{"id":240,"date":"2016-04-15T00:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T00:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:19:51","slug":"trs-1-retirement-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/retirement-plans\/plans-closed-to-new-members\/trs-1-retirement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"TRS 1 retirement plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Teachers\u2019 Retirement System (TRS) 1 retirement plan is closed to new members.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already a member of TRS 1, and you\u2019re ready to begin planning your retirement from UW, see <a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/retirement-and-savings\/nearing-retirement\/trs-1-preparing-to-retire\/\">preparing to retire from TRS 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>How your plan works<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re a TRS 1 member, you can learn more about how your plan works by reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drs.wa.gov\/plan\/trs1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRS Plan 1 Handbook<\/a>. This handbook provides a comprehensive summary of your plan including information about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vesting<\/li>\n<li>Contributions<\/li>\n<li>Retirement eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Service credit<\/li>\n<li>Monthly retirement income<\/li>\n<li>Disability retirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TRS 1 is managed by the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS). If you have additional questions, DRS provides more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drs.wa.gov\/webinars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">information about TRS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Existing members can download the plan handbook and learn how the plan works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":235,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"TRS 1 retirement plan - Benefits","description":"Existing members can download the plan handbook and learn how the plan works."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}