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The Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) retirement plan is available to all employees in permanent, probationary or time-limited positions of at least 9 months and 30 hours per week.

 

The Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System is a defined benefit program. The employee contributes 6%, and the State contributes amounts that vary from year to year. State contributions fund the system and are not a part of the employee's individual account. Participants are vested in the State's contributions after five years of service. After one year of employment, members are automatically eligible for a death benefit equal to the amount of the employee's annual salary with a minimum payment of $25,000 and a maximum of $50,000. 

 

Retirees, please call:
1-877-733-4191 (toll-free)
919-733-4191 (within local calling distance)

Working employees, please call:
1-877-627-3287 (toll-free)
919-807-3050 (within local calling distance)

 

Retirement Benefits Estimator 

 

For more information about TSERS, please see the Online Catalog, or email or call Lisa Honeycutt at 232-5114. 

 

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