United States
Office of Personnel Management
Retirement Operations Center
Boyers, Pennsylvania 16017
Estimated Earnings During Military Service
Instructions: Use a separate RI 20-97 for each branch of service. Attach DD 214 or the equivalent and any available records of pay or
promotions. The pay center cannot provide estimated earnings without verification of service. The requester must complete blocks 1 through
10 and block 19. Visit the Defense Finance and Accounting Service website for the address to send this form and request your earnings at:
www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/customerservice.
1. Name (Last, first, middle)
2. Other names used
3. Social Security Number 4. Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy)
5. All military service numbers
6. Branch of service
The uniformed services must provide Federal employees' estimated basic pay for military service they performed after December 31, 1956.
This is needed to make a deposit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund for retirement credit. Please provide the estimated basic
pay earned by the person named above.
8. Relationship to person named
Other (specify):
Person named is requester
Survivor
7. Signature of requester 9. Date
10. Active military service after
December 31, 1956 (Dates
indicated below must be based
on DD 214 or equivalent
certification.)
11. Authorized Official of Retired Pay Center completes blocks 11 through 18.
Estimated Earnings (Base Pay)
Do not provide estimated earnings for any period of service prior to January 1, 1957.
From
(mm/dd/yyyy)
To
(mm/dd/yyyy)
From
(mm/dd/yyyy)
To
(mm/dd/yyyy)
Rate of Basic Pay Earnings Type of Discharge
13. Lost time
19. Requester's name and address (Return this completed form to address below)
17. Typed name of authorized official
14. Signature of authorized official furnishing estimate 16. Telephone number (including area code) 15. Date
12. If period of service began before
and ended after December 31,
1956, enter date service actually
began. (mm/dd/yyyy)
None
Number of days
From
(mm/dd/yyyy)
To
(mm/dd/yyyy)
From
(mm/dd/yyyy)
To
(mm/dd/yyyy)
18. Title of authorized official
Inclusive dates
( )
RI 20-97
Revised May 2013
Previous editions are not usable
