The backlog of outstanding retirement claims at the Office of Personnel Management improved modestly in August.
The total backlog now stands at 17,576, down from 18,413 at the end of July, a reduction of 4.5%.
The improvement came thanks to OPM processing more claims in August than it had previously. In August, 9,715 claims were processed versus 8,088 in July, a 20% increase.
The backlog is now almost exactly where it was at the time last year. At the end of August 2018, it stood at 17,513.
The latest complete statistics from OPM are included below.
Month | Claims Received | Claims Processed | Inventory(Steady state goal is 13,000) | Monthly
Average Processing Time in Days |
FYTD Average Processing Time in Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct-17 | 8,850 | 6,818 | 18,860 | 64 | 64 |
Nov-17 | 5,572 | 5,138 | 19,294 | 68 | 66 |
Dec-17 | 5,568 | 10,347 | 14,515 | 60 | 63 |
Jan-18 | 14,590 | 8,638 | 20,467 | 63 | 63 |
Feb-18 | 13,290 | 9,532 | 24,225 | 46 | 59 |
Mar-18 | 7,767 | 13,262 | 18,730 | 49 | 57 |
Apr-18 | 8,390 | 9,631 | 17,489 | 58 | 57 |
May-18 | 7,625 | 7,090 | 18,024 | 58 | 58 |
Jun-18 | 9,397 | 9,223 | 18,198 | 65 | 59 |
Jul-18 | 8,281 | 8,145 | 18,334 | 57 | 59 |
Aug-18 | 8,826 | 9,647 | 17,513 | 56 | 58 |
Sep-18 | 7,142 | 7,027 | 17,628 | 64 | 59 |
Oct-18 | 9,012 | 6,911 | 19,729 | 63 | 63 |
Nov-18 | 7,510 | 8,077 | 19,162 | 61 | 62 |
Dec-18 | 5,782 | 6,925 | 18,019 | 60 | 61 |
Jan-19 | 13,264 | 8,162 | 23,121 | 58 | 60 |
Feb-19 | 10,792 | 10,543 | 23,370 | 58 | 57 |
Mar-19 | 10,048 | 13,217 | 20,201 | 50 | 55 |
Apr-19 | 6,993 | 9,392 | 17,802 | 56 | 55 |
May-19 | 7,877 | 8,451 | 17,228 | 62 | 56 |
Jun-19 | 8,201 | 6,928 | 18,501 | 60 | 56 |
Jul-19 | 8,000 | 8,088 | 18,413 | 55 | 56 |
Aug-19 | 8,878 | 9,715 | 17,576 | 50 | 56 |