What % of salary do you put in your pension per month and why?

thegentleway

qsk said:

I read that you cannot contribute an amount such that your earning after salary sacrifice goes below minimum wage. 
What is the (annual) minimum wage for a typical full time worker?

National Living Wage is £10.42 per hour so ~£18k pa

Van_Girl

I add 28% via salary sacrifice, and my employer adds 3%. I plan to maintain this for 5 years total (I'm 1 year in) to try to catch up. At 37 I only had around £8k in my pension and basically panicked. I plan to have £85k by the time I'm 42 and then I will go part time and ease off the gas

frugalandsave

Im 35 and contribute 30 % with my employer adding 3 % in a DC Pension with Nest. 

Contributing this much as I want to reduce tax burden on, set myself up for a better future and options. I would like to move abroad in a few years, which means that a front loaded Pension has time to grow, esp when not contributing at that stage. 

We are also saving/investing outside of this which will hopefully help to reach the target quicker.