Federal News Radio gleaned some interesting facts from retirement data recently released by the Office of Personnel Management. Take our quiz and test your know...
Did you know that during the last 10 fiscal years 609,584 federal civilian employees retired? That’s about 60,958 individuals per year who retired from the executive branch of the federal government.
The Office of Personnel Management released a report in June, providing federal retirement data for fiscal years 2005 – 2014. Federal News Radio gleaned some of the more interesting facts from the report and created this quiz on federal retirements. Click on the correct answer to each of the questions to reveal information from the report.
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CORRECT: The average age was 60.2 years.
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CORRECT: The average years of services was 27.8.
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A. 51.6 years old and 17.3 years
CORRECT: The average retirement age for federal employees with disabilities was 51.6 and the average years served in the civil service was 17.3.
B. 55.1 years old and 18.4 years
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C. 59.4 years old and 19.3 years
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CORRECT: The Department of the Army had a total of 85,561 retirees over fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
INCORRECT! The Department of the Navy had 61,232 retirees, making it the third highest Cabinet-level agency.
C. Veterans Affairs Department
INCORRECT: The Veterans Affairs Department had 84,088 retirees, making it the second highest Cabinet-level agency.
A. Environmental Protection Agency
INCORRECT: The EPA had 4,735 retirees, making it the third highest large independent agency.
INCORRECT: NASA had 5,628 retirees, making it the second highest large independent agency.
C. Social Security Administration
CORRECT: SSA had a total of 26,586 retirees over fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
A. Information Technology Management
INCORRECT: Information Technology Management accounted for 24,323 retirees, making it the second highest administrative occupational category.
B. Management and Program Analysis
INCORRECT: Management and Program Analysis accounted for 22,868 retirees, making it the third highest administrative occupational category.
C. Miscellaneous Administration and Program
CORRECT: Miscellaneous Administration and Program had a total of 29,006 retirees over fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
INCORRECT: Contracting accounted for 10,910 retirees, making it the second highest professional occupational category.
INCORRECT: General Engineering accounted for 6,848 retirees, making it the third highest professional occupational category.
CORRECT: Nurse had a total of 17,008 retirees over fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
CORRECT: With a total of 103,218 retirees, January was the most popular month to retire during fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
INCORRECT: With a total of 27,214 retirees, November was the least popular month to retire during fiscal years 2005 – 2014.
INCORRECT: December was the second most popular month to retire, with 80,523 retirees.
A. Male retirees averaged a longer federal service than female retirees.
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B. Male retirees averaged a shorter federal service than female retirees.
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C. Male and female retirees averaged the same length of federal service.
CORRECT: During fiscal years 2005 – 2014, men and women retirees averaged the same length of federal service — 27.8 years — at the time of retirement.
INCORRECT: 2009 had the lowest number of retirees, just 46,000.
CORRECT: 2012 had the highest number of retirees, with 69,320 retiring from the civil service.
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View Executive Branch Retirement Statistics: Fiscal Years 2005 – 2014.
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