Planning for Retirement
View a Retirement Benefits Video
Interested in learning more about your retirement benefits, but too busy to attend an in-person session? We’ve got you covered. Learn about your retirement benefits in our new benefit videos listed below.
Attend a Seminar or Webinar
Retirement Benefit Seminars are essential for learning about your LACERS retirement plan. Seminars are conducted based on your LACERS’ Tier (determined primarily by your hiring date) and include:
● When you can retire
● How to calculate your monthly allowance
● Retiree health benefit eligibility
● Benefits for your survivors
LACERS For Your Department
Finding it difficult to attend a Retirement Benefits seminar based on our available calendar dates? We can arrange a seminar for your workplace to share information for both your employees who are nearing retirement, as well as your newly hired employees.
Submit Your Required Documents
It’s never too early to begin gathering and submitting your required retirement documents. The following table outlines the documents you will be asked to submit through the Retirement Application Portal (RAP) in order to retire:
Benefit Calculators
Retirement
Allowance Benefit Estimator: Log onto the
MyLACERS Member
Portal and create retirement allowance estimates in 3 easy
steps.
Step 1: Click ‘Estimate a Benefit’
Step 2: Enter your Separation Date and Retirement Date
Step 3: Click ‘Generate’
