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The cost to you

Like most pension schemes you do have to pay towards your benefits, but you are not on your own, your employer pays too.

The cost to you will fall between 5.5% and 7.5% of your pay, depending on which band your full time equivalent pay falls into. But in many cases, the real cost is a lot less than the amount shown on your payslip. This is because if you earn enough to pay income tax you will pay less, and in most cases you will pay less National Insurance too.

The cost to you

As a rough guide, after both these savings, the real cost in take home pay is about 2/3 the pension contribution shown on your payslip.

* Click here to see pay bands and examples
* Frequently asked questions
* Pay cuts and your pension pdf (480 KB)

If you already had a manual or craft job with a Scheme employer on I April 1998, you may be paying a special protected rate which is 5.5% from April 2009. But if you leave and then join again in the future, or change to a job which isn’t manual or craft, it will normally revert to the standard contribution rate for your pay band.

We may not take contributions on all parts of your pay...

* What types of pay are included

The cost to your employer
Your employer pays into the scheme too...

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