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PF Contribution Calculator

The monthly provident fund split, showing exactly how much of the employer's twelve percent reaches your fund and how much is diverted to the pension scheme. The two are not the same and payslips rarely separate them.

Also called: epf contribution, pf deduction calculator.

Total going into the fund each month
₹2,351

₹2,351 a month in total: ₹1,800 from you and ₹551 from your employer, with a further ₹1,250 of employer money going to the pension scheme rather than the fund.

Your contribution
₹1,800
Employer, to the fund
₹551
Employer, to the pension scheme
₹1,250
Pay the contribution is computed on
₹15,000
Annual total into the fund
₹28,206

An estimate, not an offer or a guarantee. Projected returns assume the rate you entered holds for the whole term, which no market does.

Method and background

This is what the calculation gives for the numbers you entered. It is an estimate, not advice, and it knows nothing about your situation beyond those numbers. Rules for India change on a published schedule; the effective date is shown on every rule-based tool.

How this is calculated

Both sides pay twelve percent of basic plus dearness allowance. Your twelve goes wholly to the fund. Of the employer's twelve, 8.33% of wages goes to the Employees Pension Scheme, but that diversion is itself capped at the statutory wage ceiling, so above the ceiling the pension share stops rising and everything extra lands in the fund. Most employers restrict the whole contribution to the ceiling, which is why the option is here.

you pay 12% of wages; the employer pays 12% too, of which 8.33% capped at the ceiling goes to pension and the rest to the fund
W
Wages the contribution is computed on (currency)
C
Statutory wage ceiling (currency)

Worked examples

Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.

capped at the ceiling

Monthly basic pay plus dearness allowance
₹50,000
Restrict to the statutory wage ceiling
Yes
Statutory wage ceiling
₹15,000

Total going into the fund each month₹2,351

12% and 8.33% of the 15,000 ceiling, worked by hand

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on full pay the pension share stops at the ceiling

Monthly basic pay plus dearness allowance
₹50,000
Restrict to the statutory wage ceiling
No
Statutory wage ceiling
₹15,000

Total going into the fund each month₹10,751

boundary: everything above the ceiling goes to the fund rather than the pension

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pay below the ceiling is uncapped in practice

Monthly basic pay plus dearness allowance
₹12,000
Restrict to the statutory wage ceiling
Yes
Statutory wage ceiling
₹15,000

Total going into the fund each month₹1,880

degenerate case

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Method and limits

What it assumes

  • A standard establishment covered by the Act.

What it deliberately does not model

  • Administrative charges the employer pays on top are not included.
  • International workers and certain exempt establishments have different rules.

Sources

Formula version 1.0.0 · definition 1.0.0 · India · Report a problem with this calculator

Frequently asked questions

Why does my employer contribute to the fund less than I do?
Because 8.33% of the employer share goes to the pension scheme instead. The total from the employer is the same twelve percent; it simply lands in two places.
Should my employer contribute on full pay or on the ceiling?
Either is lawful and most restrict to the ceiling. Contributing on full pay puts more into a tax-advantaged fund and reduces take-home by the same amount, so it is a trade rather than a saving.