2022/23 UK State Pension
The full UK State Pension is £185.15 per week. This compares favourably to the £77 per week for the UK Job Seekers Allowance
Basic UK State Pension.
You’re eligible for the basic State Pension if you were born before:
- 6 April 1951 if you’re a man.
- 6 April 1953 if you’re a woman.
From 6 April 2022, the maximum UK State Pension was £185.15 a week or £9,627.80 a year.
To get the maximum pension, you need 30 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions.
Qualifying years include years that:
- you were working and paying National Insurance.
- you were getting National Insurance Credits, for example you were unemployed, sick, or a parent or carer.
- you were paying voluntary National Insurance contributions.
If you have fewer than 30 qualifying years, your basic State Pension will be less than £141.85 per week.
New UK State Pension.
You’ll be able to claim the new State Pension if you’re:
- a man born on or after 6 April 1951.
- a woman born on or after 6 April 1953.
Your New State Pension amount depends on your National Insurance record.
The full new UK State Pension is £185.15 per week.
This is reached after 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions.
The full calculation method is shown at: www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated
The New State Pension normally increases each year by whichever is the highest of:
- earnings – the average percentage growth in wages (in Great Britain).
- prices – the percentage growth in prices in the UK as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).
- 2.5%
UK Median weekly wage.
For comparison, the UK Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £640 in April 2022.
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