Benefits Calculator Instructions
The benefits calculator has been created to help you estimate
your retirement benefits.
Read the instructions below or go to the benefits calculator
now.
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Complete each request-for-information field.
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To move from field to field, use the tab key or single click
on the field box.
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The date of birth fields must include month, day and year
in the following format:
Month — Enter a numeric value from 1
to 12.
Date — Enter a numeric value from 1 to
31.
Year — Enter a four-digit numeric value
(e.g., 1980).
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The years of service fields should be completed in the following
manner:
Contributing — Enter your number of
years of contributing service at the time of your anticipated
retirement.
Noncontributing — Enter the number of
years of noncontributing service credit you have purchased or
will purchase prior to your retirement.
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Enter your projected final average salary at the time of
your expected retirement. (Final average salary is the average
of your three highest years of salary earnings, regardless of
when they occur.)
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Single click on the “Calculate” button. The benefits
calculator will compute an estimate of projected retirement
benefits. If an error message appears, follow the instructions
for correcting the error.
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Click the HOME button in the left-hand margin to return to
the STRS Ohio Web site.
Go
to the benefits calculator.
