Employee and employer EOBI contributions on the wage base.
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What EOBI is and who it covers
The Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution, EOBI, is Pakistan's federal social-insurance scheme. Registered employees and their employers pay into it during working years, and in return the worker becomes entitled to an old-age pension, with survivor and invalidity benefits in defined circumstances. It applies to most industrial and commercial establishments above a size threshold, and registration is a legal obligation, not an option, for the employers it covers. This calculator works out the monthly and annual contribution split between employee and employer so HR teams, small-business owners, and employees checking a payslip can all see exactly what should be flowing into the scheme.
The split: 1% from the worker, 5% from the employer
EOBI is shared but not evenly. The employee contributes 1% and the employer contributes 5%, the rates this calculator applies, so the employer carries the larger share. These percentages and the wage base they sit on are set by the EOBI scheme and tied to the government minimum wage, and they have been revised over the years, so confirm the current rates and base with the EOBI before treating any figure as final. The employer is responsible for deducting the employee's 1% from salary and depositing the combined amount, which is why a missing EOBI line on a payslip is usually an employer compliance gap rather than something the worker can fix alone.
A worked split on the PKR 37,000 base
Use the default wage base the tool loads, PKR 37,000 a month, which tracks the prescribed minimum wage. The employee's 1% is PKR 370 a month. The employer's 5% is PKR 1,850 a month. Together that is PKR 2,220 flowing into EOBI each month for that worker. Over a year, the employee contributes PKR 4,440 and the combined annual contribution is PKR 26,640. Those are small monthly numbers, but they are what build the entitlement, and they should appear consistently month after month.
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The misconception that trips everyone: it is not on your salary
Here is the point most people get wrong. EOBI is computed on the prescribed wage base, not on your actual pay. A worker earning PKR 300,000 a month does not contribute 1% of PKR 300,000. The contribution is still figured on the wage base of around PKR 37,000, so the employee share stays near PKR 370 regardless of how high the salary climbs. This calculator lets you edit the base so you can model a different prescribed figure, but it is deliberately not your gross salary field. If you plug your real salary in expecting EOBI to scale with it, you will overstate the contribution badly. The flip side is that the pension EOBI eventually pays is modest precisely because the contributions are tied to a low base, which is why most people treat it as a floor and build their own retirement savings on top.
For employers: a compliance note
If you run a covered establishment, EOBI registration and timely monthly deposits are a statutory duty, and arrears attract penalties and surcharges. Build the combined 6% per registered employee into your payroll budget, deduct the worker's 1% correctly, and keep deposit records, because EOBI can inspect and assess. Treat this tool as a quick per-head estimate, then reconcile against the official EOBI contribution rules for the current period, since the base and rates can change with government notifications.
Does paying EOBI guarantee me a pension?
It builds the entitlement, but the pension depends on meeting EOBI's conditions, chiefly a minimum number of years of insured contributions and reaching the qualifying age. Continuous, properly deposited contributions are what protect the claim, which is why employees should check that their employer is actually depositing the amounts. Confirm the exact eligibility rules with the EOBI.
Is the EOBI contribution the same as a provident fund?
No. EOBI is a national pension scheme run by a federal institution, with a fixed contribution tied to the wage base. A provident fund is a separate employer-run retirement savings arrangement, often a percentage of actual salary with its own tax treatment. Many employees have both, and they should not be confused or netted against each other.