Leave balances affect your retirement

Sick leave adds to your service credit, while annual leave is paid out as a lump sum.

Sick leave is converted to creditable service for your annuity calculation.

Annual leave is paid out as a lump sum when you retire.

Sick Leave Balance

Sick leave hours are converted to months of service credit for your annuity.

Current Sick Leave Balance*

Enter hours (e.g., 1200 hours)

Annual Leave Balance

Annual leave is paid out as a lump sum when you retire.

Current Annual Leave Balance*

Enter hours (maximum carryover is 240 hours for most employees)

Annual Leave Accrual Category

Your category determines how much annual leave you earn per pay period.

I am stationed overseas

Raises how much annual leave you can carry into a new leave year from 240 hours to 360. It does not change how fast you earn leave, which still follows your category above.

Restored Annual Leave

Leave that was forfeited and later restored, after an administrative error or an exigency. Leave this blank if you have none.

Restored leave hours

Restored leave sits in a separate account. It is exempt from the carryover ceiling, so it is never use-or-lose, and it is paid in your lump sum.

Estimate leave balances at my retirement date

Based on your accrual rate and planned retirement date, we'll estimate how much sick leave and annual leave you'll have accumulated. Sick leave converts to additional service credit; annual leave is paid out as a lump sum.

You haven't set a retirement date yet — that happens two steps from now, on the Retirement step. Until then the figures below show your entered balances; the projection applies automatically once the date exists.