Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System

What Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System does

Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System (SCERS) is a multiple-employer public retirement system established in 1941 under California state law to provide defined benefit pension coverage for Sacramento County public employees. The system serves 33,660 members as of June 30, 2025, broken into 13,952 active members, 14,606 retired members and beneficiaries, and 5,102 deferred members. SCERS administers retirement, disability, survivor, and cost-of-living adjusted benefits backed by a $14.6 billion fund with a 93.5% funded status. Membership is governed by contribution rate tables for both employees and participating public employers (primarily Sacramento County government entities), with benefits calculated based on service credit, final compensation, and membership tier.

The system's operational core consists of a member-facing digital platform — the MySCERS portal at my.scers.gov — which provides retirement applications, benefit and service purchase calculators, appointment scheduling, and account management. In April 2026, SCERS selected Northern Trust to provide asset servicing for its $15 billion portfolio, including global custody, securities lending, and accounting services with integrated financial reporting designed to streamline ACFR production. The system participates in infrastructure fund commitments alongside other U.S. public pensions and invests across diversified asset classes managed by Northern Trust and external managers.

SCERS' business model is structurally distinct from commercial enterprises: the system is funded by mandatory member and employer contributions plus investment returns, does not charge membership fees, and operates under the fiduciary oversight of a Board of Retirement. Distribution is direct-to-member through a multi-channel approach spanning the website, portal, phone support (916-874-9119), email ([email protected]), in-person appointments at the Sacramento headquarters (currently remote following an April 2026 electrical fire, with projected July 6, 2026 reopening), LinkedIn, YouTube, webinars, and email newsletters. Geographically, SCERS is restricted to Sacramento County, California, with no disclosed expansion to other jurisdictions.

Name

Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System

Legal name

Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System

Website

https://scers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SCERS is a Sacramento County, California public retirement system founded in 1941 that administers defined benefit pensions to 33,660 county public employees and retirees, managing a $14.6B fund at 93.5% funded status with member-facing digital tools and Northern Trust asset servicing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Pension Administration

NAICS

Pension Funds (52511), Pension Funds (525110)

akta.pro primary industry

Pensions & Retirement Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAA)

Keywords

• Public pension administration
• Defined benefit pensions
• Retirement benefits management
• Pension fund management
• Government retirement system

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Pension Contributions: SCERS collects contributions from both active members and participating public employers of Sacramento County. Member contributions are deducted from salaries per contribution rate tables, while employers make additional contributions to fund the retirement system.
2. Investment Returns: The $14.6B fund generates returns through diversified investments including infrastructure funds, securities lending, and other asset classes managed by Northern Trust and external investment managers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SCERS is a multiple-employer public retirement system that administers defined benefit pension, disability, and survivor benefits for Sacramento County public employees. The system collects member and employer contributions, manages a $14.6B investment portfolio, and distributes guaranteed lifetime retirement income with cost-of-living adjustments to active, retired, and deferred members through the MySCERS online portal and direct member services.

Product overview

SCERS provides a comprehensive public pension management system serving Sacramento County employees. The core offering includes pension administration services with member-facing digital tools including the MySCERS online portal, Retirement Benefit Calculator, and Service Purchase Calculator. The system manages retirement benefits for 13,952 active members, 14,606 retired members, and 5,102 deferred members with a fund size of $14.6 billion as of June 30, 2025. Services span eligibility determination, contribution management, retirement application processing, and benefit distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Defined Benefit Pension Plan
• MySCERS Portal
• Retirement Benefit Calculator
• Service Purchase Calculator
• Online Retirement Application
• Disability Benefits Disability retirement benefits available to SCERS members who become incapacitated and unable to perform their job duties, providing income protection during working years.
• Survivor Benefits Continued pension benefits and burial allowance payable to eligible beneficiaries after the death of an active member or retired member, including lump-sum and ongoing survivor payments.
• Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) Periodic adjustments to retiree pension benefits designed to maintain purchasing power against inflation, applied to retired member benefit payments on an ongoing basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93.5% funded status
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS): CalPERS is the dominant California state-level public pension system. While it operates at a much larger scale and serves state and municipal agencies, it shares the same defined-benefit, public-sector pension-administration core as SCERS.
• California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS): CalSTRS is California's state-level teachers' pension system. It is comparable to SCERS as a California public defined-benefit pension administrator, though broader in geographic scope and focused on a different employee constituency (educators).

Direct peers

• Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association (CCCERA): CCCERA is a Northern California county retirement system built on the same California public-pension framework, serving Contra Costa County employees with defined benefit administration and member self-service portals comparable to SCERS.
• Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS): OCERS administers retirement benefits for Orange County public employees using the same multiple-employer public-pension structure, California 1937 Act framework, and online member portal model as SCERS.
• Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA): LACERA is a California county-level public retirement system serving LA County employees, structurally near-identical to SCERS — multiple-employer defined benefit plan with member-driven pension administration, serving active, retired, and deferred members from a single county constituency.
• San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA): SDCERA administers retirement benefits for San Diego County employees using the same 1937 Act county-employer pension model as SCERS, serving active, retired, and deferred county-government members.
• Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association (VCERA): VCERA administers retirement benefits for Ventura County employees under California's 1937 Act framework. Operationally comparable to SCERS — defined benefit pension, COLAs, member portals, and reciprocal benefits — for a similar county-government constituency.
• Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA): ACERA is a direct peer — another Bay Area / Northern California county retirement system offering defined benefit pensions, COLAs, and reciprocal benefits with other 1937 Act systems, mirroring SCERS' structure and service model.
• San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association (SBCERA): SBCERA is a Southern California county retirement system with structural parity to SCERS — multiple-employer 1937 Act plan, county-government membership base, and standard defined benefit administration.

Regional players

• Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS): TCDRS is a multi-employer, county-and-district public retirement system serving Texas counties with a defined-benefit model. Comparable to SCERS in function (county-level pension administration) though structurally different (agent multi-employer rather than the 1937 Act model) and operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/%40SCERSyoutube
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scers

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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