The Illinois Answers pensions database has been archived

The pensions database is no longer being updated and has been taken offline as we focus our resources on new reporting and investigations.

Funding public-employee pension systems is one of the most complex and consequential fiscal challenges facing Illinois taxpayers. To help the public understand how these systems work, and what they cost, Illinois Answers collected data from the state’s largest public pension systems and centralized it into the Illinois Public Pensions Database, covering 2012 to 2022.

While the interactive database is no longer available, the reporting informed by this data continues. You can explore investigations and projects that relied on this work below.

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