Best CD Rates: Best 36 Month CD Rates

36 month CD rates are averaging 1.82 percent this week, but you can find 36 month CD rates higher than the national average CD rate. Right now, Pentagon Federal Credit Union is paying the highest CD rate for a  36 month certificate of deposit.

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PenFed's current 36 month certificate of deposit yield is 3.00 percent. You have to be a PenFed Credit Union member to open a certificate of deposit account. The 3.00 percent annual percentage yield tops our list of 36 month CD rates at banks. The minimum opening deposit is $1,000.

Another bank paying one of the best CD rates for a 36 month certificate of deposit rate is Hudson City Savings Bank. Their current APY is 2.80 percent, about 1.00 percent higher than the national average bank CD rate.

Here is a list the best 36 month certificate of deposit rates in Princeton, New Jersey (NJ):

Best CD Rates Above the National Average CD Rate

PenFed 3.00% APY Min $1000 3.00%

Hudson City Savings Bank  2.80% APY Min $5000

Community Bank of Bergen County  2.78% APY Min $1000

Columbia Bank  2.65% APY Min $500

Nationwide Bank  2.60% APY Min $10,000

Manasquan Saving Bank  2.55% APY Min $500

Haven Savings Bank  2.50% APY Min $100

Bogota Savings Bank  2.50% APY Min $1000

Kearney Federal Savings Bank  2.50% APY Min $500

Investors Savings Bank  2.50% APY Min $500

Oritani Savings  2.50% APY Min $1000

Discover Bank  2.50% APY Min $2500

Ally Bank  2.49% APY Min $ 1 2.49%

AIG Bank  2.45% APY Min $2500

Valley National Bank  2.45% APY Min $500

First Internet Bank of IN  2.40% APY Min $1000

Tennessee Commerce Bank  2.40% APY Min $2500

Boiling Springs Savings Bank  2.40% APY Min $1000

American Express Bank FSB  2.25% APY Min $ 1

Bay Ridge Federal Credit Union  2.25% APY Min $500

EverBank 2.20% APY Min $1500 2.20%

Bank of Internet USA  2.16% APY Min $1000

Giantbank.com  2.16% APY Min $2500

Ameriprise Bank FSB  2.05% APY Min $2500

Bank of America  2.00% APY Min $10,000

NVE Savings Bank  1.90% APY Min $1000

CD Rates Below the National Average CD Rate

Allstate Bank  1.75% APY Min $1000

E-LOAN.com  1.75% APY Min $10,000

Bank of America  1.75% APY Min $10,000

UFB Direct  1.60% APY Min $8000

HSBC Direct  1.60% APY Min $1000

ING DIRECT  1.50% APY Min $ 1

Citibank  1.50% APY Min $10,000

EmigrantDirect.com  1.50% APY Min $1000

BankDirect  1.26% APY Min $10,000

Sovereign Bank  1.25% APY Min $10,000

PNC Bank  1.15% APY Min $1000

Zions Bank  0.95% APY Min $1000

Wachovia Bank  0.85% APY Min $10,000

Chase  0.75% APY Min $10,000

E*TRADE Bank  0.60% APY Min $1000

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