Retirement Education Seminars

WRS Educators travel the state and offer a variety of Retirement Education Seminars.

Build Your Financial Future is for newer members or those first engaging with the Wyoming Retirement System. You spend your career taking care of the people who live and work in Wyoming. Our goal is to help you build your financial future with a successful retirement plan. We provide programs and tools that help public employees plan for a financially secure future. This presentation lasts about one half hour.

Please use these links as you watch the Build Your Financial Future videos:

• Public Employee Pension Plan Handbook
• Quick Start Guide
• Good News Ahead
• 457 Plan Enrollment Form
• 457 Plan Investment Options at a Glance

This one-hour seminar is designed to teach budgeting and savings strategies applicable to any life stage. For all employees at any age.

This seminar addresses the unique challenges women face during their retirement years. The seminar gives women, and the men who care about women, information on how to prepare for retirement.

This 90-minute seminar is for employees within 10 years of retirement. It discusses when you might be eligible for retirement versus when you can afford to retire. We review benefit options for your pension and distribution planning for your deferred compensation account. Deferred compensation information will also be provided regarding increased contribution limits after age 50 or within four years of qualifying for retirement. Allow extra time if you want to speak with a retirement educator afterward.

A two-hour workshop designed for retirees and employees no more than two years from retirement. Retirees may spend several decades in retirement, encountering numerous financial pitfalls along the way. Many retired WRS members wonder if their income will meet immediate and future retirement expenses. This workshop reviews the different stages of retirement and offers tools and information retirees can use to manage income sources and face the financial challenges of the future. Because space is limited, reservations are required.

Retirement Income Management Worksheets

This seminar is interactive and designed to educate investors about basic investment concepts and definitions, and can also help the more experienced plan participant brush up on important information. Presentations take about an hour. Allow extra time if you want to speak with the retirement educator afterward.