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A Collation of NERS

Comparision to other cities

This chart compares the NERS Retirement COLAs against four other cities going back to 1980.
Fairfax County, Arlington County, City of Roanoke and the City of Alexandria.
Using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Virginia Retirement System (VRS)

City of Norfolk - Retirement COLAs Illustrated Against other Indices and Independent Cities/Counties
Year
 City of
Norfolk		 CPI-U VRS Soc. Sec. Fairfax
Co.		 Arlington
Co.		 City of
Roanoke		 City of
Alexandria
1980*
 9.00% 11.30% 5.00% 14.30% 5.0%
1981*
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1982*
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1983
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1984
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1985
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1986
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1987
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1988
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1990
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%
1991*
 .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00% .00%