| Table B-30. FY 2006 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Age and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups | ||||||||||||||||||
| SERVICE | CIVILIAN | |||||||||||||||||
| ARMY | NAVY | MARINE CORPS | AIR FORCE | TOTAL DoD | COLLEGE GRADUATES* | |||||||||||||
| AGE | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||
| a. Officer Accessions | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17-20 | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.04% | NA | NA | ||||||
| 21 | 114 | 1.69% | 78 | 2.08% | 21 | 1.32% | 77 | 1.75% | 290 | 1.76% | 91,135 | 0.58% | ||||||
| 22 | 1,553 | 23.06% | 987 | 26.35% | 355 | 22.24% | 1,306 | 29.62% | 4,201 | 25.48% | 506,440 | 3.20% | ||||||
| 23 | 1,082 | 16.07% | 627 | 16.74% | 360 | 22.56% | 1,043 | 23.66% | 3,112 | 18.88% | 854,821 | 5.39% | ||||||
| 24 | 504 | 7.48% | 236 | 6.30% | 219 | 13.72% | 351 | 7.96% | 1,310 | 7.95% | 968,994 | 6.11% | ||||||
| 25 | 333 | 4.94% | 158 | 4.22% | 126 | 7.89% | 216 | 4.90% | 833 | 5.05% | 1,136,220 | 7.17% | ||||||
| 26 | 422 | 6.27% | 218 | 5.82% | 125 | 7.83% | 224 | 5.08% | 989 | 6.00% | 1,126,445 | 7.11% | ||||||
| 27 | 309 | 4.59% | 208 | 5.55% | 97 | 6.08% | 184 | 4.17% | 798 | 4.84% | 1,145,050 | 7.22% | ||||||
| 28 | 264 | 3.92% | 141 | 3.76% | 57 | 3.57% | 168 | 3.81% | 630 | 3.82% | 1,139,736 | 7.19% | ||||||
| 29 | 275 | 4.08% | 159 | 4.24% | 47 | 2.94% | 161 | 3.65% | 642 | 3.89% | 1,245,912 | 7.86% | ||||||
| 30 | 194 | 2.88% | 144 | 3.84% | 51 | 3.20% | 115 | 2.61% | 504 | 3.06% | 1,227,394 | 7.74% | ||||||
| 31 | 201 | 2.98% | 148 | 3.95% | 22 | 1.38% | 87 | 1.97% | 458 | 2.78% | 1,217,769 | 7.68% | ||||||
| 32 | 200 | 2.97% | 103 | 2.75% | 11 | 0.69% | 74 | 1.68% | 388 | 2.35% | 1,133,237 | 7.15% | ||||||
| 33 | 169 | 2.51% | 108 | 2.88% | 10 | 0.63% | 62 | 1.41% | 349 | 2.12% | 1,261,172 | 7.96% | ||||||
| 34 | 162 | 2.41% | 84 | 2.24% | 5 | 0.31% | 43 | 0.98% | 294 | 1.78% | 1,372,489 | 8.66% | ||||||
| 35 | 161 | 2.39% | 96 | 2.56% | 6 | 0.38% | 54 | 1.22% | 317 | 1.92% | 1,422,093 | 8.97% | ||||||
| 36+ | 787 | 11.69% | 249 | 6.65% | 82 | 5.14% | 243 | 5.51% | 1,361 | 8.26% | NA | NA | ||||||
| Unknown | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | NA | ||||||
| TOTAL | 6,735 | 100.00% | 3,746 | 100.00% | 1,596 | 100.00% | 4,409 | 100.00% | 16,486 | 100.00% | 15,848,907 | 100.00% | ||||||
| b. Officer Corps | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17-19** | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% | NA | NA | ||||||
| 20-24 | 7,662 | 11.01% | 4,430 | 8.79% | 1,928 | 11.27% | 6,943 | 9.84% | 20,963 | 10.09% | 2,203,494 | 4.88% | ||||||
| 25-29 | 15,757 | 22.63% | 10,690 | 21.21% | 4,454 | 26.04% | 15,358 | 21.77% | 46,259 | 22.28% | 5,381,666 | 11.91% | ||||||
| 30-34 | 13,714 | 19.70% | 10,095 | 20.03% | 3,992 | 23.34% | 14,936 | 21.17% | 42,737 | 20.58% | 5,580,091 | 12.35% | ||||||
| 35-39 | 13,425 | 19.28% | 10,300 | 20.43% | 3,565 | 20.85% | 14,252 | 20.20% | 41,542 | 20.00% | 5,941,035 | 13.15% | ||||||
| 40-44 | 10,770 | 15.47% | 8,072 | 16.01% | 1,967 | 11.50% | 11,086 | 15.72% | 31,895 | 15.36% | 5,686,097 | 12.58% | ||||||
| 45-49 | 5,389 | 7.74% | 4,446 | 8.82% | 862 | 5.04% | 5,305 | 7.52% | 16,002 | 7.71% | 5,770,983 | 12.77% | ||||||
| 50+ | 2,788 | 4.00% | 2,362 | 4.69% | 334 | 1.95% | 2,657 | 3.77% | 8,141 | 3.92% | 14,622,948 | 32.36% | ||||||
| Unknown | 107 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 123 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||
| TOTAL | 69,616 | 100.00% | 50,409 | 100.00% | 17,102 | 100.00% | 70,539 | 100.00% | 207,666 | 100.00% | 45,186,315 | 100.00% | ||||||
| * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2005-September 2006. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2006. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** Includes one 16 year-old in the Army. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File. | ||||||||||||||||||