Members (for active members, inactive members, and beneficiaries of members)
Publications
Subject List
30 Years of Service
Deferred Compensation Program
- DCP Distribution Booklet
- DCP Enrollment Booklet
- DCP Overview
- DCP Stay in the Plan
- DCP Update Newsletters
Disability Benefits
- LEOFF Plan 1 Disability Benefits
- LEOFF Plan 1 Disability Board Guidelines
- LEOFF Plan 2 Disability Benefits
- PERS Disability Benefits
- PSERS Plan 2 Disability Benefits
- SERS Disability Benefits
- TRS Plan 1 Disability Benefits
- TRS Plan 2 & 3 Disability Benefits
Dual Membership
Early Retirement
Elected Officials
Judicial Benefit Multiplier Program
- Judicial Benefit Multiplier Brochure (PERS)
- For judicial members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
- Judicial Benefit Multiplier Brochure (TRS Plan 1)
- For judicial members of the Teachers' Retirement System Plan 1.
Legal Orders & Property Division
- Can Legal Action Affect My Retirement Account?
- How Can a Property Division Affect My Retirement Account?
Member Handbooks
- Judicial Retirement System Handbook
- LEOFF Plan 1 Handbook
- LEOFF Plan 2 Handbook
- PERS Plan 1 Handbook
- PERS Plan 2 Handbook
- PERS Plan 3 Handbook
- PSERS Plan 2 Handbook
- SERS Plan 2 Handbook
- SERS Plan 3 Handbook
- TRS Plan 1 Handbook
- TRS Plan 2 Handbook
- TRS Plan 3 Handbook
- WSPRS Plan 1 Handbook
- WSPRS Plan 2 Handbook
Military Service Credit
- LEOFF Plan 1 Military Service Credit
- PERS Plan 1 Interruptive Military Service Credit
- PERS Plan 1 Non-interruptive Military Service Credit
- Plan 2 and Plan 3 Military Service Credit
- TRS Plan 1 Military Service Credit
- WSPRS Plan 1 Interruptive Military Service Credit
- WSPRS Plan 1 Non-interruptive Military Service Credit
Nearing Retirement
New Members
- A Guide to Your Plan 3 Quarterly Statement
- Plan Choice Booklet
- Retirement Outlook for active members
Plan 3
- PERS ICMA-RC Publications
- PERS Plan 3 Report Library
- Plan 3 Change of Investment Program
- Use this form to change the investment program for your future contributions.
- Plan 3 Investment Guide
- The guide provides fund descriptions, fees, processing rules, and other information for both Self-Directed and WSIB investment programs.
- SERS ICMA-RC Publications
- SERS Plan 3 Report Library
- TRS ICMA-RC Publications
- TRS Plan 3 Report Library
Plan Choice
- Plan Choice Booklet
- New members of PERS, SERS and TRS have 90 days to choose between two different pension plans – Plan 2 or Plan 3. Inside this booklet you’ll find information, tools and resources that will help you determine your goals for retirement and how to best meet them.
Post-Retirement Information
- Can I Change My Benefit Option or Beneficiary Designation After I Retire?
- LEOFF Plan 1 Thinking About Working After Retirement?
- LEOFF Plan 2 Thinking About Working After Retirement?
- PERS Plan 1 Thinking About Working After Retirement?
- PSERS Plan 2 Thinking About Working After Retirement
- TRS Plan 1 Thinking about working after retirement
- TRS Plan 2 and Plan 3 Thinking About Working After Retirement?
- Thinking About Working After Retirement? (PERS and SERS Plans 2 and 3)
- For Plan 2 and Plan 3 Members of the Public Employees' (PERS) and School Employees' (SERS) Retirement Systems
- WSPRS Thinking About Working After Retirement?
Retirement Outlook Newsletter
Service Credit
- Purchasing Additional Service Credit
- Using Service Credit Earned Outside TRS (Plan 2)
- Includes an application in the PDF.
- Using Service Credit Earned Outside TRS (Plan 3)
- Includes an application in the PDF.
Substitutes
- SERS Plan 2 and Plan 3 Substitute's Guide (Includes Form)
- For substitute teachers who belong to SERS Plan 2 or Plan 3.
- TRS Plan 1 Substitute Teacher's Guide to Obtaining Service Credit (Includes Form)
- For Substitute Teachers who belong to TRS Plan 1.
- TRS Plan 2 and Plan 3 Substitute's Guide (Includes Form)
- For substitute teachers who belong to TRS Plan 2 or Plan 3.
Withdrawals & Service Credit Recovery Information
- Furlough Summary for PERS Employers
- If you’re a PERS member with questions on the impact of furloughs during the 2009-2011 biennium, this furlough summary can help.
- How Career Transitions Affect your Retirement Accounts
- Should you leave or change jobs, our career transitions information can help you understand the retirement account decisions you’ll need to make.
- Recovery of Withdrawn or Optional Service Credit (Plan 1)
- Recovery of Withdrawn or Optional Service Credit (Plan 2)
- Recovery of Withdrawn or Optional Service Credit (Plan 3)
- WSPRS Recovery of Withdrawn or Optional Service Credit
- Withdrawal of Retirement Contributions (For Plan 1 and Plan 2 - Includes Form)
- For Plan 1 and Plan 2 members who have terminated retirement covered-employment and who are eligible for withdrawal of contributions and interest earned. When completing the request to withdraw your contributions, members need to also complete an IRS form W-9 to verify Social Security number prior to payment.
- Withdrawal of Retirement Contributions (For Plan 3 - Includes Form)
- See Plan 3 Request for Payment of Defined Contribution Funds.