B31 - Officers by Age

Table B-31. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Age and Service with
Civilian Comparison Groups

AGE

SERVICE

 

 

 

 

CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES*

 

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

TOTAL DoD

 

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

a. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions

 

17-20

2

0.04%

 

2

0.05%

 

1

0.07%

 

5

0.10%

 

10

0.06%

 

NA

NA

 

21

161

2.99%

 

113

2.82%

 

23

1.59%

 

131

2.75%

 

428

2.74%

 

79,925

0.57%

 

22

1,357

25.22%

 

835

20.84%

 

219

15.18%

 

1,194

25.07%

 

3,605

23.12%

 

390,348

2.78%

 

23

1,087

20.20%

 

505

12.60%

 

244

16.91%

 

948

19.90%

 

2,784

17.85%

 

646,718

4.60%

 

24

545

10.13%

 

265

6.61%

 

170

11.78%

 

385

8.08%

 

1,365

8.75%

 

816,973

5.82%

 

25

322

5.98%

 

247

6.16%

 

165

11.43%

 

266

5.58%

 

1,000

6.41%

 

877,019

6.24%

 

26

334

6.21%

 

303

7.56%

 

155

10.74%

 

309

6.49%

 

1,101

7.06%

 

994,263

7.08%

 

27

335

6.23%

 

261

6.51%

 

122

8.45%

 

230

4.83%

 

948

6.08%

 

1,054,242

7.50%

 

28

275

5.11%

 

210

5.24%

 

100

6.93%

 

194

4.07%

 

779

5.00%

 

1,142,254

8.13%

 

29

231

4.29%

 

142

3.54%

 

99

6.86%

 

208

4.37%

 

680

4.36%

 

1,171,326

8.34%

 

30

162

3.01%

 

148

3.69%

 

55

3.81%

 

139

2.92%

 

504

3.23%

 

1,118,390

7.96%

 

31

97

1.80%

 

144

3.59%

 

23

1.59%

 

133

2.79%

 

397

2.55%

 

1,104,939

7.86%

 

32

65

1.21%

 

101

2.52%

 

11

0.76%

 

112

2.35%

 

289

1.85%

 

1,088,635

7.75%

 

33

70

1.30%

 

100

2.50%

 

7

0.49%

 

83

1.74%

 

260

1.67%

 

1,156,271

8.23%

 

34

59

1.10%

 

105

2.62%

 

9

0.62%

 

82

1.72%

 

255

1.64%

 

1,219,934

8.68%

 

35

40

0.74%

 

84

2.10%

 

5

0.35%

 

66

1.39%

 

195

1.25%

 

1,187,768

8.45%

 

36+

214

3.98%

 

365

9.11%

 

34

2.36%

 

269

5.65%

 

882

5.66%

 

NA

NA

 

Unknown

25

0.46%

 

77

1.92%

 

1

0.07%

 

9

0.19%

 

112

0.72%

 

0

0.00%

 

 

 

TOTAL

5,381

100.00%

 

4,007

100.00%

 

1,443

100.00%

 

4,763

100.00%

 

15,594

100.00%

 

14,049,006

100.00%

 

b. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Corps

 

17-19

1

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.00%

 

NA

NA

 

20-24

7,312

10.92%

 

4,197

7.89%

 

1,567

9.75%

 

5,813

8.09%

 

18,889

9.07%

 

1,721,663

4.67%

 

25-29

15,770

23.54%

 

12,766

23.99%

 

5,262

32.73%

 

15,200

21.14%

 

48,998

23.54%

 

4,817,158

13.06%

 

30-34

14,790

22.08%

 

11,568

21.74%

 

3,567

22.19%

 

16,752

23.30%

 

46,677

22.42%

 

5,139,834

13.93%

 

35-39

12,271

18.32%

 

10,363

19.48%

 

2,389

14.86%

 

14,489

20.15%

 

39,512

18.98%

 

5,413,062

14.67%

 

40-44

9,245

13.80%

 

8,030

15.09%

 

1,922

11.96%

 

11,162

15.53%

 

30,359

14.58%

 

5,539,069

15.01%

 

45-49

4,997

7.46%

 

4,176

7.85%

 

986

6.13%

 

6,098

8.48%

 

16,257

7.81%

 

5,385,512

14.60%

 

50+

2,260

3.37%

 

1,941

3.65%

 

363

2.26%

 

2,370

3.30%

 

6,934

3.33%

 

8,878,543

24.06%

 

Unknown

334

0.50%

 

165

0.31%

 

19

0.12%

 

9

0.01%

 

527

0.25%

 

0

0.00%

 

 

 

TOTAL

66,980

100.00%

 

53,206

100.00%

 

16,075

100.00%

 

71,893

100.00%

 

208,154

100.00%

 

36,894,841

100.00%

 

 * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1997-September 1998.

 

 Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21years and older), September 1998.

 

 Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.

 

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.

 


Last Updated on 11/29/99

 

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