How We Serve Texans

How We Serve Texans

At TCDRS, we serve the people who serve the counties and districts that define the unique character of the Lone Star State.

Since TCDRS was founded in 1967, our system has grown to include more than 900 county and district employers across Texas. We are honored to serve more than 400,000 members, including more than 90,000 retirees and benefit payees.

TCDRS members provide valuable services that make our communities better and safer places to live. They are nurses, mechanics, road crew workers, sheriffs, attorneys, office workers, jailers and judges. You can find them in our ports, parks, urban areas and rural towns.

Our well-designed and responsibly funded retirement system provides a reliable stream of income retirees can count on for life.

At the end of 2025, the average TCDRS member retired at age 61 with 18 years of service, and was receiving an average annual benefit of $29,220. These benefit payments aren't just good for our members, they also serve as an economic engine for local communities.

Most TCDRS retirees continue to live in the communities they served as public employees, and 95% of the $2.6 billion in benefits we paid during 2025 stayed in Texas.

Statewide in 2025, TCDRS benefit payments supported approximately*:

• $3.9 billion in total economic activity

• $2.3 billion added to the Texas GDP

• $1.1 billion in additional earnings

• 23,309 jobs created

* Multipliers supplied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

We are proud to help hard-working Texans retire with confidence.

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