Retirement Systems Division 2025 Accountability Metrics
Maintain and continue to improve efficiencies in North Carolina Retirement Systems' processing times:
Goal: Retirement processing - 30 days

Goal: Death benefits processing - 35 days

Goal: Disability benefits processing - 60 days

Goal: Member correspondence turnaround - 5-7 business days

Goal: Email correspondence turnaround - 3-5 business days

Goal: Call Center speed of answer - 5 minutes

The North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS) reports metrics to the Boards of Trustees at regularly scheduled board meetings. NCRS is widely recognized for providing the best customer service at the lowest cost among peers according to CEM Benchmarking.