Appendix D: Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and CSRS-Offset Retirement (Retirement Coverage Codes 1, C, and R)
Unreduced retirement benefits are available at the following age and service combinations:
- At least age 55 with 30 or more years of service.
- At least age 60 with 20 or more years of service.
- At least age 62 with 5 or more years of service.
Retirement Formulas Used:
If the Retirement High-3 is less than $5,000:
- Compute [(Retirement High-3 x 1%) + $25].
- Compute [Step 1 x Years of Service].
- Compute [Step 2 / 12] (subject to a maximum of [(Retirement High-3 x 80%) / 12]).
For part-time employees (Work Schedules PP 01 tour of duty. This is done because the tour-of-duty proration is not available.
, , , and ), the monthly annuity is then prorated by the employee's - Compute [Step 3 x (PP 01 Tour-of-Duty Hours / 80)].
If the Retirement High-3 is $5,000 or more:
- Compute [1.50% x First 5 Years of Service].
- Compute [1.75% x Second 5 Years of Service].
- Compute [2% x Remaining Years of Service].
- Compute [Step 1 + Step 2 + Step 3].
- Compute [Retirement High-3 x Step 4].
- Compute [Step 5 x 12] (subject to a maximum of [(Retirement High-3 x 80%) x 12]).
For part-time employees (Work Schedules PP 01 tour of duty. This is done because the full tour-of-duty proration is not available.
, , , and ), the monthly annuity is then prorated by the employee's - Compute [Step 6 x (PP 01 Tour-of-Duty Hours / 80)].