The Oregonian/OregonLive has updated its searchable database of beneficiaries of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, adding 5,947 beneficiaries who retired last year and another 118 who retired Jan. 1, 2025.
The newsroom has maintained the database since 2011, when the pension system reached a settlement with The Oregonian/OregonLive and the Salem Statesman Journal to release the names and monthly benefits of what were then 110,000 beneficiaries.
The database now includes the names of 147,958 individuals receiving retirement benefits. The data includes each beneficiary’s length of service; the retirement formula their benefit calculation was based on; the monthly and annual equivalent benefit; and how that compares to their final salary. It does not include beneficiaries who received lump sum payments or spouses or other relatives of public employees who are receiving a survivor benefit…