CPF & Retirement in Singapore

How CPF works in Singapore, and what it leaves you with at the end — how each month’s contribution splits across your Ordinary, Special and MediSave accounts, what the retirement sums mean for your cohort, and how CPF LIFE turns those savings into monthly payouts from 65. Everything here runs in your browser.

What CPF & Retirement covers on SGfi

CPF is three things at once: a payroll deduction, a savings account split three ways, and, from 55, a retirement income. The CPF Calculator is where those meet: it takes your age and salary, applies the contribution and allocation rates, and projects the balances forward to 55 and 65 so you can see the retirement sum and CPF LIFE payout they would fund. The two panels below are the reference layer behind it — the definitions, and the official figures.

CPF terms, defined

Plain-English definitions of the terms the figures rest on — what each account does, what the three retirement sums mean, and how CPF LIFE pays out.

Official CPF figures, sourced

The CPF section of the SGfi rates reference carries the contribution rates by age, the wage ceilings and annual limit, the interest floors, and the retirement sums — each row linked to the CPF Board page it was verified against.

CPF rates & figures

Informational only, not financial advice. Confirm current figures with the CPF Board before acting on them.