Table B-22.  FY 2009 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.  FY 2008 Active Component Officer Accessions1
17-20 3 0.04% 1 0.02% 1 0.05% 4 0.10% 9 0.05% NA NA
21 117 1.56% 62 1.54% 29 1.58% 87 2.12% 295 1.69% 106,575 0.63%
22 1,601 21.36% 925 22.99% 421 22.91% 1,101 26.85% 4,048 23.19% 547,705 3.23%
23 1,137 15.17% 644 16.00% 443 24.10% 942 22.97% 3,166 18.14% 987,577 5.82%
24 580 7.74% 294 7.31% 222 12.08% 319 7.78% 1,415 8.11% 1,114,288 6.57%
25 362 4.83% 232 5.77% 167 9.09% 203 4.95% 964 5.52% 1,195,912 7.05%
26 426 5.68% 270 6.71% 113 6.15% 253 6.17% 1,062 6.08% 1,278,138 7.53%
27 363 4.84% 212 5.27% 119 6.47% 203 4.95% 897 5.14% 1,343,040 7.92%
28 314 4.19% 202 5.02% 76 4.13% 154 3.76% 746 4.27% 1,295,708 7.64%
29 298 3.98% 164 4.08% 71 3.86% 172 4.19% 705 4.04% 1,290,872 7.61%
30 296 3.95% 136 3.38% 39 2.12% 124 3.02% 595 3.41% 1,317,447 7.76%
31 221 2.95% 158 3.93% 40 2.18% 93 2.27% 512 2.93% 1,292,426 7.62%
32 227 3.03% 113 2.81% 23 1.25% 80 1.95% 443 2.54% 1,263,578 7.45%
33 176 2.35% 85 2.11% 15 0.82% 56 1.37% 332 1.90% 1,373,197 8.09%
34 156 2.08% 83 2.06% 11 0.60% 57 1.39% 307 1.76% 1,230,698 7.25%
35 156 2.08% 97 2.41% 8 0.44% 55 1.34% 316 1.81% 1,329,910 7.84%
36+ 1,059 14.13% 345 8.57% 40 2.18% 198 4.83% 1,642 9.41% NA NA
Unknown 2 0.03% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.02% 0 NA
                                   
TOTAL 7,494 100.00% 4,024 100.00% 1,838 100.00% 4,101 100.00% 17,457 100.00% 16,967,070 100.00%
b.  FY 2008 Active Component Officer Corps2
17-19 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.00% 1 0.00% NA NA
20-24 8,073 11.07% 4,751 9.55% 2,451 13.40% 6,176 9.53% 21,451 10.42% 2,400,337 5.04%
25-29 16,643 22.82% 10,475 21.06% 4,992 27.28% 14,346 22.14% 46,456 22.58% 5,856,990 12.30%
30-34 13,855 19.00% 9,662 19.43% 3,654 19.97% 13,007 20.07% 40,178 19.53% 5,790,413 12.16%
35-39 14,306 19.62% 10,122 20.35% 3,819 20.87% 13,198 20.37% 41,445 20.14% 6,104,187 12.82%
40-44 11,178 15.33% 7,767 15.62% 2,238 12.23% 10,853 16.75% 32,036 15.57% 5,829,899 12.24%
45-49 5,619 7.70% 4,492 9.03% 820 4.48% 4,868 7.51% 15,799 7.68% 6,131,148 12.87%
50+ 3,128 4.29% 2,446 4.92% 323 1.77% 2,353 3.63% 8,250 4.01% 15,509,732 32.57%
Unknown 126 0.17% 20 0.04% 0 0.00% 3 0.00% 149 0.07% 0 0.00%
TOTAL 72,928 100.00%   49,735 100.00%   18,297 100.00%   64,805 100.00%   205,765 100.00%   47,622,704 100.00%
   
  1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2008-September 2009 average.
  2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2009.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.