2 questions totally unrelated

Sep 7, 2018

Hello all! I am trying to decide whether or not to apply for the last time this year.

Question 1: Those who are in the DOD, are you sure the retirement is really around $20k? That seems crazy to me since the government usually offers good retirement packages and at DOD stateside top pay at retirement, one's salary would be between $80-100k...so $20k would be a 20% retirement package...which seems really low. In VA I would have retired with $50k, in OH I'll retire with $45k. This low DOD retirement is making me think I'll stop applying, if it's true. Thanks so much.

Question 2: My sister is also interested in the DOD. She's SPED and enjoys teaching the little ones with severe disabilities. Are there a lot of SPED openings each year for that specialty?

Thanks again.

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???? In a way its true...but it's one of 3 parts of your retirement. The 3 parts are 30% of your high 3 years after 30 years of service plus age of retirement (59.5 right now)...you can get up to 33% but you have to go 63 ( vets help me with this...not totally sure if I'm correct). Next part is your TSP or thrift savings plan...its basically a 401 K whe...See More

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haha As has been posted and discussed previously, it's not that simple. I'm far from an expert but here is what I understand to be the situation:

There would be 3 parts to retirement with DoDEA. The pension annuity would be around $20K per year, depending on your personal circumstances.

You would also be able to collect SS benefits in ...See More

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haha For the other question, yes, SPED is a very good area to have. SPED Pre-K (PCSD) is a very , very good area to have if she meets DoDEA qualifications.

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