{"id":27407,"date":"2024-01-18T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/18\/do-excepted-service-years-count-toward-federal-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:14:54","slug":"do-excepted-service-years-count-toward-federal-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/your-career\/2024\/01\/18\/do-excepted-service-years-count-toward-federal-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Do excepted service years count toward federal retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI was in a Competitive Service position for 15 yrs and then moved into a Schedule A Excepted Service position. It\u2019s been 5 yrs and I just looked at my SF50 — they never changed it to Competitive Service after the 2 yr waiting period. I\u2019m looking into this with my HR, but my larger question is whether these Excepted Service years count towards my total Federal Service retirement time.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reg\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They absolutely count toward your total years of federal service and will be treated no differently than your competitive service years when calculating your annuity. Still, you\u2019ll want to make sure that your federal service record is accurate So, continue to follow up with your personnel office until the correction is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\t