Add your numbers to the end of the NYPD or FDNY calculator's address and the page opens with them filled in and your estimate already showing.
The short version. Put a question mark after the calculator's address, then each number as a name, an equals sign and the value, joined by &. For example /nypd/?hired=2005-07&years=20&salary=120000&age=45.
The page fills in the boxes and shows the estimate. It does not send anything, submit anything or ask for an email on your behalf. You check the numbers and decide what to do next.
The numbers are taken out of the address bar as the page opens, before our analytics tools load, so those tools record the plain page address and not your figures. Like any website, our web host's own server log can still record the address that was asked for.
| Name | What it is, and what it accepts |
|---|---|
hired | Your start month with the department, as year and month: 2005-07. It sets your tier.
A year on its own (2005) sets the tier only. In 2009, 2012 and 2017 the tier changes partway through the year, so for those years give the month. |
tier | 2, 3o, 3r or 3e (Tier 2, Tier 3 Original, Revised or Enhanced). Only used when there is no start month.
A plain 3 is not enough, because the three Tier 3 versions pay differently. |
years | Years of service when you leave, 15 to 35. |
salary | Your final average salary for a year, 40,000 to 400,000. 120000, 120,000 and 120k all work. |
age | Your age today, 35 to 75. |
rank | The rank you expect to retire at: po, det, sgt, lt or cpt (or the word, like sergeant). Optional. |
yir | Years in that rank when you retire, 0 to 40, in whole or half years. Optional. With rank and 25 or more years of service it adds the detective, sergeant or lieutenant step. |
| Name | What it is, and what it accepts |
|---|---|
hired | Your pension fund membership date, as a full date: 2005-07-15. Use the date on your fund record, not your academy graduation.
Service is counted to the day, and a guessed day can move you across the 20- or 23-year mark, so a year or a month on its own is not used. |
retire | The month you are thinking of putting your papers in: 2027-06. Must come after the hire date. |
years | Years of service at retirement, 5 to 40. With a hire date and no retire month, the page uses the first month in which you would have that many years. |
tier | 2, 3o, 3m or 3e. Optional, because the hire date sets it. Use it for Tier 3 Modified or Enhanced, which your fund record shows. A tier that does not fit the hire date is ignored. |
salary | Your final average salary for a year, 20,000 to 500,000. |
age | Your age today, 38 to 85. |
NYPD, Tier 2, leaving at 20 years.
https://sirmiumcapital.com/nypd/?hired=2005-07&years=20&salary=120000&age=45
NYPD, Tier 3 Revised, leaving at 22 years.
https://sirmiumcapital.com/nypd/?hired=2014-03&years=22&salary=110000&age=44
FDNY, Tier 3, papers in at 23 years.
https://sirmiumcapital.com/fdny/?hired=2012-03-01&retire=2035-04&salary=125000&age=45
The numbers in these links are made up to show the format. They are not anyone's real figures.
utm_source, stay in the address as they are.If you are helping someone with an NYPD or FDNY pension question, you can build one of these links from the numbers they give you, so they land on their own estimate. Ask for the start month or hire date rather than guessing it. Leave out anything they did not tell you; the page asks for it. Never put a name, an email address or a phone number in the link.
Both calculators are free and need no login. Type your numbers in and the estimate appears as you go.
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Educational information only. Not investment, tax or legal advice, not a recommendation, and not a guarantee. Hypothetical results are not a forecast and will differ from what actually happens.