Today, a typical County employee must reach age 60 with 25 years of service to qualify for a County pension. The Board's actuary now estimates that the average County employee is 46.4 years of age with 11.3 years of past service.
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Today, a typical County employee must reach age 60 with 25 years of service to qualify for a County pension. The Board's actuary now estimates that the average County employee is 46.4 years of age with 11.3 years of past service.
Employees may begin collecting full benefits at age 65 if they have completed 10 years of service. Those with 35 years of completed service may retire as soon as the sum of their age and years of service total 92. Employees are required to contribute 6.25 percent of their salaries each year to the plan.