Federal Retirement: Comparison of High-3, 4, and 5 Salary Factors

GGD-97-84R Published: Apr 25, 1997. Publicly Released: May 27, 1997.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effects of changing the high-3 salary factor in the formulas that are currently used to compute Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pension benefits.

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