I tried to find a suitable thread for information exchange about occupational pension accrual and related matters, but I didn’t find one.
I myself belong to an age group from whom pension accruals from work done before the age of 24 have been removed, and otherwise I belong to a generation who, as a whole, feed more funds into this system than they statistically get back. This, of course, depends entirely on how long one stays alive.
Since we are on an investment forum, the size of the pension and its share of one’s livelihood in later years is quite essential.
I myself am quite an Excel freak and have thoroughly investigated how that annual accrual is calculated and what variables affect it.
I will focus on the private sector occupational pension, because the public sector systems are a bit different and I don’t know anything about them.
If you don’t know your own pension company, you can find it here: Työeläkeote - Työeläke.fi
By selecting the link “Siirry työeläkelaitoksesi palveluun” (Go to your pension provider’s service) you can access strong authentication, which will direct you to your own pension company. On your own pages, you will need to authenticate again.
My workplace’s pension insurance company is Ilmarinen, and their pages have recently been updated somewhat. The accrual is now visible as a monthly sum for the current year.
Next week I will continue by explaining this calculation, how the accrual is calculated and how it is formed.