| Pension Benefits | Postretirement Benefits | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||||||
| Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year | $ | 45,060 | $ | 45,907 | $ | 9,295 | $ | 9,890 | ||||
| Actual return on plan assets | 5,935 | 5,041 | 1,347 | 1,266 | ||||||||
| Benefits paid1 | (3,966) | (5,729) | (1,682) | (1,842) | ||||||||
| Contributions | 209 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||
| Transfer for sale of Advertising Solutions segment | - | (165) | - | (19) | ||||||||
| Other | - | 3 | - | - | ||||||||
| Fair value of plan assets at end of year3 | 47,238 | 45,060 | 8,960 | 9,295 | ||||||||
| Unfunded status at end of year2 | $ | (9,322) | $ | (13,851) | $ | (21,325) | $ | (28,136) | ||||
| 1 | At our discretion, certain postretirement benefits may be paid from AT&T cash accounts, which does not reduce | |||||||||||
| VEBA assets. Future benefit payments may be made from VEBA trusts and thus reduce those asset balances. | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Funded status is not indicative of our ability to pay ongoing pension benefits or of our obligation to fund retirement trusts. | |||||||||||
| Required pension funding is determined in accordance with ERISA regulations. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2013 were $56,447 and include a $9,209 preferred equity interest in AT&T Mobility II LLC, as discussed below. | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | ||||
| Plan assets recognized in the consolidated financial statements | $ | 47,238 | $ | 45,060 | |
| Preferred equity interest in Mobility | 9,209 | - | |||
| Net assets available for benefits | $ | 56,447 | $ | 45,060 | |
| Pension Benefits | Postretirement Benefits | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Service cost – benefits earned during the period | $ | 1,321 | $ | 1,216 | $ | 1,186 | $ | 352 | $ | 336 | $ | 362 | ||||||
| Interest cost on projected benefit obligation | 2,429 | 2,800 | 2,958 | 1,532 | 1,725 | 2,051 | ||||||||||||
| Expected return on assets | (3,312) | (3,520) | (3,690) | (706) | (811) | (1,040) | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of prior service credit | (94) | (15) | (15) | (1,161) | (927) | (694) | ||||||||||||
| Actuarial (gain) loss | (5,013) | 5,206 | 4,498 | (2,738) | 4,247 | 1,672 | ||||||||||||
| Net pension and postretirement (credit) cost | $ | (4,669) | $ | 5,687 | $ | 4,937 | $ | (2,721) | $ | 4,570 | $ | 2,351 | ||||||
| Pension Benefits | Postretirement Benefits | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Balance at beginning of year | $ | 641 | $ | 92 | $ | 102 | $ | 4,766 | $ | 3,655 | $ | 2,951 | |||||
| Prior service (cost) credit | - | 559 | - | 2,765 | 1,686 | 1,134 | |||||||||||
| Amortization of prior service credit | (58) | (10) | (10) | (719) | (575) | (430) | |||||||||||
| Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss | (58) | 549 | (10) | 2,046 | 1,111 | 704 | |||||||||||
| Balance at end of year | $ | 583 | $ | 641 | $ | 92 | $ | 6,812 | $ | 4,766 | $ | 3,655 | |||||
| Net Periodic Benefit Cost | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||
| Service cost – benefits earned during the period | $ | 9 | $ | 10 | $ | 14 | ||
| Interest cost on projected benefit obligation | 101 | 116 | 126 | |||||
| Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | - | - | 2 | |||||
| Actuarial (gain) loss | (106) | 230 | 81 | |||||
| Net supplemental retirement pension cost | $ | 4 | $ | 356 | $ | 223 | ||
| Other Changes Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||
| Prior service (cost) credit | $ | (1) | $ | (1) | $ | 6 | ||
| Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss (net of tax) | $ | (1) | $ | (1) | $ | 7 | ||