Corona has brought pensioners in Germany a zero round.
In the coming year, salaries are expected to rise sharply again.
Munich - The around 21 million pensioners in Germany can expect a significant increase in their salaries in the coming year.
According to official estimates, pensions * will rise by 5.2 percent in western Germany and by 5.9 percent in the east, according to information from the German Press Agency from the draft pension insurance report 2021.
Pension: Increase in West Germany to 1983 level
The German pension insurance wants to inform the public this Wednesday about the expected pension adjustment and its financial situation. This means that pensions in West Germany are likely to rise more sharply than they have been in almost 40 years. In 1983 there was an increase of 5.59 percent. In eastern Germany, pensions last rose in 2016 with a plus of 5.95 percent, comparable to that in 2022. This year, the corona pandemic * brought retirees a significant increase. In the west there was a zero round, in east Germany an increase of 0.72 percent.
The reason was the cyclical slump in premium income.
A trend reversal had been emerging for months.
According to the draft pension insurance report, premium income in the current year to September has risen by around 3.7 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
If the pension increase is now estimated, a monthly pension of 1000 euros, which is based only on western contributions, increases by 52 euros on July 1, and the same pension with eastern contributions by 59 euros.
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Pension: Increases are also expected in 2023
According to current estimates, there will also be a significant increase in salaries in 2023.
In the west, pensions could then rise by 4.9 percent, in the east by 5.7 percent.
However, the assumptions on economic development and thus also on pension finances are characterized by uncertainty, since the development depends on the effects of the pandemic.
The information comes from the pension insurance appraisers group, which consists of pension insurance experts, the Federal Social Security Office and the Federal Ministry of Labor.
For the final assessment of the pension finances, the results of the tax estimate have to be awaited.
You are expected next week.
The pension estimates assume that the reserve of the pension fund will increase slightly this year.
A sustainability reserve of around 37.2 billion euros is estimated for the end of the year.
This corresponds to almost 1.6 monthly expenses.
At the end of 2020 it was 37.1 billion.
It should be noted that “the statutory pension insurance has survived the pandemic very well so far”, according to the draft pension insurance report.
"In the longer term, the security level will drop from 47.6 percent in 2030 to 45.7 percent in 2035"
The pre-tax security level, which shows the ratio of pensions to wages, is currently 49.4 percent.
According to an estimate, it should be 49.2 percent in 2025, 0.2 percentage points lower.
The law does not allow the pension level to fall below 48 percent by 2025.
Then, according to the draft report, the security force will lose the pension: "In the longer term, the security level will drop over 47.6 percent in 2030 to 45.7 percent at the end of the forecast period in 2035."
According to the preliminary calculation, the contribution rate should remain stable at the current value of 18.6 percent until 2023.
It is expected to rise to 22.3 percent by 2035.
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