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 2009 Active Component Officer Accessions1
17-20 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 3 0.18% 1 0.02% 6 0.03% NA NA
21 96 1.22% 66 1.62% 16 0.95% 68 1.44% 246 1.34% 109,604 0.64%
22 1,411 17.92% 975 23.97% 364 21.69% 1,147 24.35% 3,897 21.26% 557,454 3.26%
23 1,114 14.15% 653 16.05% 403 24.02% 1,097 23.29% 3,267 17.82% 995,765 5.82%
24 592 7.52% 339 8.33% 232 13.83% 475 10.08% 1,638 8.94% 1,189,308 6.95%
25 462 5.87% 225 5.53% 136 8.10% 217 4.61% 1,040 5.67% 1,202,430 7.03%
26 507 6.44% 256 6.29% 116 6.91% 277 5.88% 1,156 6.31% 1,283,480 7.50%
27 429 5.45% 254 6.24% 98 5.84% 216 4.59% 997 5.44% 1,320,159 7.72%
28 345 4.38% 175 4.30% 65 3.87% 199 4.22% 784 4.28% 1,358,917 7.94%
29 359 4.56% 189 4.65% 77 4.59% 198 4.20% 823 4.49% 1,293,707 7.56%
30 291 3.70% 147 3.61% 60 3.58% 144 3.06% 642 3.50% 1,290,282 7.54%
31 289 3.67% 144 3.54% 32 1.91% 110 2.33% 575 3.14% 1,338,002 7.82%
32 228 2.90% 95 2.34% 15 0.89% 90 1.91% 428 2.33% 1,294,117 7.57%
33 213 2.70% 94 2.31% 11 0.66% 74 1.57% 392 2.14% 1,261,687 7.38%
34 220 2.79% 83 2.04% 13 0.77% 79 1.68% 395 2.15% 1,347,933 7.88%
35 192 2.44% 84 2.06% 8 0.48% 49 1.04% 333 1.82% 1,262,220 7.38%
36+ 1,125 14.29% 288 7.08% 29 1.73% 270 5.73% 1,712 9.34% NA NA
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 NA
                                   
TOTAL 7,875 100% 4,068 100% 1,678 100% 4,711 100% 18,332 100% 17,105,065 100%
b.  FY 2009 Active Component Officer Corps2
17-19 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% NA NA
20-24 7,790 10.30% 4,753 9.43% 2,436 13.00% 6,241 9.53% 21,220 10.09% 2,317,694 4.80%
25-29 17,587 23.26% 10,759 21.35% 5,305 28.32% 14,913 22.77% 48,564 23.10% 5,861,667 12.14%
30-34 14,547 19.24% 9,699 19.25% 3,721 19.86% 13,221 20.19% 41,188 19.59% 5,987,828 12.40%
35-39 14,740 19.49% 10,001 19.85% 3,748 20.01% 12,676 19.35% 41,165 19.58% 6,043,572 12.52%
40-44 11,524 15.24% 7,857 15.59% 2,360 12.60% 10,881 16.61% 32,622 15.52% 5,781,470 11.98%
45-49 6,036 7.98% 4,702 9.33% 857 4.57% 5,100 7.79% 16,695 7.94% 6,036,531 12.51%
50+ 3,366 4.45% 2,599 5.16% 306 1.63% 2,461 3.76% 8,732 4.15% 16,240,949 33.65%
Unknown 29 0.04% 15 0.03% 0 0.00% 3 0.00% 47 0.02% 0 0.00%
TOTAL 75,619 100%   50,385 100%   18,733 100%   65,496 100%   210,233 100%   48,269,711 100%
   
  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.