Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Board

Annual Statements have been sent for all active teachers as of January 14th. Annual Statements do not reflect service purchases completed AFTER June 2025. If you need to request a duplicate copy of your Annual Statement prior to February 2nd please contact your employing district. Inactive and State employed TRB members will receive their statements in February. The Annual Statement Center can be used to alert TRB of possible errors on your statement. Duplicate statements for the 2024-25 year will be added to the Annual Statement Center on February 2nd 2026.

Mandatory Contributions

Effective January 1, 2018 as a member of the Teachers' Retirement System, state law requires that 8.25% of your annual salary be paid into the retirement fund as mandatory contributions. Although these are employee contributions, under the provisions of Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, they are treated as employer contributions for federal tax purposes. The change in tax treatment of the contributions became effective July 1, 1991. This means that your mandatory contributions are paid to this system on a pre-tax basis while you are actively employed. Of the mandatory 8.25% contribution, 7% is posted into your membership account and 1.25% is posted to the Health Insurance Fund which helps reduce the cost of health insurance for eligible retired members and spouses.