Federal retirements slow in March

Federal retirements slow in March

Just over 7,800 federal employees retired in March, almost 2,000 less than who left in February. The Office of Personnel Management said the claims backlog also dropped to about 16,500, which is the lowest its been in 2025. The time to process retirement claims also ticked back up to average about 50 days in March. But OPM said the average time to process a claim for all of 2025 dropped one day, to 54 days. More than 33,500 federal employees hav…