Contribution Rates
Your contribution rate
There is now a single set of contribution rates across Civil Service Pensions, regardless of whether members are in classic, classic plus, premium, nuvos or alpha.
The rates are set out in the tables below.
Civil Service Pensions employee contribution rates Scheme Year 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
| Annualised rate of pensionable earnings | Employee contribution rate | |
| From | To | |
| £0 | £22,600 | 4.60% |
| £22,601 | £54,900 | 5.45% |
| £54,901 | £150,000 | 7.35% |
| £150,001 | - | 8.05% |
The defined contribution scheme, partnership, has separate employee and employer contribution rates.
Rates and thresholds for 2021/22 will be announced in due course.
Civil Service Pensions employer contribution rates Scheme Year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
Accruing Superannuation Liability Charges (ASLC) rates
| Annualised rate of pensionable earnings |
Employer contribution rate | |
| From | To | |
| £0 | 23,000 | 26.6% |
| £23,001 | £45,500 | 27.1% |
| £45,501 | £77,000 | 27.9% |
| £77,001 | - | 30.3% |
| Pre Fresh Start Prison Officers |
34.1% |
|
| Mini-ASLC (Death in Service Cover for Partnership members) |
0.5% | |
Employer contribution rates and bands remain unchanged from 2019/20.
As in 2019/20, scheme administration charges of 0.32% are included in the monthly employer contributions paid over to the scheme manager, so there is no annual invoice to pay.
