Thank you for your interest in the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS). This page will provide you with a brief overview of HMEPS, as well as contact information and a map to our location.

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HMEPS is a governmental defined benefit pension plan that provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for eligible employees of the City of Houston (City) and HMEPS. Created in 1943, HMEPS currently has over 23,000 participants. Our participants include:

  • Active members
  • Deferred participants
  • Retirees
  • Eligible survivors

Each of the above is receiving or may be eligible to receive a benefit as provided under the state statute governing HMEPS.

HMEPS is administered by an 11-member Board of Trustees (you can view them by clicking here). The Trustees include four elected trustees who are members of HMEPS, two elected trustees who are retirees of HMEPS, a trustee appointed by the elected trustees, the mayor's appointee, the controller's appointee, and two city council appointees.

The employees of HMEPS, headed by the Executive Director, assist the Board of Trustees in administering the pension plan. HMEPS has three general areas of organization: Administration, Investment, and Legal Services and Communications.