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Military Retirement [i] (January 2012)

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OBO January 2012 Baseline

2013

2014

2,054     2,052

2015

2016

2,050     2,047

2017

2018

2,045     2,044

2019

2020

2,043     2,045

2021    2022
2,047   2,049

Average Benefit (in dollars)1
$23,920   $24,611    $25,250   $25,885    $26,600   $27,374    $28,120   $29,020    $29,973   $30,954  $31,945
Total Payments for Retirees (in millions of dollars)
$49,107   $50,547    $51,825   $53,058    $54,452   $55,980    $57,468   $59,301    $61,280   $63,351  $65,450

Adjustment for Payday Shift (in millions of dollars)2
-$3,876
Total Retiree Outlays (in millions of dollars)
$45,231

$0           $0

$0      $4,198

$78    -$4,277

$0           $0

$0   $4,810

$50,547    $51,825   $53,058    $58,650   $56,059    $53,191    $59,301   $61,280    $63,351  $70,260

300         302

304         307        310         312

312         313

315        317      319

Average Benefit (in dollars)
$12,577    $12,815   $12,984    $13,163    $13,379    $13,628   $13,907    $14,208    $14,527    $14,854  $15,189
Total Survivor Outlays (in millions of dollars)
$3,775     $3,876    $3,946     $4,048     $4,148     $4,247    $4,346     $4,443     $4,583     $4,715  $4,840

Total Outlays from the Military Retirement Trust Fund (in millions of dollars)
$49,006    $54,423   $55,771    $57,106

$62,798   $60,306    $57,537   $63,744   $65,863    $68,066 $75,100

Notes:
1. Prior versions of this table included figures only for those reitrees who received monthly retired pay. It excluded those whose retired pay was reduced to zero because of offsets
related to the receipt of other federal retirement and veterans benefits. Beginning with this table, all retirees are included in the figures. In addition to an increased number of retirees
on the first line, this also translates into a lower average benefit per eligible beneficiary (those with zero retired pay bring down the average).
2. Section 632 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383) requires the Department of Defense to make retirement payments on
the first of each month. If the first day of the month occurs on a holiday or a weekend, DoD will instead make the payments on the preceding business day This resulted in the
retirement payment originally scheduled for October 2011 to instead occur at the end of September 2011, causing one extra payday in fiscal year 2011 and one less payday in fiscal
year 2012 (the fiscal year for the federal government begins in October). Additional payday shifts will occur in 2016, 2017, and 2022. Section 632 does not affect the timing of
survivor benefit payments.

Retirees
Number (in thousands)1

2012
2,053

Survivors
Number (in thousands)

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