As part of the SOA’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program, you'll find links on this page to studies, tables, reports and documents on retirement plans, as well as mortality and longevity statistics as they relate to these programs. Helpful tools link to a longevity illustrator and a multi-employer plan metrics calculator.
Dale Hall discusses mortality tables and the MP-2017 mortality improvement scale.
Updated NFL, MLB and Musicians’ Pension Stats
Pension plan stats sheets for the NFL and MLB players and the American Federation of Musicians pension plans.
National Basketball Association Players Pension Stats
Pension stats sheet for the National Basketball Association for 2018.
Population Aging, Implications for Asset Values, and Impact for Pension Plans: An International Study
The Society of Actuaries is pleased to make available material for a multi-phased research effort investigating Population Aging and its impact on pension plans.
Updated Entertainment Industry Pension Stats
Pension stats sheets for a number of entertainment industry pension plans.
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RP-2014 Mortality Tables
The RP-2014 mortality tables presented in this report and the Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2014 presented in the companion report form a new basis for the measurement of retirement program obligations in the United States.
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U.S. Public Pension Plan Contribution Analysis
This study explores contribution indices—metrics developed by the SOA that compare pension plan contributions to benchmarks that represent the contribution level needed to pay down unfunded liabilities—for contributions among 160 state and large city public sector pension plans in the United States.
