Your Retiree Annual Statement is now available in Retirement Online! Retirees who opted to go paperless already received an email notifying them that their Statement is available in their Retirement Online account.
If you did not change your delivery preference to email, your Statement will be mailed by the end of February.
Get Your Statement Online Now
Whether you chose email delivery or not, you can access your Statement in your Retirement Online account now. To view, save or print your Statement:
- Sign in to Retirement Online.
- From your Account Homepage, click the “View My Retiree Annual Statement” button.
- Follow the prompts.
If you don’t have an account, you can find step-by-step instructions for registering in the Tools & Tips section of the Retirement Online page.
Inside Your Retiree Annual Statement
Your Statement has a new look this year, but it still contains the same information you receive every year about your benefit amount, deductions and tax withholding. Your Retiree Annual Statement includes:
- Your NYSLRS ID. To protect your privacy, use this number instead of your Social Security number when conducting business with NYSLRS.
- The total amount of your annual benefit. (This is your base benefit, before taxes, deductions and credits.)
- Your total net benefit for the year. (This is your benefit after taxes, deductions and credits.)
- The total amount of any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), if you are eligible.
- Your total Medicare credits (if eligible).
- Federal tax withholding (if applicable).
- Other deductions taken from your pension, such as payments to an alternate payee or union dues.
- Health insurance premiums. (NYSLRS doesn’t administer health insurance benefits, but we deduct retiree premiums at the request of your former employer.)
Next Year Don’t Wait for the Mail
Going forward, your Statement will be available online in early February each year.
Update your delivery preference now to receive an email as soon as next year’s Retiree Annual Statement is available online:
- Sign in to Retirement Online.
- From your Account Homepage, click the “update” link next to ‘Retiree Annual Statement by.’
- Choose “Email” from the dropdown.
If you choose to receive your Statement by email, you will not receive a printed copy in the mail.
Use Retirement Online to Stay Informed
Your Statement is a snapshot of your NYSLRS account as of December 31, 2023. For the most up-to-date information year-round, sign in to Retirement Online. If you don’t already have an account, you can learn more or register today.
In Retirement Online, you can view pay stubs for your benefit payments. Check them if you have a question or to track year-to-date totals of your pension benefit as well as any deductions for health insurance, union dues, tax withholding or disbursements under a domestic relations order.
Your Statement is Not a Tax Document
While your Retiree Annual Statement does include information about your benefit payments and tax withholding, it is not a tax document. If your pension is taxable, you should have received a 1099-R tax form (either through your Retirement Online account or by mail, depending on your delivery preference) for filing your taxes.
Hi, I work full time and show a service credit of .89 years from 4/1/22 to 3/31/23 is this correct? I thought it would be one year.
For account-specific questions about your service credit, please call our customer service representatives at 866-805-0990, press 2, then follow the prompts. You can also message them using our secure contact form. Filling out the secure form allows them to safely contact you about your personal account information.
Thank you for the good work you all perform for us in the NYSLRS offices.
Please send me my Retirement Annual Statement
If you did not sign up for email delivery of your Retiree Annual Statement, it will be mailed to you by the end of February.
Who do I contact to get my information? I don’t think I ever set one up.
To sign up for a Retirement Online account:
· Go to the Retirement Online Sign In page.
· Click the ‘Sign Up’ link in the Members, Retirees and Beneficiaries area.
· Follow the prompts.
You can also find a step-by-step guide to registering in the Tools & Tips section of the Retirement Online page.
I have been trying to sign up online for over a year. Keep getting errors that I don’t exist. I sent emails and called several times but the wait is 1-2 hrs’
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We were unable to reach you at the email address you provided. Please submit another comment and provide a good email address when you complete the comment form (we will not publicly post your email address).
When will we receive our adjustments for the PEF raise several years ago?
NYSLRS is working hard to complete recalculations and to provide retroactive payments as quickly as possible. A large number of retroactive contract settlements and accruals were recently reported for our retirees and we are still in the midst of making these adjustments. We apologize for the length of time this is taking. Most initial pension payments are made by the end of the month following retirement and are close to a retiree’s final calculation. Thank you for your patience.
Do you have to apply for the recalculation, or is it done automatically. Thank you
If you retired from New York State and you receive a retroactive payment after you retire, we will recalculate your pension automatically.
If you retired from a non-State employer and you receive a retroactive payment after you retire, send a letter to our Recalculation Unit in the Benefit Calculations & Disbursement Services Bureau.
You can find more information, including the mailing address, on our blog post Retroactive Payments and Your NYSLRS Pension.