The Employer Contribution Rate (ECR) is the percentage of member payroll employers contribute to NYSTRS.
This rate is determined annually through an actuarial valuation of NYSTRS' assets and liabilities. These contributions have been collected without fail throughout the System's history, keeping NYSTRS among the most secure plans in the country.
The current rates are as follows:
| To be Collected |
ECR |
Applicable to |
| Fall 2017 |
11.72% |
2016-17 School Year Salaries |
| Fall 2016 |
13.26% |
2015-16 School Year Salaries |
| Fall 2015 |
17.53% |
2014-15 School Year Salaries |
The ECR for 2016-17 school year salaries is 11.72%. Administrative Bulletin 2016-6 provides additional information.
The estimated ECR applicable to 2017-18 school year salaries is 9.80%. Read more in Administrative Bulletin 2017-1. The Retirement Board will adopt the 2017-18 ECR at its July meeting and an Administrative Bulletin formalizing this rate will be issued soon thereafter.
In spring 2017, the last of the 10 employers that elected to participate in the Stable Contribution Option (SCO) program provided for under Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2013 opted out of that plan. See Administrative Bulletin 2013-2 for details on the SCO.
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