Build a date-driven pension estimate, test your best 36 consecutive months, and see how court leave balances may carry into retirement.
Set the timeline
Elapsed dates assume continuous full-time service. Use the adjustment field to reconcile this estimate with your Member Annual Statement.
Build your FAE
Enter the total pensionable earnings received during each period. The planner allocates that total across the period’s months, checks every rolling 36-month window, and applies the Tier 4 10% annual limit when 24 earlier months are available.
Include eligible overtime, differential, location pay, longevity, holiday pay, and retroactive pay earned in the period. Use shorter periods when earnings vary materially. Do not include leave cash-outs or termination pay.Account for accruals
Leave cash payments use base salary—not the pensionable totals entered above.
The 700/1,400-hour figures are planning benchmarks, not NYSHIP eligibility cutoffs. Actual monthly health credit depends on salary, age, unused hours, and annuitant option.
2% × first 30 years + 1.5% beyond 30
$0 × 60.8%See the tradeoff
Know the boundaries
Service is estimated from the start and end dates plus your adjustment. NYSLRS service credit may differ because payroll status, part-time service, prior service, and leaves matter.
The builder looks for the highest rolling 36-month period and applies the 10% limitation when at least 24 earlier months are entered.
Up to 1,400 hours equals 200 seven-hour days. It may add pension service and support retiree health credit, but cannot qualify you for a better formula.
Overtime/comp and annual/vacation estimates are kept outside pensionable earnings. Caps and payout rules can vary by bargaining unit or title.
Confirm service, earnings, retirement options, health credit, and leave payout with Retirement Online and your court administrative office.