{"id":28249,"date":"2024-05-06T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/06\/ask-reg-does-length-of-my-service-affect-social-security-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:18:06","slug":"ask-reg-does-length-of-my-service-affect-social-security-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2024\/05\/06\/ask-reg-does-length-of-my-service-affect-social-security-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Reg: Does length of my service affect Social Security retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following is a question submitted by a reader to Federal Times columnist Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and the resident expert on federal employee retirement issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Fed Times reader asks:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI retired after 35 years in federal service. I was under CSRS the entire time. I worked in jobs before entering government service, while working in government service, and after retirement from government service. I made payments into Social Security for those non-government jobs. The most significant work subject to Social Security was post-retirement.  It\u2019s been 10+ years and I\u2019m still working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I eligible to receive SS benefits at all, and if so, will my pension be reduced if I apply for SS benefits?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t