Table B-24. Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY15: Percentages by Service, Marital Status, Gender, and Age with Civilian Comparison Groups

Table B-24. Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY15: Percentages by Service, Marital Status, Gender, and Age with Civilian Comparison Groups

	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Gains ¹

Males	16.6	83.4	23.9	76.1	18.3	81.7	17.2	82.8	18.8	81.2	48.7	51.3
Females	16.6	83.4	14.8	85.2	13.7	86.3	19.7	80.3	17.0	83.0	53.3	46.7

TOTAL	16.6	83.4	21.8	78.2	17.9	82.1	17.9	82.1	18.4	81.6	51.2	48.8

	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Corps ²

Males	70.9	29.1	73.3	26.7	69.5	30.5	71.0	29.0	71.4	28.6	61.0	39.0
Females	53.5	46.5	56.8	43.2	44.0	56.0	49.3	50.7	53.2	46.8	58.2	41.8

TOTAL	67.7	32.3	69.9	30.1	67.7	32.3	67.1	32.9	68.2	31.8	59.6	40.4


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Gains ¹
Age
17-20	20.0	80.0	0	100	-----	-----	0	100	10.0	90.0	-----	-----
21	1.4	98.6	1.5	98.5	4.1	95.9	0.47	99.5	1.4	98.6	6.9	93.1
22	1.7	98.3	2.7	97.3	4.8	95.2	0.80	99.2	2.0	98.0	5.9	94.1
23	3.1	96.9	4.0	96.0	9.7	90.3	2.8	97.2	4.1	95.9	8.6	91.4
24	10.2	89.8	9.8	90.2	17.6	82.4	5.3	94.7	9.3	90.7	12.8	87.2
25	19.5	80.5	14.6	85.4	18.2	81.8	23.2	76.8	19.0	81.0	18.2	81.8
26	29.0	71.0	22.2	77.8	34.6	65.4	24.6	75.4	26.2	73.8	26.1	73.9
27	39.6	60.4	32.9	67.1	34.8	65.2	43.1	56.9	38.1	61.9	36.0	64.0
28	47.0	53.0	38.1	61.9	58.9	41.1	50.6	49.4	46.7	53.3	43.8	56.2
29	48.4	51.6	51.7	48.3	75.0	25.0	50.4	49.6	52.1	47.9	47.7	52.3
30	58.0	42.0	62.8	37.2	75.0	25.0	55.2	44.8	59.8	40.2	57.1	42.9
31	57.7	42.3	62.9	37.1	75.0	25.0	65.2	34.8	62.6	37.4	61.5	38.5
32	56.4	43.6	69.6	30.4	60.0	40.0	63.5	36.5	63.3	36.7	65.3	34.7
33	58.3	41.7	73.7	26.3	66.7	33.3	71.6	28.4	67.9	32.1	65.8	34.2
34	51.9	48.1	65.8	34.2	75.0	25.0	80.0	20.0	64.9	35.1	69.9	30.1
35-39	69.6	30.4	67.6	32.4	88.9	11.1	74.5	25.5	70.4	29.6	73.5	26.5
40+	78.8	21.3	60.3	39.7	100	0	76.5	23.5	72.4	27.6	-----	-----
Unknown	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

TOTAL	16.6	83.4	21.8	78.2	17.9	82.1	17.9	82.1	18.4	81.6	61.5	38.5


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Corps ²
Age
17-20	33	67	0	100	-----	-----	-----	-----	25.0	75.0	-----	-----
21	2.9	97.1	10.2	89.8	14.3	85.7	8.9	91.1	7.1	92.9	7.7	92.3
22	6.8	93.2	6.3	93.8	7.5	92.5	7.0	93.0	6.8	93.2	8.6	91.4
23	14.6	85.4	16.7	83.3	14.3	85.7	11.8	88.2	14.5	85.5	11.5	88.5
24	24.6	75.4	26.0	74.0	24.4	75.6	17.7	82.3	23.4	76.6	11.6	88.4
25	35.2	64.8	37.1	62.9	31.3	68.7	27.1	72.9	33.5	66.5	17.9	82.1
26	42.7	57.3	42.8	57.2	42.4	57.6	35.8	64.2	41.1	58.9	23.5	76.5
27	52.3	47.7	51.1	48.9	50.8	49.2	43.3	56.7	49.7	50.3	35.5	64.5
28	56.0	44.0	60.3	39.7	60.0	40.0	49.6	50.4	56.2	43.8	42.4	57.6
29	64.2	35.8	65.2	34.8	63.2	36.8	59.3	40.7	63.3	36.7	45.6	54.4
30	68.4	31.6	69.7	30.3	70.1	29.9	62.5	37.5	67.6	32.4	57.1	42.9
31	71.9	28.1	76.2	23.8	76.9	23.1	69.7	30.3	73.1	26.9	63.8	36.2
32	74.7	25.3	79.3	20.7	79.8	20.2	73.5	26.5	76.4	23.6	63.2	36.8
33	79.3	20.7	81.5	18.5	83.3	16.7	78.1	21.9	80.1	19.9	62.6	37.4
34	80.0	20.0	83.0	17.0	82.3	17.7	80.7	19.3	81.3	18.7	70.7	29.3
35	81.4	18.6	85.4	14.6	85.5	14.5	82.9	17.1	83.3	16.7	68.6	31.4
36	83.1	16.9	85.5	14.5	86.9	13.1	86.1	13.9	84.9	15.1	68.4	31.6
37	83.6	16.4	86.6	13.4	89.9	10.1	84.7	15.3	85.3	14.7	73.2	26.8
38	85.3	14.7	89.3	10.7	88.6	11.4	84.1	15.9	86.4	13.6	72.2	27.8
39	85.6	14.4	88.2	11.8	89.5	10.5	87.3	12.7	87.1	12.9	77.0	23.0
40	85.3	14.7	89.3	10.7	89.5	10.5	89.2	10.8	87.8	12.2	72.0	28.0
41	87.1	12.9	88.4	11.6	90.0	10.0	86.5	13.5	87.5	12.5	80.2	19.8
42	87.2	12.8	89.5	10.5	91.3	8.7	88.0	12.0	88.4	11.6	76.3	23.7
43	86.3	13.7	88.4	11.6	91.5	8.5	88.5	11.5	87.8	12.2	76.5	23.5
44	86.2	13.8	88.3	11.7	92.5	7.5	90.1	9.9	88.2	11.8	73.1	26.9
45	86.9	13.1	87.9	12.1	92.9	7.1	89.5	10.5	88.3	11.7	72.6	27.4
46	85.4	14.6	89.0	11.0	92.1	7.9	87.8	12.2	87.5	12.5	73.6	26.4
47	87.2	12.8	88.7	11.3	93.4	6.6	90.7	9.3	88.9	11.1	73.0	27.0
48	86.6	13.4	90.3	9.7	92.7	7.3	88.9	11.1	88.6	11.4	74.2	25.8
49	89.2	10.8	88.9	11.1	92.0	8.0	86.5	13.5	88.5	11.5	78.0	22.0
50	88.5	11.5	88.2	11.8	88.3	11.7	85.7	14.3	87.6	12.4	-----	-----
51	87.6	12.4	85.5	14.5	93.9	6.1	87.7	12.3	87.5	12.5	-----	-----
52	86.1	13.9	84.8	15.2	90.5	9.5	89.0	11.0	86.9	13.1	-----	-----
53	87.8	12.2	89.5	10.5	96.0	4.0	84.0	16.0	87.3	12.7	-----	-----
54	85.9	14.1	90.8	9.2	94.1	5.9	86.2	13.8	87.3	12.7	-----	-----
55+	80.4	19.6	83.5	16.5	95.2	4.8	83.1	16.9	82.4	17.6	-----	-----

TOTAL	67.7	32.3	69.9	30.1	67.7	32.3	67.1	32.9	68.2	31.8	63.2	36.8


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
MALE	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Gains ¹
Age
17-20	0	100	0	100	-----	-----	-----	-----	0	100	-----	-----
21	1.2	98.8	1.7	98.3	3.3	96.7	0	100	1.3	98.7	3.1	96.9
22	1.3	98.7	2.5	97.5	5.1	94.9	0.67	99.3	1.9	98.1	4.3	95.7
23	2.7	97.3	4.0	96.0	9.6	90.4	2.4	97.6	3.9	96.1	4.7	95.3
24	9.0	91.0	9.8	90.2	15.4	84.6	5.4	94.6	8.8	91.2	9.0	91.0
25	21.1	78.9	15.3	84.7	18.2	81.8	25.2	74.8	19.9	80.1	12.9	87.1
26	27.6	72.4	25.1	74.9	35.3	64.7	26.8	73.2	27.5	72.5	22.2	77.8
27	39.4	60.6	36.0	64.0	34.8	65.2	46.4	53.6	39.7	60.3	27.9	72.1
28	48.6	51.4	43.0	57.0	62.0	38.0	48.8	51.2	48.6	51.4	36.3	63.7
29	51.3	48.7	53.4	46.6	77.5	22.5	53.5	46.5	55.0	45.0	40.1	59.9
30	60.4	39.6	71.1	28.9	75.0	25.0	53.2	46.8	63.4	36.6	53.4	46.6
31	56.6	43.4	67.9	32.1	75.0	25.0	69.6	30.4	65.0	35.0	56.8	43.2
32	60.8	39.2	80.2	19.8	75.0	25.0	66.1	33.9	69.8	30.2	63.0	37.0
33	61.2	38.8	80.5	19.5	100	0	69.4	30.6	71.6	28.4	64.2	35.8
34	58.1	41.9	69.5	30.5	75.0	25.0	80.6	19.4	68.6	31.4	69.2	30.8
35-39	77.0	23.0	74.5	25.5	88.9	11.1	81.7	18.3	77.1	22.9	73.7	26.3
40+	84.1	15.9	60.4	39.6	100	0	79.3	20.7	74.8	25.2	-----	-----
Unknown	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

TOTAL	16.6	83.4	23.9	76.1	18.3	81.7	17.2	82.8	18.8	81.2	22.2	77.8


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
MALE	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Corps ²
Age
17-20	33	67	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	33.3	66.7	-----	-----
21	1.2	98.8	4.3	95.7	13.3	86.7	6.0	94.0	4.1	95.9	21.7	78.3
22	6.2	93.8	6.4	93.6	6.8	93.2	7.1	92.9	6.5	93.5	6.0	94.0
23	13.4	86.6	15.9	84.1	14.4	85.6	10.6	89.4	13.6	86.4	6.7	93.3
24	23.7	76.3	25.0	75.0	24.3	75.7	17.7	82.3	22.8	77.2	8.8	91.2
25	34.4	65.6	36.4	63.6	31.0	69.0	27.3	72.7	32.9	67.1	12.5	87.5
26	43.3	56.7	43.0	57.0	43.6	56.4	37.5	62.5	42.0	58.0	20.9	79.1
27	52.7	47.3	51.4	48.6	51.6	48.4	44.3	55.7	50.4	49.6	32.9	67.1
28	58.5	41.5	61.8	38.2	61.4	38.6	51.6	48.4	58.2	41.8	35.2	64.8
29	66.5	33.5	67.6	32.4	64.5	35.5	62.7	37.3	65.7	34.3	41.6	58.4
30	71.1	28.9	72.9	27.1	71.4	28.6	64.5	35.5	70.1	29.9	57.9	42.1
31	75.5	24.5	79.4	20.6	78.0	22.0	72.1	27.9	76.1	23.9	61.2	38.8
32	77.9	22.1	82.1	17.9	81.9	18.1	77.0	23.0	79.4	20.6	63.4	36.6
33	82.4	17.6	85.2	14.8	85.6	14.4	82.1	17.9	83.5	16.5	61.1	38.9
34	84.2	15.8	86.0	14.0	84.0	16.0	83.9	16.1	84.7	15.3	71.5	28.5
35	86.4	13.6	88.7	11.3	87.0	13.0	86.4	13.6	87.1	12.9	72.1	27.9
36	87.8	12.2	89.2	10.8	88.4	11.6	89.2	10.8	88.6	11.4	70.2	29.8
37	87.3	12.7	90.1	9.9	90.9	9.1	87.5	12.5	88.5	11.5	75.4	24.6
38	89.5	10.5	93.0	7.0	90.6	9.4	87.6	12.4	90.1	9.9	71.6	28.4
39	89.8	10.2	92.1	7.9	91.7	8.3	90.8	9.2	90.9	9.1	80.2	19.8
40	89.2	10.8	92.9	7.1	91.3	8.7	92.9	7.1	91.4	8.6	78.9	21.1
41	90.8	9.2	92.0	8.0	91.2	8.8	89.7	10.3	90.9	9.1	83.1	16.9
42	91.1	8.9	93.4	6.6	92.6	7.4	91.0	9.0	91.8	8.2	80.9	19.1
43	90.1	9.9	92.5	7.5	92.9	7.1	91.4	8.6	91.3	8.7	81.4	18.6
44	90.3	9.7	91.9	8.1	93.4	6.6	93.0	7.0	91.7	8.3	78.0	22.0
45	90.5	9.5	91.1	8.9	94.2	5.8	92.8	7.2	91.5	8.5	74.8	25.2
46	89.6	10.4	92.9	7.1	93.3	6.7	91.2	8.8	91.2	8.8	77.5	22.5
47	91.1	8.9	93.3	6.7	95.0	5.0	93.8	6.2	92.7	7.3	76.1	23.9
48	90.9	9.1	95.2	4.8	93.6	6.4	91.4	8.6	92.2	7.8	76.7	23.3
49	92.8	7.2	93.1	6.9	91.8	8.2	90.9	9.1	92.3	7.7	80.7	19.3

TOTAL	70.9	29.1	73.3	26.7	69.5	30.5	71.0	29.0	71.4	28.6	59.6	40.4


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-35 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
FEMALE	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Gains ¹
Age
17-20	33.3	66.7	0	100	-----	-----	0	100	16.7	83.3	-----	-----
21	2.0	98.0	0.96	99.0	7.7	92.3	1.5	98.5	1.8	98.2	9.3	90.7
22	3.2	96.8	3.3	96.7	1.7	98.3	1.1	98.9	2.5	97.5	6.9	93.1
23	4.8	95.2	3.9	96.1	11.5	88.5	4.3	95.7	4.8	95.2	11.3	88.7
24	15.2	84.8	9.5	90.5	50.0	50.0	4.8	95.2	11.8	88.2	15.9	84.1
25	15.2	84.8	11.1	88.9	18.2	81.8	18.3	81.7	15.6	84.4	22.4	77.6
26	32.0	68.0	15.2	84.8	30.8	69.2	19.7	80.3	23.4	76.6	29.3	70.7
27	40.3	59.7	24.6	75.4	33.3	66.7	35.1	64.9	33.7	66.3	42.4	57.6
28	42.3	57.7	23.1	76.9	33.3	66.7	56.1	43.9	40.6	59.4	50.2	49.8
29	32.1	67.9	45.2	54.8	50.0	50.0	42.5	57.5	40.8	59.2	54.2	45.8
30	50.0	50.0	30.4	69.6	-----	-----	58.8	41.2	48.3	51.7	60.2	39.8
31	61.9	38.1	45.8	54.2	-----	-----	57.6	42.4	55.1	44.9	65.2	34.8
32	40.9	59.1	37.9	62.1	0	100	57.7	42.3	44.3	55.7	67.1	32.9
33	47.1	52.9	44.4	55.6	0	100	77.8	22.2	54.5	45.5	67.1	32.9
34	27.3	72.7	50.0	50.0	-----	-----	77.8	22.2	50.0	50.0	70.5	29.5
35-39	40.0	60.0	40.5	59.5	-----	-----	66.0	34.0	51.8	48.2	73.3	26.7
40+	58.8	41.2	60.0	40.0	-----	-----	72.7	27.3	65.3	34.7	-----	-----
Unknown	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

TOTAL	16.6	83.4	14.8	85.2	13.7	86.3	19.7	80.3	17.0	83.0	65.2	34.8


	SERVICE										CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
	ARMY		NAVY		MARINE CORPS		AIR FORCE		TOTAL DoD		COLLEGE GRADUATES
FEMALE	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried	Married	Unmarried
Officer Corps ²
Age
17-20	-----	-----	0	100	-----	-----	-----	-----	0	100	-----	-----
21	9.1	90.9	15.4	84.6	17	83	13.8	86.2	13.3	86.7	4.3	95.7
22	9.3	90.7	5.9	94.1	11.8	88.2	6.7	93.3	7.7	92.3	10.5	89.5
23	18.8	81.2	19.3	80.7	13.6	86.4	15.8	84.2	17.9	82.1	15.3	84.7
24	28.3	71.7	28.9	71.1	25.7	74.3	17.5	82.5	25.5	74.5	14.1	85.9
25	38.7	61.3	39.3	60.7	33.3	66.7	26.4	73.6	35.7	64.3	22.4	77.6
26	40.6	59.4	42.4	57.6	31.9	68.1	29.8	70.2	38.0	62.0	25.9	74.1
27	50.6	49.4	50.1	49.9	42.7	57.3	39.8	60.2	47.3	52.7	37.7	62.3
28	45.4	54.6	55.1	44.9	45.7	54.3	41.4	58.6	47.8	52.2	48.9	51.1
29	54.9	45.1	55.4	44.6	48.6	51.4	46.7	53.3	52.6	47.4	49.2	50.8
30	57.0	43.0	57.2	42.8	54.8	45.2	54.0	46.0	56.2	43.8	56.4	43.6
31	56.7	43.3	63.7	36.3	58.0	42.0	58.0	42.0	59.5	40.5	66.1	33.9
32	61.7	38.3	68.3	31.7	50.9	49.1	58.5	41.5	62.9	37.1	63.1	36.9
33	66.9	33.1	65.8	34.2	55.0	45.0	61.7	38.3	64.8	35.2	64.0	36.0
34	62.5	37.5	70.3	29.7	58.3	41.7	65.8	34.2	65.6	34.4	70.0	30.0
35	62.0	38.0	69.6	30.4	62.8	37.2	66.5	33.5	65.3	34.7	65.3	34.7
36	65.3	34.7	70.9	29.1	65.0	35.0	68.6	31.4	67.8	32.2	66.7	33.3
37	66.8	33.2	69.9	30.1	71.0	29.0	67.2	32.8	68.0	32.0	71.1	28.9
38	65.5	34.5	69.8	30.2	50.0	50.0	66.7	33.3	66.7	33.3	72.8	27.2
39	65.8	34.2	70.1	29.9	54.8	45.2	67.2	32.8	67.2	32.8	73.6	26.4
40	64.3	35.7	71.5	28.5	63.3	36.7	68.1	31.9	67.5	32.5	65.3	34.7
41	66.0	34.0	70.1	29.9	61.9	38.1	65.6	34.4	67.1	32.9	77.8	22.2
42	63.7	36.3	71.2	28.8	52.9	47.1	67.0	33.0	66.9	33.1	71.1	28.9
43	65.1	34.9	67.3	32.7	46.7	53.3	65.4	34.6	65.5	34.5	72.0	28.0
44	60.9	39.1	72.8	27.2	66.7	33.3	65.7	34.3	66.1	33.9	68.8	31.2
45	64.1	35.9	70.5	29.5	58.3	41.7	63.8	36.2	66.1	33.9	70.4	29.6
46	62.2	37.8	68.6	31.4	33.3	66.7	63.6	36.4	64.3	35.7	69.6	30.4
47	63.5	36.5	64.7	35.3	60.0	40.0	68.4	31.6	65.0	35.0	69.7	30.3
48	56.5	43.5	71.9	28.1	60.0	40.0	72.8	27.2	66.7	33.3	72.0	28.0
49	66.7	33.3	72.0	28.0	100.0	0.0	61.0	39.0	67.0	33.0	75.0	25.0

TOTAL	53.5	46.5	56.8	43.2	44.0	56.0	49.3	50.7	53.2	46.8	59.6	40.4

Note: Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of
the officer to the same component. The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in
the previous file.
1. Comparison group for officer gains includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2014-September 2015 average.
2. Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-49 years old), September 2015.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey. Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).