Table B-22.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: 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 8 0.12 7 0.17 4 0.26 0 0 19 0.11
21 471 7.07 325 7.97 99 6.33 233 4.67 1,128 6.52 182,257 0.65
22 2,254 33.83 1,257 30.82 592 37.85 1,306 26.16 5,409 31.27 728,966 2.59
23 1,098 16.48 551 13.51 312 19.95 831 16.65 2,792 16.14 1,197,414 4.26
24 490 7.36 250 6.13 137 8.76 344 6.89 1,221 7.06 1,433,376 5.10
25 347 5.21 229 5.61 91 5.82 234 4.69 901 5.21 1,526,410 5.43
26 343 5.15 243 5.96 85 5.43 268 5.37 939 5.43 1,628,510 5.79
27 295 4.43 171 4.19 60 3.84 246 4.93 772 4.46 1,744,594 6.20
28 264 3.96 160 3.92 38 2.43 251 5.03 713 4.12 1,753,642 6.24
29 213 3.20 144 3.53 46 2.94 185 3.71 588 3.40 1,788,949 6.36
30 192 2.88 118 2.89 35 2.24 200 4.01 545 3.15 1,722,376 6.13
31 128 1.92 111 2.72 21 1.34 179 3.59 439 2.54 1,721,433 6.12
32 122 1.83 98 2.40 14 0.90 163 3.27 397 2.30 1,745,299 6.21
33 111 1.67 100 2.45 8 0.51 134 2.68 353 2.04 1,723,149 6.13
34 69 1.04 83 2.03 10 0.64 121 2.42 283 1.64 1,756,591 6.25
35-39 165 2.48 155 3.80 9 0.58 174 3.49 503 2.91 7,465,964 26.55
40+ 92 1.38 77 1.89 3 0.19 123 2.46 295 1.71
Unknown 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0
TOTAL 6,662 100 4,079 100 1,564 100 4,992 100 17,297 100 28,118,929 100
  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 9,547 12.23 5,415 10.22 2,490 12.98 5,683 9.07 23,135 10.87 3,045,363 5.88
25-29 19,032 24.39 12,361 23.32 5,490 28.62 15,297 24.42 52,180 24.51 7,554,672 14.59
30-34 15,244 19.53 10,724 20.23 4,157 21.67 15,499 24.74 45,624 21.43 7,778,839 15.02
35-39 12,921 16.56 9,090 17.15 3,149 16.42 11,185 17.86 36,345 17.07 7,465,964 14.42
40-44 10,366 13.28 7,430 14.02 2,076 10.82 7,918 12.64 27,790 13.05 6,719,608 12.98
45-49 7,202 9.23 5,071 9.57 1,342 7.00 4,731 7.55 18,346 8.62 7,056,676 13.63
50+ 3,729 4.78 2,908 5.49 478 2.49 2,324 3.71 9,439 4.43 12,161,041 23.48
Unknown 4 0.01   3 0.01   0 0   3 0   10 0   0 0
TOTAL 78,046 100   53,002 100   19,182 100   62,640 100   212,870 100   51,782,163 100
   
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2017-September 2018 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018.  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 2018.
4. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2018.
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).