Employers who participate in our plans are required by law to enroll and report pensionable compensation for all eligible employees based on an employee's membership tier in each plan – Public Safety, CORP, EORP and EODCRS.  Accurate reporting of contributions is critical to ensure members receive proper credited service, as well as establish appropriate salary information in determining future retirement benefits.

Contribution Rates - Employees and Employers

To locate current employee, employer and alternate contribution rates (ACR):

• PS and CORP: Download Individual Employer Actuarial Valuations with Contribution Rates | Guide 
• EORP and EODCRS: Visit our EODCRS webpage

NOTE: Employers may prepay their contributions in order to take advantage of having assets invested all year, or they may make extra payments to pay down their unfunded liabilities. If interested, please contact finance@psprs.com.

Public Safety Tier 2 Members – DC Hybrid Rates

Public Safety Tier 2 members who are not covered by Social Security, in addition to their DB plan contributions, will contribute 3% of their pensionable compensation for their entire participation in PSPRS into the DC hybrid plan administered by Nationwide Retirement Solutions.  As an employer, you will be contributing to the DC hybrid plan on behalf of those members and, for a limited period, the contribution rate will be set at 4% based on a tier structure of when the member began participation in PSPRS, and it will then reduce to 3%.

Contribution Reporting

Our Employer Payroll Portal is used to submit your contribution files to PSPRS and for employers to perform the employee lookup feature to determine membership tiers, contribution rates, notify PSPRS when a new employee is hired, terminates, goes on a leave, or returns to service. The following "how to" tutorials may be helpful as you enter demographic and contribution information:

• Submitting Fixed Width Contribution Files
• Submitting Excel Contribution Files
• Contribution Invoice and Payment Process
• Creating Contribution Files
• Contribution Code Matrix

To view invoices that are generated when contribution files are submitted, you must be registered to use Wells Fargo's E-Bill Express. If you have not yet registered, please contact our office at finance@psprs.com. You do not need to pay your contributions on E-Bill Express, but you can use the E-Bill Express site to pay by ACH, electronic check or credit card.  Employers are encouraged to remit contribution payments using electronic funds transfer; however, the system will accept contribution payments made by check. For those employers who wish to remit contribution payments by check, they must do so by mailing payments to:

PSPRS/CORP/EORP
P.O. Box 17670
Phoenix, AZ  85011-0670

By statute, contribution payments are to be made no later than 10 working days after the end of each employer's payroll date.  Failure to remit payments on a timely basis will result in assessment of penalties and interest as provided by state law. Contributions withheld from member’s paychecks are done on a pre-tax basis.

Nationwide Reporting for Employers of PS, CORP and EODCRS

• Fax: (877) 677-4329, attention Automation Technical Support
• Email: NRSCONTR@nationwide.com, or
• Mail: Nationwide, P.O. Box 182797, Columbus, OH  43218

Failure to return the packet in a timely manner may result in delays in processing contributions.

For standard questions, contact NRS at (602) 266-2733, or (888) 224-1011.
For payroll submission questions, contact NRS at (877) 496-1630, option 3.

Nationwide Employee Enrollment Process

PS Tier 3 and CORP Tier 3 AOC Probation and Surveillance Officers: Nationwide enrollment is processed via Members Only portal.

Correction and Detention:  Nationwide enrollment is processed via CORP Plan Enrollment Form.

EODCRS: Employers will need to provide the newly appointed or elected officials (on/after January 1, 2014) who participate in the Elected Officials’ Defined Contribution Retirement System (EODCRS) with a EODCRS Nationwide Enrollment form located in Forms & Resources.

Alternate Contribution Rate (ACR)