Retirement Systems Division

Retirement Systems is a division of the Department of State Treasurer.
The Division administers the statutory retirement and benefit plans, as authorized by the General Assembly of North Carolina, which cover employees in the state.

There are approximately 820,000 members covered by the NC Retirement Systems, and more than 1,200 public sector employers. That means one in eight working North Carolinians is a member of the NC Retirement Systems.

The four major retirement systems administered by this Division are:

Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System

Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System

Consolidated Judicial Retirement System

Legislative Retirement System

In addition to the four major retirement systems administered though this Division, responsibility for administration of other programs covers the:

Firemen’s and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund

Disability Income Plan

National Guard Pension Plan

Supplemental Retirement Income Plan

Public Employee Deferred Compensation Plan

Registers of Deeds’ Supplemental Pension Fund