L.117 Private and public pension funds1

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Line Description Series 2023 2024 2025 2024:Q3 2024:Q4 2025:Q1 2025:Q2 2025:Q3 2025:Q4
Line 1 Total financial assets2 FL594090005 26513.3 28169.3 29824.8 28095.6 28169.3 27947.9 28861.6 29568.5 29824.8
Line 2 Checkable deposits and currency FL593020005 42.7 64.9 50.0 61.4 64.9 54.2 43.6 50.1 50.0
Line 3 Time and savings deposits FL593030005 16.8 13.8 13.1 14.0 13.8 13.6 13.5 13.3 13.1
Line 4 Money market fund shares FL593034005 220.9 234.5 267.8 230.3 234.5 236.5 248.5 260.8 267.8
Line 5 Security repurchase agreements FL592051005 73.4 123.4 171.3 91.9 123.4 122.3 122.8 158.1 171.3
Line 6 Debt securities LM594022005 2788.9 2993.9 3307.8 3068.4 2993.9 3077.7 3148.0 3266.7 3307.8
Line 7 Open market paper FL593069105 46.7 45.8 45.7 44.2 45.8 44.6 44.7 45.3 45.7
Line 8 Treasury securities LM593061105 907.4 1012.8 1157.5 1045.6 1012.8 1055.5 1072.4 1138.3 1157.5
Line 9 Agency- and GSE-backed securities LM593061705 416.7 453.3 513.0 455.7 453.3 463.4 489.8 502.5 513.0
Line 10 Municipal securities LM593062045 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Line 11 Corporate and foreign bonds LM593063005 1418.1 1481.9 1591.5 1523.0 1481.9 1514.2 1541.1 1580.6 1591.5
Line 12 Loans FL594023005 2964.6 3209.8 3600.2 3025.8 3209.8 3196.1 3066.8 3294.6 3600.2
Line 13 Other loans and advances3 FL343069005 2934.4 3176.0 3563.4 2993.6 3176.0 3161.7 3031.3 3258.5 3563.4
Line 14 Mortgages FL593065005 30.2 33.8 36.8 32.2 33.8 34.4 35.5 36.0 36.8
Line 15 Corporate equities LM593064105 7380.7 8480.3 9875.7 8425.3 8480.3 8085.8 8867.1 9674.6 9875.7
Line 16 Mutual fund shares LM593064205 5321.8 5764.9 5933.8 5889.1 5764.9 5599.7 5972.9 5946.6 5933.8
Line 17 Miscellaneous assets FL593090005 7703.5 7283.9 6605.1 7289.3 7283.9 7562.1 7378.4 6903.8 6605.1
Line 18 Unallocated insurance contracts4 FL593095005 887.2 915.6 942.9 917.4 915.6 911.5 928.1 940.0 942.9
Line 19 Contributions receivable FL573074005 77.3 81.0 85.6 80.1 81.0 82.0 82.9 84.7 85.6
Line 20 Claims of pension fund on sponsor5 FL593073005 4702.0 4239.0 3433.2 4224.9 4239.0 4521.9 4268.9 3769.7 3433.2
Line 21 Other FL593093005 2037.0 2048.3 2143.3 2066.9 2048.3 2046.7 2098.6 2109.4 2143.3
Line 22 Pension entitlements (liabilities)6 FL594190005 26702.5 28355.6 30015.3 28282.0 28355.6 28134.3 29045.4 29758.5 30015.3
 
Memo:
Line 23 Pension entitlements of defined benefit plans FL594190045 16052.4 16353.3 16597.5 16278.8 16353.3 16413.7 16475.5 16536.9 16597.5
Line 24 Funded by assets7 FL592000075 11350.5 12114.3 13164.3 12053.9 12114.3 11891.8 12206.6 12767.2 13164.3
Line 25 Unfunded (line 20) FL593073045 4702.0 4239.0 3433.2 4224.9 4239.0 4521.9 4268.9 3769.7 3433.2
Line 26 Household retirement assets8 FL153050015 45078.0 49016.0 48959.6 49016.0 48548.9 50763.4 52518.8
Line 27 Defined benefit plans FL594190045 16052.4 16353.3 16597.5 16278.8 16353.3 16413.7 16475.5 16536.9 16597.5
Line 28 Defined contribution plans FL594090055 10650.1 12002.4 13417.8 12003.2 12002.4 11720.6 12569.8 13221.5 13417.8
Line 29 Individual retirement plans (IRAs)9 LM893131573 15000.0 17000.0 17030.0 17000.0 16784.0 17960.0 18894.0
Line 30 Annuities at life insurance companies10 FL543150015 3375.5 3660.4 3647.6 3660.4 3630.5 3758.1 3866.3

Notes:

  1. Sum of private, state and local government employee, and federal government defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans.
  2. Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 29.
  3. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  4. Nonmarketable Treasury securities classified as loans and suspended reinvestments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund.
  5. Includes products sold by life insurance companies, such as variable annuities and guaranteed investment contracts; series begins 1985:Q4.
  6. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  7. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  8. Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  9. Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
  10. IRA assets are not included above. See memo items on table L.229 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.

Last Update: 2026-03-19