Early Retirement Rules In Fairfax
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Currently, the earliest you can voluntarily release your LGPS pension is age 55. The government is planning to increase this to age 57 from 5 April 2028. However, if you were paying into your LGPS pension before 4 November 2021, it is likely you will still be able to take your pension from age 55 if you choose to.
On your 65th birthday or thereafter if you have at least five years of eligibility service, OR • Plans A & B - on your 50th birthday if you have 30 years or more of eligibility service or at any time thereafter when your age plus years of eligibility service total 80 or more.
Under normal retirement eligibility requirements, a Fairfax County teacher qualifies for full VRS pension benefits at age 67 with five years of service, or at any age—as long as the sum of her age and years of service is 90 or more (whichever comes first).
One frequently used rule of thumb for retirement spending is known as the 4% rule. It's relatively simple: You add up all of your investments, and withdraw 4% of that total during your first year of retirement. In subsequent years, you adjust the dollar amount you withdraw to account for inflation.
A worker can choose to retire as early as age 62, but doing so may result in a reduction of as much as 30 percent. Starting to receive benefits after normal retirement age may result in larger benefits. With delayed retirement credits, a person can receive his or her largest benefit by retiring at age 70.
Note, the full retirement age for Social Security is increasing to age 67. You may retire with a reduced benefit as early as age 60 with at least five years of service.
You may retire with a reduced benefit as early as age 55 with at least five years (60 months) of service credit or age 50 with at least 10 years of service credit. You may retire with a reduced benefit as early as age 60 with at least five years (60 months) of service credit.
A worker can choose to retire as early as age 62, but doing so may result in a reduction of as much as 30 percent. Starting to receive benefits after normal retirement age may result in larger benefits. With delayed retirement credits, a person can receive his or her largest benefit by retiring at age 70.
Age may be just a number, but that number matters when it comes to retiring. The common definition of early retirement is any age before 65 — that's when you may qualify for Medicare benefits. Currently, men retire at an average age of 64, while for women the average retirement age is 62.
