{"id":25472,"date":"2022-12-06T21:12:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/06\/what-is-the-federal-ballpark-etimate-for-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:06:47","slug":"what-is-the-federal-ballpark-etimate-for-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2022\/12\/06\/what-is-the-federal-ballpark-etimate-for-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Federal Ballpark E$timate for retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following is a question submitted by a Federal Times readers about retirement and other issues facing the federal workforce. It is answered by Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and a Federal Times columnist since 1995.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question<\/b>: A couple years ago I was told there is a specific form to request to have OPM give you a retirement estimate. I was told that is the best way to do it and that a lot of HR departments do no like to do it because it is time consuming. I cannot remember what the form was. I want to request a retirement estimate to see where I stand. I did get one from my agency but it was not as involved as the one I was told to get from OPM. Any idea how to do that or what the form is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reg\u2019s Response<\/b>: To get an estimate of what your retirement benefit would be, use the FEDERAL BALLPARK E$TIMATE found at https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/retirement-services\/calculators\/federal-ball-park-estimator\/index.html#url=Assumptiomsm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: The Federal Ballpark E$timate was developed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and its American Savings Education Council program. It\u2019s based upon the interactive version of the their Ballpark E$timate worksheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t