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  Last Updated: 03/25/2010
 
   Disability Benefit Calculation Example
  If a judge is determined by the Governor to qualify for a disability benefit, he or she will continue to receive salary for one year, however, not beyond age 70. After receiving salary for the year, a disability benefit is payable from MSRS. The benefit is based on length of service and high-five average salary. A judge receives 3.2 percent for each year of service. The minimum disability benefit is 25 percent of a judges high-five average salary with no early-retirement deduction applied. At age 70, a judge is considered retired, and no longer eligible for disability or the one-year salary continuation.
   
 
Example
 High-five period total salary  $100,000/year

 High-five average salary 

 $8,333
          x 32% (10 years x 3.2%)

 Monthly Disability Benefit  

 $2,666
   
   
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Minnesota State Retirement System
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