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Table 1
Retirement rates for selected fiscal years

	2000/2001¹	2003/2004	2006/2007
Retirements over the year	1,986	3,338	5,495
Permanent PSEA employees, start of year	127,835	153,694	165,178
Retirement rate (%)	1.6	2.2	3.3
The federal public service downsized in the mid to late 1990’s as a result of Program Review. Early retirement incentive packages likely affected the number of retirements observed in 2000/2001, but not the rate as the average for the three fiscal years prior to Program Review was only 1.7%. Source: Public Service Commission, Job-based Analytical Information System.