‘Really scary’: Oregon schools, state agencies face another major increase in pension costs in 2027

Link: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/really-scary-oregon-schools-state-agencies-face-another-major-increase-in-pension-costs-in-2027.html

Excerpt:

School districts and state agencies face another major hike in their payments to the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System during the two-year budget cycle starting July 1, 2027, according to new projections released last week.

The tab for individual public employers won’t be clear until December, when system actuary Milliman Inc. releases projected pension contribution rates for each of the system’s 900 participating employers for the next biennium. And those rates won’t be set in stone until next year, when the actuary knows how much the system’s investments earned in 2025.

Author(s): Ted Sickinger

Publication Date: 3 Oct 2025

Publication Site: Oregon Live/The Oregonian