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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 1Pt. 13Ch. 27§ 24203 30-Year Service Retirement

§ 24203 30-Year Service Retirement

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§ 24203 30-Year Service Retirement

Key Takeaways

  • •If you work for 30 years in this job, you can retire at age 50 or older and get a yearly payment.
  • •The payment is 2% of your final salary for each year you worked. So if you worked 30 years, you get 60% of your final salary every year.
  • •If you retire before a certain age (early retirement age), your payment gets cut a little bit for each month you are too young.
  • •The amount you get is based on your age on the last day of the month you start getting your retirement money.

Example

A person works for 30 years as a public employee and wants to retire at age 50.

They can start getting their retirement money, which is 2% of their final salary for each year they worked. So if their final salary was $50,000, they would get $30,000 a year (which is 60% of $50,000). But if they retire before the early retirement age, their payment will be a little less for each month they are too young.

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§ 24203 30-Year Service Retirement

(a) A member who has 30 years of credited service under this part may retire at age 50 years or older and receive an annual allowance equal to 2 percent of final compensation for each year of credited service. If the member has attained age 50 years, but has not attained early retirement age, the allowance shall be reduced by one-quarter of 1 percent for each full month or fraction of a month that will elapse until the member will attain early retirement age and one-half of 1 percent for each full month, or fraction of a month between early retirement age and normal retirement age. (b) In computing the amounts described in subdivision (a), the age of the member on the last day of the month in which the retirement allowance begins to accrue or any later date provided in Section 24204 shall be used. (c) This section shall not apply to a member subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 559, Sec. 23. (AB 1381) Effective January 1, 2014. Deemed operative January 1, 2013, by Sec. 1 of Ch. 559.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

credited servicefinal compensationearly retirement agenormal retirement ageCalifornia Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013

Related Statutes

  • § 24202.6 Retirement Allowance Calculation
  • § 24202 Retirement Allowance Calculation
  • § 24202.7 Public Employee Retirement Ages
  • § 24203.5 Service Credit Increase
  • § 24201 Service Retirement Eligibility

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 24203.
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