The U.S. federal government has two retirement systems for employees.
Click on the links below for information on each federal retirement system.
FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System)
A defined-benefit plan for federal employees generally on or after January 1, 1984.
CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System)
A defined-benefit plan for federal employees generally hired on or before December 31, 1983.
Best Dates to Retire for CSRS and FERS
CSRS and FERS Annuity Video
The Office of Personnel management recently released a new video to federal employees understand their retirement annuity benefits under the two most common Federal retirement systems: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)