Salary Schedules & Benefits

The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) was established in 1939 to provide benefits to qualified persons employed by state-supported educational institutions. The TRS is a defined benefit plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. For more information visit The Retirement Systems of Alabama. All full-time employees who work at least 20 hours per week are required to participate in The Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama.

RSA-1 is a powerful tool to help you reach your retirement dreams. As a supplement to other retirement benefits or savings that you may have, this voluntary plan allows you to save and invest extra money for retirement, tax deferred. Not only will you defer taxes immediately, your contributions and any earnings will grow on a tax-deferred basis as well. The RSA-1 Plan is an Internal Revenue Code Section 457 deferred compensation plan for public employees. For more information visit RSA-1 Deferred Compensation.