Member Education

Understanding Your Annual WRS Statement of Benefits

Your annual statement of benefits shows you the current state of your WRS account. Not sure about something on your statement? Watch this video with your statement in hand. We’ll walk you through each section.

New to Medicare

Find out what Medicare means for your health benefits.

Accumulated Sick Leave Credit Conversion Program: What You Need to Know (State & UW)

At retirement, state employees may be able to use unused sick leave to pay for health insurance. Do you know how this benefit works?

Upcoming Webinars & Events

Webinar May 27, 2020

5 Basic Steps to Your Retirement

Thinking about retiring in the next 12 months? We'll walk you through the process.

Webinar May 27, 2020

Additional Contributions

Did you know that adding money to your WRS account, via additional contributions, can enhance your eventual WRS retirement benefit? In this 30 minute online webinar find out how.

Webinar May 28, 2020

WRS Effective Rates and Annuity Adjustments

Each year you may see changes to the amount of your retirement payment. In this webinar, we'll discuss why and how these changes happen.

Webinar May 28, 2020

Preparing for Your Retirement

Learn about your steps to retire with the WRS. Attend this webinar!

Education by Topic

Click on a topic below to see videos and live webinars on that topic.

Health Insurance

Learn how to choose your benefits, how different benefits work and how health benefits work in retirement.

Getting Ready for Retirement

Learn the steps to retirement through a variety of topics such as how your benefit is calculated, options for receiving your benefit, health benefits in retirement and more.

Your Benefits in Retirement

Learn about how your health and life insurance change in retirement, how your payments get adjusted and other important issues you may face in retirement.

Saving and Investing

Learn about the ways you can grow your retirement as well as information about the trust funds and deferred compensation plan.

Wisconsin Retirement System

Receive an overview of the WRS or understand how your benefits work.

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Events

Go to events at various times through out the year by choosing from webinars, appointments, presentations or benefit fairs.

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Videos

Watch a video about one of our education topics or about one of our benefit programs.

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Talk with a Benefits Specialist

Get the help you need by talking with one of our benefits specialists today or setting up an appointment.

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