Pension auto-enrolment: qualifying earnings lower limit

The start of the band of pay that automatic-enrolment pension contributions are worked out on.

£6,240.00per year

Corroborated Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 2020-04-06

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21·guidance verified 2026-09-21

Scope: £6,240 a year. Aligned by policy with the National Insurance lower earnings limit of its day, but set by its own Order — no invariant couples them.

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/372/made (SI 2020/372: section 13(1): for £6,136 substitute £6,240)

retrieved 2026-09-08

Source B · Official guidancehttps://www.gov.uk/api/content/workplace-pensions/what-you-your-employer-and-the-government-pay ("contributions based on your total earnings between £6,240 and £50,270 a year")

retrieved 2026-09-08

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
£6,240.00	2020-04-06	—	Corroborated	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/372/made (SI 2020/372: section 13(1): for £6,136 substitute £6,240) retrieved 2026-09-08 Official guidance: https://www.gov.uk/api/content/workplace-pensions/what-you-your-employer-and-the-government-pay ("contributions based on your total earnings between £6,240 and £50,270 a year") retrieved 2026-09-08
£6,136.00	unknown	2020-04-05	Primary source only	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/372/made (SI 2020/372: section 13(1): for £6,136 substitute £6,240) retrieved 2026-09-08

Receipt

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Figure ID: employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_lower
Name in the API: Automatic enrolment: qualifying earnings band, lower limit
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·GBP/year·GB·corroborated
Record hash (canonical JSON, SHA-256): sha256:c296d3c8757e969f04e77a9bab44d7d5f5231577acdcab9dfb0ce694f03c84de
Source snapshots (SHA-256): Legislation: sha256:11212571f07fa237ed11456edef1be7340f01eb15a619195f2d314f36f739a9d; Official guidance: sha256:e7d557eebb699499c1b977345e69e3f30145a31c91d26b4df6b47e49d70aa743
Listed in the signed manifest: release 3.0.0 manifest · record_hashes["employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_lower"]
Machine-readable record: /v1/figures/employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_lower · current only: /v1/figures/employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_lower/current

Compiler's notes

Named from source by the instrument finder: the F-note on s13(1)(a) cites SI 2020/372 arts 1(2), 2. The prior figure's start date is marked pending backfill.