{"id":18,"date":"2026-08-27T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:44:41","slug":"retirement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/benefits\/retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under provisions of Minnesota law, most state employees are members of a state retirement plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retirement Benefits and Plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/mmb\/segip\/retirement\/current-employees.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Map Your Retirement Benefits<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/mmb\/segip\/retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Retirement Resources<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/system\/working\/docs\/benefits\/retirement_brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mandatory and Voluntary Retirement Plans<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2023\/09\/BESI-FAQ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BESI FAQ<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unclassified Retirement Plans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>IFO, MSUAASF and Administrators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnesotatra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Minnesota Teacher&rsquo;s Retirement Association (TRA)<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiaa.org\/public\/tcm\/minnesotastate\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TIAA &ndash; Individual Retirement Account Plan (IRAP)<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotatra.org\/videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TRA and IRAP Informational Video<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Classified Retirement Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AFSCME, MAPE, MMA, MNA, Commissioner&rsquo;s Plan, Managerial Plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msrs.state.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optional Retirement Plans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For all employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiaa.org\/public\/tcm\/minnesotastate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TIAA &ndash; Tax Sheltered Annuity (403b)<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msrs.state.mn.us\/about-mndcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MSRS &ndash; Deferred Compensation Plan (457)<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under provisions of Minnesota law, most state employees are members of a state retirement plan. Retirement Benefits and Plans Unclassified Retirement Plans IFO, MSUAASF and Administrators Classified Retirement Plan AFSCME, MAPE, MMA, MNA, Commissioner&rsquo;s Plan, Managerial Plan Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) Optional Retirement Plans For all employees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bsu_hero":"","bsu_hero_on_children":false,"bsu_hero_height":"600","bsu_hero_video":"","bsu_hero_focal_point":"","bsu_hero_media":"","bsu_hero_display":"random","bsu_hero_slider_interval":5,"bsu_hide_from_navigation":false,"bsu_redirect_enabled":false,"bsu_redirect_url":"","bsu_redirect_target":false,"bsu_require_auth":false,"bsu_require_auth_usertypes":"","_bsu_seo_title":"","_bsu_seo_description":"","_bsu_robots_noindex":false,"_bsu_sitemap_priority":"","_bsu_og_title":"","_bsu_og_description":"","_bsu_og_use_hero":false,"_bsu_og_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}