6835 Capitol Boulevard
Tumwater, WA 98501
Post Office Box 48380
Olympia, WA 98504-8380
Sandra J. Matheson
DRS communications (360) 664-7097
In the 1930s and 1940s, retirement systems were created for the state’s public employees, teachers, judges, law enforcement officers and fire fighters. Each was independently administered until 1976, when the Legislature created the Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) to serve as the administrator over all public retirement systems. In 1996, administration of the state’s Deferred Compensation and Dependent Care programs (for eligible public employees) was transferred to DRS.