United States
Office of
Personnel Management
The Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency
Benefits Administration Letter
Number: 17-307 Revised Date: September 2018
Subject: Federal Employees Benefits Cost Factors for Fiscal Year 2018
This letter provides the imputed cost factors related to the Federal Employees Benefits Programs
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM
The FEHBP cost factors for FY 2018 are as follows:
Quarter
1st
$1,757
2nd
1,777
3rd
1,798
4
th
1,819
FY 2018
$7,151
RETIREMENT AND LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAMS
Agencies should use the FY 2017 cost factors provided in the revised Benefits Administration
Letter (BAL) 17-303, “Fiscal Year 2017 Factors for Calculating Imputed Costs” for calculating
the FY 2018 Cost Factors for Retirement and Life Insurance for the first three quarters of FY
2018.
Those FY 2017 factors can be obtained from the OPM Web site at
https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/publications-forms/benefits-administration-
letters/#url=2017.
If you have any questions about this letter, please send an email to FinancialBALS@opm.gov or
call us on 202-606-0606. We look forward to assisting you.
Tonya R. Johnson
Associate Chief Financial Officer
Financial Services