carrier789
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Does anyone know for sure if your overtime pay counts towards your high 3 for retirement or not? I've been seeing conflicting answers. Some are saying that it is your evaluated salary only....
overtime count towards high 3?
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She mails rural
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Evaluation only
However, the higher earnings does help your social security.
carrier789
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Dang guess that 10k in overtime doesn’t count from last year….
DB.Cooper
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Adds to your Social Security annuity.... Maybe your TSP match as well, not for sure on that tho.... throw that extra $10K into an annuity, and that'll add to your retirement $$$$.... all $$$$ money, is good $$$$....
TSP is also based on your "salary"----no OT included.Adds to your Social Security annuity.... Maybe your TSP match as well, not for sure on that tho.... throw that extra $10K into an annuity, and that'll add to your retirement $$$$.... all $$$$ money, is good $$$$....
Haygrrl
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Short answer..no
stillfirstclass
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48 k ,, the 8 hours overtime of that 48 k,, is included overtime for retirement purposes
The highest 36 month evaluation window is what is averaged. My RT was a 48k. It fell to a 46J from mail count. Then it was brought back to a 48K from DPS review, fell to a 42K from MMS. All this while contract back pay was still part of the equation. My 36 months included 6 different evaluations due to revengeful wannabe mgr. But. Grievance brought it back to 48K average minus about 6 weeks total of other evaluations.
Everytime they tried to reduce it. The RCA grieved and won.
flash
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Isn't there a 10 yr window?
RammerJammer
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I could look it up if I wanted to waste the time but I bet a 48K paid less 10 yrs ago than a 40hr evaluation does now.
stillfirstclass
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each hour is close to 2 grand at step 12, so 8 steps x 2 grand is some money... my bet would be closer to 15 years ago
justacarrier
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No there is no window
U caught my attention
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Rurals get stuck on routes and stuck in offices. We have very little, if any, mobility.
A 48k route isn't a choice, it is assigned increases in work volume. There are carriers out there that do not want excess volumes to get through on a daily basis for years on end.
Life/work balance is top for some folks. Excess volumes shouldn't be dumped and forgotten. I have been performing excess volumes for years. At the same time I have been trying to figure out how to be a wife, mother, daughter, friend, etc... into my life outside of work. It is no an easy balancing act because this job is physical and exhausting. Yeah for an increase in top three years beyond what a carrier might be able to achieve with acceptable volumes, but for me, I want a life outside of work. I want to have energy outside of work to enjoy my time off.
A 48k route isn't a choice, it is assigned increases in work volume. There are carriers out there that do not want excess volumes to get through on a daily basis for years on end.
Life/work balance is top for some folks. Excess volumes shouldn't be dumped and forgotten. I have been performing excess volumes for years. At the same time I have been trying to figure out how to be a wife, mother, daughter, friend, etc... into my life outside of work. It is no an easy balancing act because this job is physical and exhausting. Yeah for an increase in top three years beyond what a carrier might be able to achieve with acceptable volumes, but for me, I want a life outside of work. I want to have energy outside of work to enjoy my time off.
Joe Reeser
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That's because legally it's not overtime. It's salary.
RammerJammer -- "I could look it up if I wanted to waste the time but I bet a 48K paid less 10 yrs ago than a 40hr evaluation does now."
-- NOV 2014: 48K ( Step A ) = 56,812 and ( Step 12 ) = 72,427
-- MAR 2024: 40K ( Step A ) = 59,314 and ( Step 12 ) = 72,815 -- TABLE ONE
-- MAR 2024: 40K ( Step 1 ) = 50,295 and ( Step 15 ) = 72,815 -- TABLE TWO
-- NOV 2014: 48K ( Step A ) = 56,812 and ( Step 12 ) = 72,427
-- MAR 2024: 40K ( Step A ) = 59,314 and ( Step 12 ) = 72,815 -- TABLE ONE
-- MAR 2024: 40K ( Step 1 ) = 50,295 and ( Step 15 ) = 72,815 -- TABLE TWO
