Membership profile (sourced from GAD data)

The information and analysis on this page is based on that provided to the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) by local authorities (and includes Environment Agency funds) for the purpose of the 2013 National Model Fund valuation. This was supplied grouped and rounded by age and salary, therefore totals may differ from elsewhere in the annual report due to this. The shape of the charts should provide a reasonably accurate picture of the Scheme as a whole; however, memberships figures in the tables are shown to the nearest thousand to avoid over confidence in implied precision.

Active membership profile

Age Number of members 000s Average salary (FTE £pa) 16-19 7 12,600 20-24 52 16,100 25-29 102 19,800 30-34 144 22,300 35-39 167 22,500 40-44 253 22,000 45-49 313 22,500 50-54 302 23,200 55-59 229 23,600 60-64 117 22,800 65-69 27 20,900 70-75 4 17,500

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The average age of active membership is about 47 years and average salary was around £22,000 pa.

Salary by contribution band

Pay band   Cont rate %   Up to £13,700   5.5% 13.6% █ £13,701 to £16,100   5.8% 14.7% █ £16,101 to £20,800   5.9% 27.7% █ £20,801 to £34,700   6.5% 34.1% █ £34,701 to £46,500   6.8% 7.2% █ £46,501 to £87,100   7.2% 2.5% █ Over £87,100   7.5% 0.2% █

Membership by sex

Pensioner member profile

Pensioner totals include all pensions in payment including pensions paid to children, spouses and ill health retirees.

Age Number of members 000s Average pension in payment (£pa) 0-9 1 1,500 10-19 8 1,400 20-29 3 1,600 30-39 1 3,100 40-49 12 3,400 50-59 88 6,400 60-69 615 5,100 70-79 417 4,400 80-89 217 4,100 90-99 45 4,100 100-109 1 4,200 110-119 0 1,800

The average age of the pensioner population is 67 years, and the average pension was around £5,000 pa.