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Automatic enrolment earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band

This collection brings together documents on the annual review of the automatic enrolment earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 2 December 2016
• Last updated: 18 December 2025
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  1. 18 December 2025

     Added the automatic enrolment review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2026/27.

  2. 21 January 2025

     Review of the Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band for 2025/26: Supporting Analysis added to the collection.

  3. 6 February 2024

     Added the automatic enrolment review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2024/25.

  4. 26 January 2023

     Added the automatic enrolment review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2023/24.

  5. 8 February 2022

     Added 'Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2022/23'.

  6. 27 February 2020

     Added 'Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2020/21'.

  7. 4 December 2018

     Added 'Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2019/20'.

  8. 12 December 2016

     Added 'Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2017/18'.

  9. 2 December 2016

     First published.

The earnings trigger sets the point when someone becomes eligible to be automatically enrolled into a qualifying workplace pension.

The qualifying earnings band sets out the portion of earnings on which the employee and their employer have to pay contributions into a workplace pension.

The government reviews these every year and revises them if appropriate.

2026/27 review

This analysis supports the review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for automatic enrolment for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.

• Review of the Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band for 2026/27
  • 18 December 2025
  • Research and analysis

2025/26 review

This analysis supports the review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for automatic enrolment for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

• Review of the Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band for 2025/26: Supporting Analysis
  • 21 January 2025
  • Research and analysis

2024/25 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2024/25
  • 6 February 2024
  • Research and analysis

2023/24 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2023/24
  • 26 January 2023
  • Research and analysis

2022/23 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2022/23
  • 8 February 2022
  • Research and analysis

2021/22 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2021/22
  • 20 January 2021
  • Research and analysis

2020/21 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2020/21
  • 27 February 2020
  • Research and analysis

2019/20 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2019/20
  • 4 December 2018
  • Research and analysis

2018/19 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2018/19
  • 22 December 2017
  • Research and analysis

2017/18 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2017/18
  • 12 December 2016
  • Research and analysis

2016/17 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2016/17
  • 15 December 2015
  • Research and analysis

2015/16 review

• Workplace pensions automatic enrolment: review of earnings threshold
  • 17 December 2014
  • Consultation outcome

2014/15 review

• Automatic enrolment: review of the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for 2014/15
  • 17 December 2013
  • Research and analysis

2013/14 review

• Automatic enrolment earnings thresholds review
  • 6 September 2012
  • Consultation outcome

2012/13 review

• Workplace Pension Reform: automatic enrolment earnings thresholds, review and revision 2012/2013
  • 15 December 2011
  • Consultation outcome