Rajkumar Anguluri·Software Engineer · Founder, Artha Engine·Last reviewed 8 April 2026·Methodology
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EPF Calculator
Will EPF alone fund your retirement? See the projected corpus at 60, what drives it, and whether a VPF top-up is worth considering.
EPF details
Project your EPF corpus across your contribution years — employee + employer + interest.
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EPF corpus at retirement
₹2.3Cr
₹2.28Cr at retirement
Over 30 years of contributions from both employee and employer at 8.25%, with 7% annual salary growth.
EPF is tax-free under Section 10(12) after 5 years of service. Don't withdraw it when switching jobs.
Years contributing
30 yrs
Employee contribution
₹54.4L
Employer contribution
₹16.6L
Interest earned
₹1.6Cr
Retirement corpus
₹2.3Cr
EPF balance over time
Year-end balance across the contribution period.
Benchmarks
+3% faster salary growth
-31.2%You
₹2.3Cr
Benchmark
₹3.3Cr
Every % faster you grow, contributions compound meaningfully.
Retire 5 years early
+70.8%You
₹2.3Cr
Benchmark
₹1.3Cr
The last 5 years compound the most — cutting them hurts disproportionately.
+5% VPF top-up
-22.4%You
₹2.3Cr
Benchmark
₹2.9Cr
Voluntary PF gets the same tax-free rate with no cap.
What moves the result most
Holding everything else fixed, here is how the headline shifts when each input swings by a typical range.
EPF builds a meaningful retirement corpus
At a 25+ year horizon with steady contributions, EPF alone can build a crore-plus corpus. Combined with PPF and equity, it's a solid base.
Salary growth is doing the heavy lifting
At 7%+ annual salary growth, contributions compound alongside the rate. Even a small EPF rate edge over PPF adds up meaningfully.
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At a glance
- What it does
- Projects your Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) corpus at retirement, modelling annual compounding at the current EPFO rate with salary growth over time.
- Current rate
- 8.25% per year (FY 2024-25, announced annually by EPFO).
- Typical output
- ₹40,000/month basic with 7% annual growth over 30 years builds an EPF corpus of ~₹1 Cr — entirely tax-free after 5 years of service.
- Best used for
- Sizing retirement corpus against the EPF contribution stream, and comparing VPF top-ups to alternative investments.
How It Works
This is the drill-down layer. The flagship flow leads with a recommendation, and this page lets you inspect the underlying model.
- Each year: employee contributes 12% of basic; employer contributes 3.67% of basic to EPF (the rest goes to EPS).
- Balance += total contributions; then balance += balance × rate.
- Basic salary grows each year at the stated annual growth rate.
Assumptions
The recommendation stays blunt, but the assumptions remain visible.
- Employer's 12% is split into 3.67% EPF + 8.33% EPS (Employees' Pension Scheme). EPS is not modelled here.
- Interest is compounded annually on the end-of-year balance.
- EPF is tax-free under Section 10(12) after 5 years of continuous service.
FAQ
The follow-up questions people usually ask after the main recommendation is already clear.
Why does my employer's EPF contribution look small?
Out of the employer's 12% of basic, only 3.67% goes to EPF. The remaining 8.33% is routed to EPS (pension scheme). This tool only tracks the EPF portion because EPS maturity is calculated differently.
Should I contribute more via VPF?
Voluntary PF (VPF) lets you contribute beyond the mandatory 12% at the same EPF rate. Since EPF currently pays 8.25% tax-free, VPF beats most FD-like alternatives on a post-tax basis.
What happens if I withdraw EPF when switching jobs?
Withdrawing before 5 years of total service makes the balance taxable. Transfer it to your new employer's EPF account instead — it's a single UAN-linked transfer.
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