Table B-22.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Service and Age with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES1
AGE #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains 2
17-20 6 0.09 4 0.10 2 0.12 3 0.07 15 0.09
21 416 6.16 352 8.81 103 6.06 242 5.36 1,113 6.56 157,075 0.58
22 2,269 33.60 1,126 28.19 570 33.55 1,144 25.32 5,109 30.12 706,719 2.59
23 1,145 16.96 575 14.40 337 19.84 777 17.20 2,834 16.71 1,187,386 4.35
24 429 6.35 276 6.91 164 9.65 294 6.51 1,163 6.86 1,400,386 5.13
25 348 5.15 222 5.56 117 6.89 227 5.02 914 5.39 1,434,901 5.26
26 386 5.72 254 6.36 104 6.12 273 6.04 1,017 6.00 1,590,797 5.83
27 304 4.50 167 4.18 105 6.18 220 4.87 796 4.69 1,652,339 6.05
28 233 3.45 165 4.13 52 3.06 208 4.60 658 3.88 1,681,076 6.16
29 233 3.45 131 3.28 46 2.71 181 4.01 591 3.48 1,700,300 6.23
30 170 2.52 130 3.25 32 1.88 157 3.47 489 2.88 1,673,093 6.13
31 168 2.49 113 2.83 25 1.47 176 3.90 482 2.84 1,630,945 5.97
32 115 1.70 112 2.80 12 0.71 146 3.23 385 2.27 1,704,443 6.24
33 118 1.75 79 1.98 13 0.77 123 2.72 333 1.96 1,661,285 6.09
34 77 1.14 62 1.55 10 0.59 104 2.30 253 1.49 1,700,639 6.23
35-39 200 2.96 174 4.36 6 0.35 138 3.05 518 3.05 7,416,474 27.17
40+ 135 2.00 52 1.30 1 0.06 105 2.32 293 1.73
Unknown 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0
TOTAL 6,752 100 3,994 100 1,699 100 4,518 100 16,963 100 27,297,858 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-59 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES3
AGE #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 4
17-19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20-24 9,105 11.71 5,321 10.08 2,392 12.56 5,476 8.89 22,294 10.56 3,159,097 6.24
25-29 18,584 23.90 11,953 22.65 5,420 28.45 15,270 24.79 51,227 24.26 7,253,048 14.32
30-34 15,382 19.78 10,786 20.44 4,194 22.02 15,024 24.39 45,386 21.49 7,463,384 14.73
35-39 12,995 16.71 9,128 17.30 3,085 16.20 10,777 17.50 35,985 17.04 7,416,474 14.64
40-44 10,599 13.63 7,638 14.47 2,161 11.34 8,015 13.01 28,413 13.45 6,538,353 12.91
45-49 7,364 9.47 5,046 9.56 1,360 7.14 4,783 7.76 18,553 8.79 6,981,072 13.78
50+ 3,715 4.78 2,898 5.49 437 2.29 2,251 3.65 9,301 4.40 11,839,439 23.37
Unknown 10 0.01   6 0.01   0 0   1 0   17 0.01   0 0
TOTAL 77,755 100   52,776 100   19,049 100   61,597 100   211,177 100   50,650,867 100
   
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2016-September 2017 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017.  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.
3. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-59 year-old), September 2017.
4. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2017.
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).