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    Share Your TSP Balance and Your Age Thread

    27 years of Postal service, started saving as soon as possible. Started out around 7% getting the max match, then every step increase or contractual increase, added another one or two percent. I have been maxed out on contributions for probably 10 years now. Sitting in the $800K range with three...
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    Share Your TSP Balance and Your Age Thread

    Hi Jim, sounds like you are doing ok, I too have been adding to my TSP starting out with 5 or 6 %, I don't really recall, then with each pay or step increase, I would add another 1% to my TSP deposits until I maxed out. Last year I dropped it down a bit so as not to miss out on a couple of year...
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    Share Your TSP Balance and Your Age Thread

    I have been employed by the Postal Service for 22 years now, started out saving around 10%, then with each pay increase, I would step it up another percent until reaching the max. I have no military time and my wife is not employed, so she has only my retirement funds. I now have a balance of...
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