Public Service Pension
Start your public-service career with a clearer pension plan.
A simple view of the benefits you could build under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, plus the choices that could shape your retirement.
For new entrants to pensionable public-service roles
Career path
Shape the career you expect
Click a point on the timeline, then add a promotion or career break.
Projected pensionable pay
Your career path
Click a bar to add a promotion or career break.
Compare your options
What if you retired at a different age?
Change any age to compare the annual pension and retirement lump sum for this same career path.
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Your outlook
At age 66
Estimated annual pension€0before tax, in estimated retirement-year money
Career progress0% complete
You have the majority of your public-service career ahead of you.
Projection
How your benefits could build
Illustrative annual pension accrued at each age.
Estimated annual pension
Age 27Age 66
What you are building
Your public-service pension is not an investment pot.
Benefits are built from pensionable pay over your career under the Single Scheme.
A pension for life
You build an annual pension as you work. It is designed to be paid in retirement, subject to Scheme rules.
A retirement lump sum
You also build a separate retirement lump sum from your pensionable earnings each year.
Your wider plan matters
Additional savings can give you more flexibility around retirement, lifestyle goals and uncertainty.
Educational prototype only — not financial, tax or pension advice, and not an official benefit statement. The calculation uses simplified illustrative accrual assumptions and must be validated against current Scheme rules before any public release.