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This handbook provides general information about benefit plans administered by ETF and does not contain complete information for all benefits. Use this handbook as an overview and contact your employer’s benefits office for specific information applicable to you.

This manual is a reference source intended to aid employer’s administration of and participation in the WRS.

You may be eligible to increase your WRS benefit by purchasing the time you worked for non-WRS public employers at the federal, state, or local level.

If you are the owner of a WRS account from which a WRS death benefit or life insurance benefit would be payable upon your death, you may file a beneficiary designation.

ETF Ombudsperson Services was created in 1992 to assist members with insurance problems or inquiries.

A checklist for state employers to use when an employee is terminating due to retirement.

If you are the owner of a WRS account from which a WRS death benefit or life insurance benefit would be payable upon your death, you may file a beneficiary designation.

Plan certification is required for any transfer of pre-tax funds from a retirement plan to the Wisconsin Retirement System for the purpose of buying permissive service credit.

Understand the steps to report a death and ETF’s process for paying benefits.

WRS retirement benefits are calculated using two methods: the formula method, and the money purchase method. ETF calculates your benefit using both methods and automatically pays you the higher amount. See how each method is calculated and resources for estimating your benefit.