High-3 basis

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Q. The DFAS Calendar Year 2016 has 27 pay periods. If you retire on Dec. 31, 2017, would your high three count that extra pay period, or 79 pay periods? I saw elsewhere it is simply 78 pay periods.

A. Your high-3 is based on your highest 78 consecutive pay periods, regardless of when they occur in your career.

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Reg Jones was head of retirement and insurance policy at the Office of Personnel Management. Email your retirement-related questions to fedexperts@federaltimes.com.

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