# 2026-12582: FERS Retirees Get Updated Benefit Calculation Factors

2026-12582, Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Factors, is a Federal Register notice from Personnel Management Office published 2026-06-23, effective 2026-10-01 (as of 2026-06-30).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12582
- As of: 2026-06-30
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12582
- Title: Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Factors
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Personnel Management Office
- Citation: 91 FR 37435
- Published: 2026-06-23
- Effective: 2026-10-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-30

## In one line

FERS Retirees Get Updated Benefit Calculation Factors

## Summary

Starting October 1, 2026, some federal retirees will see updated numbers used to calculate their retirement benefits, especially if they choose survivor benefits for a new spouse, pick an alternative annuity, or count special service time. These changes reflect new economic and life expectancy info to keep things fair and balanced. If you’re retiring soon or already retired under FERS, these updates could affect your monthly payments.

## Abstract

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to certain retirees under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS): Retirees who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage; retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity; or retirees who elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System.

## Effects PRIA read

- Alternative Annuity Reduction Changes: mixed, medium. If you are retiring under FERS and elect an alternative form of annuity, OPM will use revised present value factors starting October 1, 2026 to compute the actuarial reduction. These factors (effective for annuities commencing on or after October 1, 2026) replace the tables previously published and…
- Post-Retirement Marriage Survivor Rule Update: mixed, medium. If you are a FERS retiree who later marries and elects to provide a survivor annuity based on that post-retirement marriage, OPM will apply revised present value factors to compute the permanent actuarial reduction beginning for reductions that commence on or after October 1, 2026. The notice expli…
- NAFI Service Credit Computation Change: mixed, medium. If you elect to receive credit for certain nonappropriated fund instrumentality (NAFI) service under 5 U.S.C. 8461(n) or related provisions, the revised present value factors will apply to deficit computations with a computation date on or after October 1, 2026. The notice states the new factors ap…

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## Sources
- [2026-12582 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12582/federal-employees-retirement-system-present-value-factors)
- [2026-12582 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12582.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12582 (as of 2026-06-30).