Pension Calculator

The pension calculator is a tool you can use to calculate your pastors' cost. You must know your pastor's status (Full Elder, Local Pastor, etc.) cash salary and if there is a housing allowance or a parsonage.

Click Here to view the 2027 Minimum Salary guide document.

Click Here to view the 2026 Minimum Salary guide document.

Prepared For

First name

Last name

Church

These fields are only required if you want to download a copy. The calculator works without them.

Appointment

Year

Please select a year.

Multi-church Appointment?

Yes

Please select if this is a multi-church appointment.

Status

Please select a status.

Compensation

Salary

Please enter a valid salary amount.

Cash salary only. Appointment percentage is figured from this.

Parsonage

Yes

Please select if there is a parsonage.

A parsonage adds 35% of cash salary in place of a housing allowance.

Additional Cash Allowance

Clergy Personal Contribution

Optional. Leave blank if none. Enter the clergy member's annual personal COMPASS contribution amount. The conference bills the church for the church's share of COMPASS and CPP, along with the clergy member's personal COMPASS contribution monthly. The church is responsible for collecting the clergy member's personal COMPASS contribution through payroll deduction.

Age (as of December 31)

Please enter an age between 0 and 120 to apply the contribution limits.

Required only if you enter a pre-tax or Roth contribution below — it sets the IRS catch-up limit on those figures. Otherwise it can be left blank. It is not stored.

Pre-tax (Enter Annual Amount)

Roth (after tax) (Enter Annual Amount)