Policymakers need better information—including successful models—to help develop financially sound retirement systems that protect taxpayers, maintain the government’s ability to deliver important public services, and put state and local workers on the path to a secure retirement.
But there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Every city and state has a unique set of policy preferences and budgetary challenges, and will choose its own approach. Pew provides the nonpartisan, evidence-based data and analysis that policymakers need to ensure that public sector retirement systems are financially sound for current and future workers, retirees, and taxpayers.
