Contributions - Schedule of percentages.
San José Municipal Code § 3.20.330
in effect3.20.330 - Contributions - Schedule of percentages.
For the purpose of establishing and maintaining the retirement fund on a reserve basis, the city council shall make provision in its budget each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year 1941-42, and continuing throughout the future, for the payment by the city auditor monthly into said fund of an amount equal to the monthly contribution of all such employees, as the city's contribution; and the city auditor shall deduct from the monthly salary of each member of the system from and after the effective date of Ordinance 2774 the rates of monthly salary deductions or contributions of members of the retirement system expressed as percentage of salary to be paid into the retirement fund, according to age and sex at the time of entry into the retirement system, shall be fixed according to the percentages now levied by the state in its State Employees' Retirement System, for each officer or employee member as follows:
Age at Entry into System | Male | Female
21 | 3.17 | 3.46
22 | 3.20 | 3.51
23 | 3.23 | 3.56
24 | 3.26 | 3.60
25 | 3.30 | 3.66
26 | 3.34 | 3.72
27 | 3.38 | 3.78
28 | 3.43 | 3.84
29 | 3.48 | 3.91
30 | 3.53 | 3.98
31 | 3.58 | 4.05
32 | 3.63 | 4.12
33 | 3.69 | 4.20
34 | 3.75 | 4.28
35 | 3.81 | 4.36
36 | 3.87 | 4.44
37 | 3.94 | 4.52
38 | 4.01 | 4.60
39 | 4.08 | 4.68
40 | 4.15 | 4.77
41 | 4.23 | 4.86
42 | 4.31 | 4.95
43 | 4.39 | 5.04
44 | 4.47 | 5.13
45 | 4.55 | 5.22
46 | 4.63 | 5.32
47 | 4.71 | 5.42
48 | 4.80 | 5.52
49 | 4.89 | 5.62
50 | 4.98 | 5.72
51 | 5.07 | 5.82
52 | 5.16 | 5.93
53 | 5.25 | 6.04
54 | 5.35 | 6.15
55 | 5.45 | 6.26
56 | 5.55 | 6.37
57 | 5.65 | 6.48
58 | 5.75 | 6.59
59 | 5.85 | 6.71
60 | 5.95 | 6.83
61 | 6.05 | 6.95
62 | 6.16 | 7.07
63 | 6.27 | 7.19
64 and over | 6.38 | 7.31
(Prior code § 2901.38.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3PE_IIREPL_CH3.20FEEMRESY_3.20.330COCHPEFetched: 11/1/2026