Full CSRS annuity benefits are paid until age 62, when the employee becomes eligible for Social Security. Then there's a recomputation to determine how to "offset" the CSRS benefit.

What You Need to Know About CSRS Offset For those feds covered by the Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security, calculating retirement benefits can get complicated.

Enacted in 1977, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) ensures that benefit calculations of public sector government employees who don’t pay into Social Security are calculated the same way as ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, effective Jan. 5, 2025, ends WEP and GPO, boosting benefits for many—especially CSRS employees. Learn how it may impact Medicare premiums and your next steps.

Can a CSRS Retiree Collect Spousal Benefits? The most significant factor affecting a CSRS retiree's eligibility for spousal Social Security benefits is the government pension offset (GPO). The GPO ...

Q. Will a surviving spouse who receives a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) survivor benefit get a reduction in his or her own Social Security payment — not from the deceased spouse’s work.

When a Social Security beneficiary dies, their family members can also get survivor benefits through a lump sum death payment.

Brian Vosberg, president of Vosberg & Associates, explains how the GPO affects a Retirement Daily reader’s Social Security survivors benefit.

Assume further that, without the offset, the monthly spousal Social Security benefit would have been $250. The GPO offset of $300 (2/3 x $450) completely eliminated the spousal benefit.