IMPORTANT CHANGE TO THE RETIREMENT APPLICATION TIMELINE
A defined benefit plan that uses preset formulas to determine your pension benefits.
The mandatory retirement plan for most City of Baltimore (civilian) and certain Baltimore City Public School employees.
The City of Baltimore’s supplemental, voluntary retirement plan for accumulating additional retirement savings.
A retirement plan covering the Baltimore City Mayor, the Comptroller, and the President and members of the City Council.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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OFFICES CLOSED, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Our offices are closed on Monday, October 12, in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
October 12, 2026 -
Register for Financial Wellness Day- 10/28
Financial Wellness Day: Plan Today, Retire Confidently Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | War Memorial Between work, family, and everything else on your plate, your finances don’t always get the attention they deserve. That’s why we’re hosting our first Baltimore City Employees’ Financial Wellness Day. It’s a day set aside
September 22, 2026 -
Congratulations 2026 Scholarship Winners!
September 10, 2026
WELCOME TO THE BALTIMORE CITY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM
The Baltimore City Employees’ Retirement System encompasses the Employees’ Retirement System, the Elected Officials Retirement Systmen, the Retirement Savings Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan for regular and permanent employees in the general administrative service of the City and certain non-teacher employees of the the Baltimore City Public School System.
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