Due to the March percentage and amount indexation, which was a record, seniors could count on significant increases in the benefits they received. Currently, the minimum pension is PLN 1,588.44, while the average oscillates around PLN 3,000. zloty. Nevertheless, there are many people who receive benefits in much higher and much lower amounts. How much money do record holders get?
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He has worked for 62 years and receives the highest pension in Poland. The amount is shocking
The highest pension is received by a resident of the Śląskie Voivodship who is subject to the Social Insurance Institution in Zabrze. Like Beata Kopczyńska, the regional press officer, after the March valorization its benefit is over PLN 43.3 thousand. PLN per month. It is known that the man retired at the age of 86 after working 62 years and 5 months without any non-contributory periods. Beata Kopczyńska also points out that this is not the only high pension in the province, as there are also transfers over PLN 20,000. zloty.
Some retirees do not complain about the amount of benefits. “Working harder pays off”
A researcher who is subordinated to the ZUS branch in Chorzów cannot complain about the amount of the benefit. The man switched at the age of 77 after working 56, a his monthly benefit is PLN 21.7 thousand. zloty. In turn, in the branch in Bielsko-Biała, the record holder is a woman who has worked for 52 years and receives 20.3 thousand. zloty. – Working longer pays off, because the longer we work before retirement, the more contributions we will pay – notes Beata Kopczyńska, adding that, of course, the amount of remuneration received is also important. It is also worth knowing that when calculating the pension, age is also important. The older we are, the shorter the life expectancy, and thus also the time when we will collect the benefit. For this reason, the accumulated capital is divided into a smaller number of months.
There are also exceptionally low benefits. Some are a few pennies
The amount of pensions is also shocking, because many of them will not even buy seniors a bun. The “record holder” is a man from Wrocław, who he only gets 2 cents a month. Not much more, because 3 groszy, gets a resident of Warsaw. On the other hand, a woman from Rzeszów, after working for one month in her entire life, can count on a transfer of PLN 0.10.
Source: Gazeta
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