Do federal government GS grade positions offer better pension and health benefits than fully remote tech companies when factoring in out of pocket healthcare costs?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Do federal government GS grade positions offer better pension and health benefits than fully remote tech companies when factoring in out of pocket healthcare costs?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 federal employee FEHB premium government contribution OPM 2026 ratesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
FERS basic annuity formula 1 percent high-3 1.1 percent age 62 20 years OPMGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
FEHB continue health insurance retirement five years immediately before retirement OPMGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
TSP agency automatic 1 percent matching contributions 5 percent federal employeesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (4)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
2026 federal employee FEHB premium government contribution OPM 2026 rates Google ↗
FERS basic annuity formula 1 percent high-3 1.1 percent age 62 20 years OPM Google ↗
FEHB continue health insurance retirement five years immediately before retirement OPM Google ↗
TSP agency automatic 1 percent matching contributions 5 percent federal employees Google ↗
- Computation · opm.gov
- FERS Election Options · opm.gov
- Premiums · piv.opm.gov
- Federal Employees : Guide Me · opm.gov
- I am going to retire soon. What are the requirements to continue health benefits into retirement? · opm.gov
- Thrift Savings Plan · dcpas.osd.mil
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service > CivilianEmployees > employeebenefits > TSP · dfas.mil
Queries
4 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 federal employee FEHB premium government contribution OPM 2026 rates OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
FERS basic annuity formula 1 percent high-3 1.1 percent age 62 20 years OPM OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
FEHB continue health insurance retirement five years immediately before retirement OPM OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
TSP agency automatic 1 percent matching contributions 5 percent federal employees OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 |