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Last Modified: Jan 6, 2021

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Retirement Checklist

Thinking about Retirement? Check out our Retirement Checklist to start planning now .
To learn more about your Federal Retirement Annuity, watch the OPM Retirement Overview video.

Have you saved enough to retire? Try the new Federal Ballpark Estimate.
Need a retirement calculation? Contact your servicing Benefits Specialist if you are within 3 years of retirement eligibility or if you have questions about creditable service for retirement, including deposit, redeposit, or post-1956 military service deposits.
Have you performed active duty military service after 1956? See information about service credit for retirement.
Service Credit Payments FAQ's
See our Financial Planning page for links to many retirement and financial planning tools and web sites.
Retirement application forms
Most Retirement Publications are available on OPM's publication web site.
Link to the Office of Personnel Management's web site for frequently asked questions on the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
Link to NARFE for information on the National Association of Retired Federal Employees

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