DRS Notice 25-015, Contribution Rate Changes for SERS and TRS
Posted on July 24, 2025
Applies to: All Employers
Subject: DRS Notice 25-015, Contribution Rate Changes for SERS and TRS
Pension contribution rates
The contribution rates presented in the chart below become effective Sept. 1, 2025.
Contribution rate changes for SERS and TRS are based on ESSB 5357.
Employers who have additional questions regarding this notice should contact DRS Employer Support Services at 360-664-7200, option 2, or 800-547-6657, option 6, option 2, or email us.
| Contribution Rates Effective 9/1/2025 (Employer rates include 0.20% DRS administrative expense rate) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Bold indicates rate change) | Plan 1 | Plan 2 | ||
| School Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) | ||||
| Member Contribution Rate | NA | NA | 6.87% | 0.0687 |
| Employer Contribution Rate | NA | NA | 7.07%* | 0.0707* |
| Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) | ||||
| Member Contribution Rate | 6.00% | 0.0600 | 7.54% | 0.0754 |
| Employer Contribution Rate | 7.74% | 0.0774 | 7.74%* | 0.0774* |
| TRS State Government Elected Officials | ||||
| Member Contribution Rate | 7.50% | 0.0750 | 7.54% | 0.0754 |
| Employer Contribution Rate | 7.74% | 0.0774 | 7.74%* | 0.0774* |
| TRS JBM State Agencies – Supreme Court Justices, Appeals and Superior Court Judges | ||||
| Member Contribution Rate | 9.76% | 0.0976 | NA | NA |
| Employer Contribution Rate | 7.74% | 0.0774 | NA | NA |
