.02B$0.11B$-0.08B11.3%
2006$0.00B$0.02B$0.11B$-0.09B9.6%
2005$0.00B$0.02B$0.11B$-0.10B7.4%
2004$0.00B$0.02B$0.11B$-0.09B4.1%
2003$0.00B$0.02B$0.09B$-0.07B
2002$0.00B$0.02B$0.08B$-0.06B
2001$0.00B$0.02B$0.08B$-0.06B
2000$0.00B$0.02B$0.08B
1999$0.01B$0.02B$0.08B
1998$0.02B$0.02B$0.07B
1997$0.02B$0.02B$0.06B

“ADEC paid” is the share of the actuarially determined employer contribution that was actually paid. Chicago first paid 100% in FY 2022. FY2024 employer contribution: $0.15B.