Types of Service Credit
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This table estimates your cost to purchase universal buy-in, parental leave, and other governmental service credit.
Directions: Use your age as of the beginning of the current fiscal year (the state fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30). Multiply the applicable percentage rate by your highest previous fiscal year earnings (equating part-time wages to full-time wages) to arrive at the cost of 1 year of service credit.
| Age at Purchase | Percentage Rate | Age at Purchase | Percentage Rate | |
| up to 25 | 12.6% | 43 | 17.5% | |
| 26 | 12.8% | 44 | 17.8% | |
| 27 | 13.0% | 45 | 18.1% | |
| 28 | 13.2% | 46 | 18.4% | |
| 29 | 13.4% | 47 | 18.7% | |
| 30 | 13.6% | 48 | 19.0% | |
| 31 | 13.9% | 49 | 19.3% | |
| 32 | 14.2% | 50 | 19.6% | |
| 33 | 14.5% | 51 | 19.8% | |
| 34 | 14.8% | 52 | 20.0% | |
| 35 | 15.1% | 53 | 20.2% | |
| 36 | 15.4% | 54 | 20.4% | |
| 37 | 15.7% | 55 | 20.6% | |
| 38 | 16.0% | 56 | 20.7% | |
| 39 | 16.3% | 57 | 20.8% | |
| 40 | 16.6% | 58 | 20.9% | |
| 41 | 16.9% | 59 | 21.0% | |
| 42 | 17.2% | 60 and up | 21.1% |