• Usually this is the date you started working for the Yukon government if you were hired into a term position greater than six months or an indeterminate position.
• If you started participating in the Superannuation Plan at a later date, that date will be indicated on the documentation you received when you were screened into the Plan.

• This information is on the documentation you received when you initiated your buyback.

• Usually your last five years is also your best five years.

A quick way to calculate the average is to look at your pay stubs for the month of January over the past five years.

• multiply the bi-weekly pay regular earnings by 26.088 to get your annual salary
• add up each of the annual salaries for the five years
• and divide by 5

This will give you your five year average annual salary.

Alternatively, if you still have five or so years until retirement, you can use your current annual salary to get a reasonable estimate of your pension benefits.

Remember that the calculator just provides an estimate. As you get closer to retirement you will want a more accurate calculation of your pension benefits which can be provided by the Pension Administrator in the Public Service Commission.