STATE BY STATE Full-Benefit Retirement AGE, Rule, or Years of Service- National Average (mean) over 58 yrs of age. I had the teacher start at 22 years old for calculation purposes… (age estimate when they would qualify).
25 Years of Service- Maine
Rule of 80- Missouri (51)
30 Years of Service- Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina (52)
Rule of 85- Wyoming, Indiana (54)
55- Arizona, Montana, Mississippi, Louisiana (55)
33 Years of Service- Florida (55)
Rule of 88- Iowa (55)
Rule of 90- Virginia, Idaho, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, (56)
35 Years of service- Utah, Ohio, Connecticut (57)
57- Wisconsin, Kentucky (57)
58-New Mexico (58)
Rule of 97- Pennsylvania (59.5)
60-North Dakota, Michigan, Oregon, Delaware, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Hawaii, Alaska, Massachusetts, California (60)
62-Washington, West Virginia, Alabama, Texas, Rhode Island (62)
63- New York (63)
65- New Hampshire, New Jersey (65)
66- Minnesota (66) – SECOND TO LAST IN THE US
67- Illinois, South Dakota (67)