Pension Payment Information

Active Employees - Address changes are passed to ERS through bi-weekly payroll files from your employer.  Changing your address with your payroll section will result in ERS getting the updated address.

Retired or Deferred Members - To change your address, you must notify the Employes' Retirement System of your address change in writing.

You can use the Address Change Form or send notification including:

• both your new and old addresses  
• the date your address change becomes effective  
• your Social Security Number  
• your signature  
• the date the notification was signed.  

Please send your request to:

Employes' Retirement System
Suite 300
789 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202   

Write, "Attention: Pension Payroll" on your envelope.

Note to Retirees: You cannot change your named survivor, but may change your contingent beneficiary using this form.  Please call and speak to a pension specialist if further guidance is needed.

Direct Deposit is mandatory for all new retirements.
To have your pension check direct deposited at your bank, you must have a completed Direct Deposit Form on file with the Employes' Retirement System. Both you and your bank must complete part of the form before you return it to the Employes' Retirement System.

You may download a Direct Deposit Form  or pick one up at the Employes' Retirement System office, located at 789 N. Water St., Suite 300, OR you may have a form mailed to you. To request that a form be mailed, contact the Employes' Retirement System at 414-286-3557 (or toll free at 1-800-815-8418).

Everybody who receives a pension benefit from the Employes' Retirement System (ERS) must have, on file with this office, a completed Withholding Election Form. You may change your withholding election at any time by filing a new Withholding Election Form. It is recommended that you review your withholding election at least once a year to be sure that your current election is adequate for your needs. You may pick up a Withholding Election Form at the ERS office, located at 789 North Water Street, Suite 300, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; you may request a form be mailed to you by calling the ERS office at 414-286-3557 (or toll free at 1-800-815-8418); OR you may download the form from this site.

Pension payments are mailed on the second-to-last business day of each month and are payable on the last business day of the month.  These payments cover the benefits earned for the month that is ending.

Check or direct deposit remittances are for a full month of benefits.

Your first pension payment will be sent at the end of the month that follows your retirement date.  For example, if your retirement date is May 15, your first pension payment would be sent at the end of June.

To see a schedule of pension check mail dates, visit the ERS Calendar.