Federal Pension Calculator

The Employees Desk Federal Pension Calculator is designed for Federal Government Accounts Offices, employees and pensioners to calculate pension and retirement benefits according to the applicable Federal Government pension rules and regulations.

This calculator includes a number of automatic calculations to make the pension calculation process easier, faster, and more accurate. Instead of manually calculating average basic pay, qualifying service, retirement age, commutation, early retirement reduction, medical allowance, and pension increases, the calculator performs these calculations automatically based on the information entered by the user.

The calculator is primarily designed for Federal Government employees and pensioners. For pension purposes, the calculator automatically works out the average basic pay of the last 24 months, where applicable under Federal Government pension rules. The user provides the required pay information, and the calculator determines the average basic pay to be used for pension calculation.

The calculator also allows users to upload payroll PDF files, making the pension calculation process even easier. Once the payroll files are uploaded, the calculator automatically extracts the required pay information from the available payroll records and uses it to calculate the average basic pay of the last 24 months and other relevant pension values. This reduces manual data entry, saves time, and helps minimize calculation errors.

Upload Payroll PDF Files
Uploaded Files
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Retirement List
Employees going to retire or retired (based on DOB)
Pensioner Details fill in as you go
auto-set to age 60 — edit to override
Basic Pay — last 24 months
Basic Pay changed in another month?
Use this only for a basic-pay change that took effect in a month other than July or December, such as a promotion, upgrade or time scale.
Pensionable allowances (if allowed)
35%
Federal Government — up to 35% of gross pension
Federal Government
Pension Statement Estimate
Pension Calculation
Retired from Federal Government on Superannuation Pension
Fill in the dates, BPS and basic pay on the left — figures fill in automatically as you go.

Why Use the Federal Pension Calculator?

Manual pension calculations can involve several different components, including pensionable pay, qualifying service, retirement age, average basic pay, commutation rates, pension percentages, medical allowance, annual pension increases, and early retirement reductions.

The Employees Desk Federal Pension Calculator brings these calculations together in one convenient tool.

It helps users:

  • Reduce manual pension calculations
  • Save time
  • Avoid repeatedly checking different pension tables
  • Automatically calculate important retirement values
  • Understand the impact of early retirement
  • View pension and commutation separately
  • Review applicable pension increases
  • Obtain a clear breakdown of estimated retirement benefits

The objective is to make pension calculations easier to understand for Government employees, pensioners, Accounts Offices, Drawing and Disbursing Officers, and other officials dealing with retirement cases.

Pension Calculator Results

Depending on the employee’s retirement case, the result may include:

  • Average Basic Pay of the Last 24 Months
  • Retiring Increment, where applicable
  • Total Length of Service
  • Age at Retirement
  • Early Retirement Reduction, where applicable
  • Gross Pension
  • 65% Pension
  • 35% Commuted Portion
  • Applicable Commutation Age Rate
  • Commutation Amount
  • Pension before Medical Allowance
  • Medical Allowance
  • Applicable Annual Pension Increases
  • Estimated Net Home-Take Pension

Who Can Use This Calculator?

The calculator is primarily designed for Federal Government employees and pensioners.

It can be useful for:

  • Serving Federal Government employees approaching retirement
  • Employees considering early retirement
  • Federal Government pensioners
  • Accounts Offices
  • Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs)
  • Establishment and Administration Sections
  • Officials preparing retirement and pension cases

Where another Government or organization follows the same pension rules as the Federal Government, the calculator may also provide a useful estimate. However, the applicable rules of that Government or organization should always be verified.

Instead of performing multiple calculations manually, users can enter their information once and receive a detailed pension calculation within seconds.

Important Disclaimer

The Federal Pension Calculator is intended to provide an estimated pension calculation for informational and assistance purposes based on the information entered by the user and the pension rules incorporated into the calculator.

Final pension entitlement, authorization, commutation, gratuity, medical allowance, pension increases, and other retirement benefits remain subject to verification and approval by the relevant Government Department, Accounts Office, Pension Sanctioning Authority, AGPR, or other competent authority, as well as applicable Government rules, notifications, orders, clarifications, and amendments.