Civil service pensions; determination of pensions for state and municipal civil servants

The civil servants' pension is an independent pension scheme for civil servants employed by public employers. It regulates the provision for civil servants and their surviving dependants in old age and in the event of disability.

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The civil servants' pension scheme is the pension system for civil servants that implements the employer's obligation to provide alimony as stipulated in the German Constitution. It regulates pensions in the event of disability and old age as well as for surviving dependants. It exists as an independent system alongside the statutory pension insurance and the statutory accident insurance and, as a full pension system, covers both the benefits of the statutory pension insurance and those of the occupational pension scheme.

The pension is calculated on the basis of the pensionable salary and the pensionable period of service. Pensionable emoluments are

the basic salary,
the structural allowance,
official allowances and allowances for special occupational groups to which the civil servant was last entitled, as well as
the local and family allowances at levels L and V.

In the case of university lecturers, there is also the university performance pay, in the case of civil servants at the highest civil service authorities the ministerial allowance and in the case of bailiffs the enforcement allowance, insofar as they are pensionable in each case.

In particular, pensionable periods of service are periods

as a civil servant or judge,
professional and non-professional military service,
in private employment in the public service insofar as this activity has led to appointment as a civil servant,
periods of training and academic qualification.

The pension is 1.79375 percentage points per year of pensionable service (pension rate) and amounts to a maximum of 71.75% of the pensionable remuneration (maximum pension). It is increased by supplements for periods of child-rearing and non-occupational care of persons in need of care, but not above the maximum pensionable salary.

In the event of early retirement, the pension and supplements are generally subject to a pension reduction of 3.6% for each full year of early retirement, up to a maximum of 10.8%. The discount does not apply to retirees who have reached the age of 64 and have completed 45 years of service (40 years in the case of incapacity to work and application for retirement with severe disability). On retirement on reaching the age limit in the school or university service, the pension and the supplements for the period between this age limit and the standard retirement age are increased by a pension supplement of 3.6% per full year.

The local and family allowances of levels 1 et seq. (for children or relatives in need of care taken into the household) are paid in addition to the pension.

Pensions, other pension payments and income from gainful employment and income in lieu of income are offset against the pension within the framework of a maximum limit calculation. A special rule applies to activities, in particular due to the increased workload resulting from the admission of refugees from Ukraine, according to which the maximum limit is multiplied by a factor of 1.5 of the pensionable remuneration. It only applies if retirement was due to reaching the respective statutory age limit. Pension settlements determined by the family court following divorce also lead to a reduction in the pension.

After the death of the civil servant or retired civil servant, the surviving dependants receive a widow's pension and orphan's pension. The offsetting and reduction rules apply accordingly. The local and family allowances of levels 1 ff. are also granted in addition to the widow's or orphan's pension.

The regulations on spouses and marriages apply equally to civil partners and civil partnerships within the meaning of the Registered Civil Partnerships Act (LPartG).

Further information on pensions, calculation of the pension, pensionable periods of service, crediting regulations, etc. can be found in the brochure "Basic features of civil servant pensions in Bavaria".

Responsible authorities:

For the state sector: State Office of Finance - Pension Offices
For the municipal sector: City of Munich and the cities of Augsburg, Fürth, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Würzburg for their civil servants and the Bavarian Pension Association for other municipal civil servants

Entitlement to a pension presupposes that the civil servant relationship has ended through retirement or transfer to retirement. The requirements for entering or being transferred into retirement are regulated in the Civil Service Status Act (BeamtStG) and the Bavarian Civil Service Act (BayBG). If the civil servant relationship ends due to dismissal, there is no entitlement to a pension; the civil servant must be insured in the statutory pension insurance scheme for the duration of the civil servant relationship.

A pension is only granted if the civil servant

has completed a period of service of at least five years or
has become unfit for service as a result of illness, injury or other damage sustained through no gross negligence in the course of or as a result of service (service injury).

The five-year waiting period includes in particular