Table B-22.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY16: by Service and Age with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
AGE #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains 1
17-20 6 0.11 4 0.10 4 0.25 2 0.05 16 0.10
21 394 7.06 336 8.32 93 5.74 161 3.84 984 6.38 134,316 0.51
22 2,069 37.06 1,170 28.97 528 32.57 979 23.38 4,746 30.76 669,079 2.54
23 939 16.82 560 13.87 350 21.59 782 18.67 2,631 17.05 1,149,629 4.37
24 330 5.91 244 6.04 154 9.50 299 7.14 1,027 6.66 1,380,712 5.24
25 243 4.35 234 5.79 101 6.23 209 4.99 787 5.10 1,462,246 5.55
26 307 5.50 291 7.21 102 6.29 270 6.45 970 6.29 1,628,456 6.18
27 214 3.83 183 4.53 84 5.18 218 5.21 699 4.53 1,567,767 5.95
28 187 3.35 163 4.04 56 3.45 223 5.32 629 4.08 1,583,334 6.01
29 140 2.51 131 3.24 54 3.33 201 4.80 526 3.41 1,655,418 6.29
30 160 2.87 118 2.92 31 1.91 161 3.84 470 3.05 1,597,149 6.07
31 137 2.45 109 2.70 23 1.42 138 3.30 407 2.64 1,667,574 6.33
32 111 1.99 104 2.58 24 1.48 124 2.96 363 2.35 1,610,379 6.12
33 85 1.52 99 2.45 6 0.37 115 2.75 305 1.98 1,633,994 6.21
34 56 1.00 63 1.56 2 0.12 107 2.55 228 1.48 1,654,288 6.28
35-39 138 2.47 168 4.16 8 0.49 134 3.20 448 2.90 6,935,496 26.34
40+ 67 1.20 61 1.51 1 0.06 65 1.55 194 1.26
Unknown 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0
TOTAL 5,583 100 4,038 100 1,621 100 4,188 100 15,430 100 26,329,836 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-59 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
AGE #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 2
17-19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
20-24 8,539 10.97 5,178 9.82 2,243 12.04 5,502 9.03 21,462 10.21 2,894,817 5.91
25-29 18,017 23.14 11,868 22.51 5,284 28.36 15,094 24.76 50,263 23.91 6,870,719 14.02
30-34 15,622 20.06 10,799 20.48 4,145 22.25 14,607 23.96 45,173 21.49 7,366,784 15.04
35-39 13,186 16.94 9,068 17.20 3,021 16.21 10,377 17.02 35,652 16.96 6,935,496 14.16
40-44 11,219 14.41 7,767 14.73 2,278 12.23 8,214 13.47 29,478 14.03 6,685,275 13.65
45-49 7,533 9.67 5,165 9.80 1,266 6.79 4,985 8.18 18,949 9.02 6,680,932 13.64
50+ 3,731 5 2,867 5 396 2 2,181 4 9,175 4 11,559,512 23.59
Unknown 14 0.02   7 0.01   0 0   0 0   21 0.01   0 0
TOTAL 77,861 100   52,719 100   18,633 100   60,961 100   210,174 100   48,993,535 100
   
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. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2015-September 2016 average.
2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-59 year-old), September 2016.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).