U.S. Office of Personnel Management

The Fact Book

Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics 1997 Edition

Retirement Eligibility Statistics

 

Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
Retirement Eligibility Statistics

Selected Agencies as of September 30, 1996
  TOTAL
EMPLOYMENT		 FERS
EMPLOYMENT		 EARLY-OUT
ELIGIBLES #		 % VOLUNTARY
ELIGIBLES #		 %
All Agencies 1,897,067 927,786 5,866 5.6 51,586 6.3
Air Force
176,168 86,109 503 0.6 5,732 6.7
Agriculture
112,937 45,425 265 0.6 2,023 4.5
Army
253,966 124,641 928 0.7 8,565 6.9
Commerce
35,239 17,665 112 0.6 758 4.3
Defense
(Excluding
Military
Departments)
133,392 65,737 387 0.6 4,530 6.9
Defense (Total)
782,109 379,156 2,551 0.7 25,600 6.8
Education
4,875 2,201 17 0.8 86 3.9
Energy
18,479 8,455 88 1 403 4.8
Environmental Protection Agency
17,462 9,418 45 0.5 310 3.3
General Services Administration
15,661 7,248 56 0.8 513 7.1
Health and Human Services
56,063 28,314 224 0.8 1,416 5
Housing and Urban Development
11,427 4,917 49 1 383 7.8
Interior
71,063 31,946 199 0.6 1,457 4.6
Justice
111,090 73,939 248 0.3 1,315 1.8
Labor
15,288 6,454 43 0.7 374 5.8
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
21,302 9,927 54 0.5 294 3
Navy
218,583 102,669 733 0.7 6,773 6.6
Office of Personnel Management
3,867 1,548 9 0.6 212 13.7
Small Business Administration
4,795 2,252 16 0.7 190 8.4
State
15,226 2,758 28 1 155 5.6
Transportation
63,308 30,463 180 0.6 1,280 4.2
Treasury
146,277 78,459 433 0.6 4,191 5.3
Veterans Affairs
254,274 134,109 596 0.4 7,652 5.7
All Other Agencies
136,325 53,132 653 1.2 2,974 5.6

 

Notes: Data are calculated under current law provisions.
Employment and eligibility figures include those employees subject to 5 U.S.C. Paragraph 8336(c).

Source: Central Personnel Data File (CPDF) Office of Personnel Management (202) 606-2869. OWI@OPM.GOV

Updated September 04, 1997