State pension age calculator
Enter your date of birth to see your UK state pension age and the exact date you reach it, under the law in 2026, including the move from 66 to 67.
- You’ll reach state pension age on
- 20 July 2027
- Your state pension age is 66 years, 8 months.
- The rule that applies
- Anyone born 6 November 1960 to 5 December 1960 reaches it at 66 years and 8 months, under the Pensions Act 2014.
- Full new State Pension, 2026 to 2027
- £241.30 a week
- £12,547.60 a year, over 52 weeks
- To get the full amount
- 35 qualifying years
- of National Insurance, and at least 10 for any new State Pension. If you were contracted out before 2016, you’ll usually need more than 35.
Your own amount depends on your National Insurance record. Check your State Pension forecast on GOV.UK to see what you’re on track for and any gaps you could fill.
Your own amount depends on your National Insurance record. You’ve reached state pension age, so the GOV.UK forecast no longer applies. If you haven’t claimed yet, get your State Pension on GOV.UK.
See the timetable for anyone born from 6 October 1954
| Born | State pension age | Set by |
|---|---|---|
| 6 October 1954 to 5 April 1960 | 66 | Pensions Act 2011 |
| 6 April 1960 to 5 May 1960 | 66 years and 1 month | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 May 1960 to 5 June 1960 | 66 years and 2 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 June 1960 to 5 July 1960 | 66 years and 3 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 July 1960 to 5 August 1960 | 66 years and 4 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 August 1960 to 5 September 1960 | 66 years and 5 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 September 1960 to 5 October 1960 | 66 years and 6 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 October 1960 to 5 November 1960 | 66 years and 7 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 November 1960 to 5 December 1960 | 66 years and 8 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 December 1960 to 5 January 1961 | 66 years and 9 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 January 1961 to 5 February 1961 | 66 years and 10 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 February 1961 to 5 March 1961 | 66 years and 11 months | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 March 1961 to 5 April 1977 | 67 | Pensions Act 2014 |
| 6 April 1977 to 5 May 1977 | 6 May 2044 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 May 1977 to 5 June 1977 | 6 July 2044 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 June 1977 to 5 July 1977 | 6 September 2044 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 July 1977 to 5 August 1977 | 6 November 2044 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 August 1977 to 5 September 1977 | 6 January 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 September 1977 to 5 October 1977 | 6 March 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 October 1977 to 5 November 1977 | 6 May 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 November 1977 to 5 December 1977 | 6 July 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 December 1977 to 5 January 1978 | 6 September 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 January 1978 to 5 February 1978 | 6 November 2045 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 February 1978 to 5 March 1978 | 6 January 2046 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| 6 March 1978 to 5 April 1978 | 6 March 2046 | Pensions Act 2007 |
| On or after 6 April 1978 | 68 | Pensions Act 2007 |
This uses the law in force on 28 September 2026: the Pensions Act 1995 timetable as changed by the Pensions Acts 2007, 2011 and 2014, which moves state pension age from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028 and from 67 to 68 between 2044 and 2046. It gives the same dates as GOV.UK’s Check your State Pension age, including birthdays on the 31st and on 29 February. The government’s third review of state pension age began in July 2025 and must report by March 2029. Nothing from it is law yet, so any change to the rise to 68 isn’t included; the government has said it will give at least 10 years’ notice of changes. The new State Pension is for anyone reaching state pension age from 6 April 2016 (men born on or after 6 April 1951, women on or after 6 April 1953); everyone before that gets the basic State Pension. The amounts are the 2026 to 2027 rates, which usually go up each April.
What goes in
Just your date of birth. The calculator finds the part of the law that covers it and works out the date, the same way GOV.UK’s own checker does. If you were born before 6 December 1953, it shows the dates for women and for men, because the rules were different then.
How state pension age is changing
State pension age is 66 for anyone born from 6 October 1954 to 5 April 1960. For people born from 6 April 1960 to 5 March 1961 it goes up a month at a time, so someone born on 20 November 1960 reaches it at 66 years and 8 months, on 20 July 2027. Everyone born from 6 March 1961 to 5 April 1977 gets it at 67.
The Pensions Act 2007 set a rise to 68 between 2044 and 2046, for people born from 6 April 1977. In 2017 the government accepted a proposal to bring that forward to 2037 to 2039, but it never became law, and the 2023 review left the 2044 timetable in place. A third review began in July 2025 and has to report by March 2029. Nothing from it has been decided, and the government has said it will give at least 10 years’ notice of any change.
What you’ll get
The full new State Pension is £241.30 a week in 2026 to 2027, or £12,547.60 over 52 weeks. You need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance for the full amount, usually more if you were contracted out before 2016, and at least 10 to get any. Men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953 get the basic State Pension instead, £184.90 a week in full. Your forecast on GOV.UK shows your own figure and any gaps you could fill. This is general, not about your situation.
Sources
- Check your State Pension age, GOV.UK
- Pensions Act 1995, Schedule 4, as amended, legislation.gov.uk
- State Pension age review 2023, GOV.UK
- Third State Pension age review, GOV.UK
- Pensions Act 2014, section 27, legislation.gov.uk
- The new State Pension: what you’ll get and eligibility, GOV.UK
- The basic State Pension: how much you get, GOV.UK
- Benefit and pension rates 2026 to 2027, GOV.UK
- Check your State Pension forecast and Get your State Pension, GOV.UK