New Members

The salary and service credit you earn today is helping you build a secure future. Along with a guaranteed pension in retirement, you’ll qualify for disability and death benefit coverage when you reach service milestones and other eligibility requirements.

Why care about your NYSTRS membership when retirement is so far in the future? Read What New Members Need to Know About NYSTRS.

These short and entertaining videos also help answer that question:

• A Two-Minute Tutorial for New Members
• PSI: Prior Service Investigation
• What Can MyNYSTRS Do for You?

Also see the following:

• Your First Look at NYSTRS
• Looking to the Future - Stage 1: Early in Your Career
• Active Members' Handbook
• Member Contributions -- To understand how your member contribution rate is determined.

Have questions you can’t find the answers to on our website? Call us at 800-348-7298, ext. 6250 or send us a secure message through MyNYSTRS.