• Timeline for your Retirement
• Determining Your Effective Date of Retirement
• Online Retirement Benefit Calculator

NOTE: Members of the Newton Retirement System should use the online calculator for your own informal personal retirement planning. The State Retirement System has been kind enough to share the online calculator with all public sector employees in Massachusetts. Under no circumstances should you contact the State Retirement System with questions regarding the online calculator. The Newton Retirement System is not bound by calculations performed on the online calculator.

• Retirement Benefit Percentage Charts: (For Membership Prior to 4/2/2012)
  • Group 1 (Group 1 members are officials and general employees including clerical, administrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics, dispatchers and all others not otherwise classified)
  • Group 4 (Group 4 members are public safety officers)
• Retirement Benefit Percentage Charts: (For Membership After 4/2/2012)
  • Group 1 (Group 1 members are officials and general employees including clerical, administrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics, dispatchers and all others not otherwise classified.)
  • Group 4 (Group 4 members are public safety officers)
• Benefit Estimate Request Form
• Massachusetts' Public Employee Retirement Guide
• Helpful Information Regarding Your Estimated Retirement Allowance Worksheet and the Retirement Planning Process

Social Security

If you are also eligible to collect Social Security benefits, you may want to bring your “Estimated Retirement Allowance Worksheet” to a Social Security representative to determine if the receipt of your retirement benefit will have any impact on your social security benefit.

Social Security
1-800-772-1213
www.socialsecurity.gov

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