by Bobet Prudente

Note from the author: when first written, minimum pension was ₱1,200.  With an across-the-board increase of ₱1,000 in 2017, all pension amounts were increased accordingly. 

Imagine retiring, and getting a pension of ₱2,200 per month.

If you read the newspapers, you probably remember President P’Noy was in the headlines in early 2016, for vetoing a proposed law raising the pension of SSS retirees by ₱2,000 per month. He said doing so will bankrupt the SSS fund.

It was such a distressing news. SSS could not afford to raise the pension by ₱2,000?

President Duterte thought otherwise.  Under his administration, the SSS implemented a ₱1,000 per month across the board increase in early 2017 for all SSS pensioners and is set to implement a second round in 2019.  But this will reportedly bankrupt SSS by 2026 only eight years from now!

Maximum Contribution for 30 years

I computed how much I’d get as pension when I turn 60. I was a senior manager for more than 30 years, and hence paid the maximum SSS contribution for 30 years. Therefore, I expect the highest possible pension for 30 years contribution.

And the number I got was….. (drum roll please) ….. ₱ 10,900 per month!

What?

How could a highly paid employee, paying maximum contribution for 30 years, survive on ₱10,900 per month when he retires?

But that is NOT the sad part. ₱10,900 is for those who paid maximum. How about those who paid less?

What if you paid for only 10 years?

There are Filipinos who paid less, and contributed for 10 only years.

The minimum pension after paying 10 years is ₱2,200 per month!
Can you imagine living with a pension equivalent to ₱70 PER DAY?

The maximum pension after paying 10 years is ₱7,400 per month.

What if you paid for more years?

If you contributed:

• for 10 years, your pension will be ₱2,200 – P7,400 per month.
• for 15 years, your pension will be ₱2,200 – P7,400 per month. (same as 10 years!)
• for 20 years, your pension will be ₱3,400 – P7,700 per month.
• for 30 years. your pension will be ₱3,400 – P10,900 per month.
• for 40 years, your pension will be ₱3,400 – P14,100 per month.
• for 45 years, your pension will be ₱3,400 – P15,700 per month.

We must build our own retirement fund!

Obviously, we can’t depend on the government or the SSS to provide us enough during our retirement. We must take control of our future, and build our own retirement fund. Otherwise, we might be among those who will retire with a ₱2,200 pension, or if you contribute the maximum premium for 30 years, ₱10,900 per month.

Do we want to prepare for your retirement?
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