The median funding ratio for state-sponsored pension plans was 71.5 percent in 2014, virtually unchanged from the previous year, according to Fitch Ratings.
While several years of strong stock market gains have helped to offset pension liabilities, funding levels remain well below pre-recession levels, in part because fewer government workers are being hired as more retire, meaning fewer lives available to pay into plans, according to Fitch.
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