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Eligibility for 100% of benefits BIRTH YEARFULL RETIREMENT AGE195766 + 6 months195866 + 8 months195966 + 10 months1960-later673 more rows

Members with at least 27 years of Kentucky service are eligible to retire with unreduced benefits.

​​​​​​​​​​​​Nonhazardous A nonhazardous member, age 57 or older, may retire with no reduction in benefits if the member's age and years of service equal 87 ​(Rule of 87). A nonhazardous member, age 65, with at least 60 months of service credit may retire at any time with no reduction in benefits.

A member of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) may qualify for service retirement by meeting one of the following conditions. A member has at least 5 years of active Kentucky service and is at least 60 years of age.

Definition of Retirement: To be considered an official retiree by the University, the terminating employee must: 1) be at least age 65 (normal retirement age), or 2) have a combination of age and service equaling 75 (early retirement) with a minimum of 15 years of continuous regular full-time service or its equivalent.

A generous 200% employer match comes with our matching retirement savings plan for eligible employees, which starts automatically when you're hired on day 30. Beginning July 1, 2023, all eligible new hires age 25 and over are automatically enrolled in the matching retirement savings plan.