A federal employee with 30 years of service and a $90,000 high-3 average salary receives only $27,000 annually under FERS, just 30% of pre-retirement income. To bridge that gap, employees must ...

How does your Thrift Savings Plan compare? Discover the average TSP balance by age in 2026, explore new contribution limits, ...

FERS provides a three-part retirement plan for U.S. civilian federal employees. Retirees receive Social Security, Basic Benefit Plan pensions, and Thrift Savings like a 401(k). Full retirement is age ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Getty Standard pension estimates rely ...

Many of you may be mulling whether or not to leave federal employment under the Jan. 28 “Fork in the Road” offer from the Office of Personnel Management. If you are eligible for retirement, you may ...

Federal retirement benefits aren’t as simple as they seem. In many cases, they’re far more complex than those in the private sector. Advisors with clients who receive federal benefits must become ...

The United States Postal Service announced on Thursday that it will halt contributions to its employees’ retirement pension plan as the agency works to conserve cash and manage its dwindling finances.

New projections for Medicare Part B costs are sharpening a familiar but increasingly expensive decision for federal retirees: ...

A federal employee with 28 years of service and a $92,000 salary will receive a pension closer to $28,000 a year under the FERS formula, well below the 60% to 70% of pre-retirement income many workers ...