Pension auto-enrolment: qualifying earnings upper limit

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

£50,270.00per year

Corroborated Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 2021-04-06

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

Scope: £50,270 a year — the same figure as the Class 1 upper earnings limit, by policy rather than statute. The dated invariant asserts the alignment our data show; a divergence is a finding, not an error in this record.

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/314/made (SI 2021/314: section 13(1): for £50,000 substitute £50,270)

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
£50,270.00	2021-04-06	—	Corroborated	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/314/made (SI 2021/314: section 13(1): for £50,000 substitute £50,270) 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
£50,000.00	unknown	2021-04-05	Primary source only	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/314/made (SI 2021/314: section 13(1): for £50,000 substitute £50,270) retrieved 2026-09-08

Receipt

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Figure ID: employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_upper
Name in the API: Automatic enrolment: qualifying earnings band, upper limit
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·GBP/year·GB·corroborated
Record hash (canonical JSON, SHA-256): sha256:1b43ff008dd038ec6fae997d72ee7abcf6b1c533025dc1293e5fe07c9bdebd29
Source snapshots (SHA-256): Legislation: sha256:c0fca2c1259671d52afa5f00894e1f1c8909da5380fe7e21622900962e8e1f71; Official guidance: sha256:e7d557eebb699499c1b977345e69e3f30145a31c91d26b4df6b47e49d70aa743
Listed in the signed manifest: release 3.0.0 manifest · record_hashes["employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_upper"]
Machine-readable record: /v1/figures/employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_upper · current only: /v1/figures/employment.pension.ae.qualifying_earnings_upper/current

Compiler's notes

Named from source by the instrument finder: the F-note on s13(1)(b) cites SI 2021/314 arts 1(2), 2. The prior figure's start date is marked pending backfill.