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Thousands of FERS employees will be retiring or leaving federal service over the next few months. They are retiring under several types of retirement including immediate…

A model of estimating the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees points to a 2.2% COLA increase for 2026, down from an estimated 2.5% a month ago.…

Federal employees who leave federal service before they are eligible to retire can apply for a refund of their CSRS or FERS retirement contributions. This column…

This is the fifth of a series of columns reviewing the retirement options for federal employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Presented in…

Federal Retiree COLA History Year CSRS COLA FERS COLA 2025 2.5 2.0 2024 3.2 2.2 2023 8.7 7.7 2022 5.9 4.9 2021 1.3 1.3 2020 1.6…

The 2025 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent for those under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and 2.0 percent for those under…