Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
L.229 Pension Entitlements
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted| Description | Series code | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 Q3 | 2023 Q4 | 2024 Q1 | 2024 Q2 | 2024 Q3 | 2024 Q4 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sectors; pension entitlements; liability | FL893150005 | 28853.9 | 31032.0 | 32803.3 | 29962.9 | 31032.0 | 31834.4 | 32088.1 | 32774.9 | 32803.3 | 1 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (1) | FL543150005 | 3812.6 | 4154.4 | 4349.0 | 4007.7 | 4154.4 | 4265.2 | 4285.8 | 4372.8 | 4349.0 | 2 |
| Private pension funds; total liabilities (2) | FL574190005 | 11201.8 | 12501.3 | 13630.2 | 11756.4 | 12501.3 | 13050.2 | 13188.5 | 13658.7 | 13630.2 | 3 |
| Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets (3) | FL344090005 | 4510.9 | 4691.8 | 4871.9 | 4612.2 | 4691.8 | 4757.5 | 4789.5 | 4848.3 | 4871.9 | 4 |
| State and local government employee retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FL224190005 | 9072.2 | 9364.3 | 9621.2 | 9282.3 | 9364.3 | 9436.4 | 9496.7 | 9565.7 | 9621.2 | 5 |
| Rest of the world; pension entitlement reserve credit from non-U.S. reinsurers; liability | FL263150005 | 256.5 | 320.3 | 331.0 | 304.4 | 320.3 | 325.2 | 327.6 | 329.4 | 331.0 | 6 |
| All sectors; pension entitlements; liability | FL893150005 | 28853.9 | 31032.0 | 32803.3 | 29962.9 | 31032.0 | 31834.4 | 32088.1 | 32774.9 | 32803.3 | 7 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset (4) | FL153050005 | 28368.5 | 30455.7 | 32207.8 | 29409.3 | 30455.7 | 31249.3 | 31498.8 | 32182.3 | 32207.8 | 8 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset | FL543050005 | 484.2 | 575.0 | 594.2 | 552.3 | 575.0 | 583.8 | 588.0 | 591.3 | 594.2 | 9 |
| Life insurance companies; assumed pension entitlement reserve credit from non-U.S. insurers; liability | FL543151905 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 10 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (5) | LM893131573 | 11950.0 | 13556.0 | ND | 12566.0 | 13556.0 | 14307.0 | 14528.0 | 15193.0 | ND | 11 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; IRAs and Keoghs; liability | FL763131573 | 560.1 | 458.2 | ND | 427.9 | 458.2 | 413.1 | 438.2 | 413.2 | ND | 12 |
| Credit unions; IRAs; liability | FL473131573 | 83.0 | 85.4 | ND | 84.9 | 85.4 | 86.2 | 86.8 | 87.4 | ND | 13 |
| Life insurance companies; IRAs; liability | LM543131503 | 738.0 | 804.0 | ND | 776.0 | 804.0 | 824.0 | 829.0 | 846.0 | ND | 14 |
| Money market funds; IRAs; liability | FL633131573 | 440.0 | 563.0 | ND | 533.0 | 563.0 | 578.0 | 604.0 | 630.0 | ND | 15 |
| Mutual funds; IRAs; liability | LM653131573 | 4437.0 | 5084.0 | ND | 4683.0 | 5084.0 | 5426.0 | 5492.0 | 5778.0 | ND | 16 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; IRAs; liability | LM153131575 | 5691.9 | 6561.4 | ND | 6061.1 | 6561.4 | 6979.7 | 7078.0 | 7438.3 | ND | 17 |
NOTES
- Annuities, including those in IRAs.
- Includes unallocated insurance company contracts beginning 1985:Q4.
- Includes the Thrift Savings Plan, the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, and other federal government retirement funds.
- Includes public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, and annuities at life insurance companies. Annuities include those held in individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Social security is excluded.
- Asset of the household and nonprofit organizations sector (tables L.101 and B.101). Figures for depositories (lines 12 and 13) include Keogh accounts. Variable annuities in IRAs are included in the life insurance sector (line 14) and excluded from the money market fund and mutual fund sectors (lines 15 and 16).
Last Update: March 13, 2025