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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4441888" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Take your 5 highest paid qualifying years, average them together.  Take 2% of that, multiply that by total years you worked at least 1000 hrs.  Divide that by 12 to get your monthly benefit.  Say your 5 year average was $40,000.  2% of that is $800.  If you qualified all 6 years you worked multiply $800 by 6= $4800.  Divide by 12 gives you $400 a month when you turn 60.  $340 a month at 55 with an early pension which is 15% less at 55, 3% less each year before 60 with the earliest you can take it at 55.  Hopefully you worked in an expensive area with lots of OT to get more.</p></blockquote><p></p>