Your salary for super

Your superable salary is your ordinary annual (base) Salary of Office for your rank and position. It does not include certain specified allowances such as relieving, expense, uniform, and climatic and shift allowances, or an allowance paid in lieu of overtime. An allowance may be included if it is prescribed in the Regulations. Allowances for certain academic qualifications are currently included. 

If you cease to receive a superable allowance because of non-disciplinary reasons, any benefit that becomes payable before your salary increases above the previous amount is based on the superable salary amount you were receiving immediately before the reduction. 

When is your superable salary reported 

Each year, your employer is required to report the superable salary that is being paid to you as at 30 June and 31 December (for basic benefit purposes). For more information, please refer to PSS Fact Sheet 2: Contributions and superable salary.