HAS Tables

Colorado PERA’s Highest Average Salary (HAS) percentage tables show you, based on your age and years of service at retirement, what percentage of your HAS will be used to calculate your monthly retirement benefit. Use the chart below to determine which table applies to you.

The shaded areas on the tables indicate reduced retirement percentages. The percentages in the shaded areas on the PERA 2, PERA 4, PERA 6, PERA 7, PERA 8, PERA 9, DPS 3, DPS 4, Safety Officers 2, and Safety Officers 3 tables ensure that, as of your effective date of retirement, your reduced retirement benefit is the actuarial equivalent of your full service retirement benefit. These percentages are subject to change based on actuarial experience.

For the purposes of PERA benefits, “Safety Officers” include the following employees:

• Peace officers with the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
• County sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, noncertified deputy sheriffs, and detention officers in the Local Government Division whose PERA membership began on or after January 1, 2020. 
• Corrections officers classified as I through IV in the State Division whose PERA membership began on or after January 1, 2020.
• Firefighters classified as I through VII employed with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, beginning with service earned on or after July 1, 2020.

Note: In state statute, these professionals are defined as “State Troopers.”