# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 22. Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems

### Subtitle 2. Membership

#### Section 22-214

(a)

  (1) This subsection applies only to a member who is subject to Selection A (Additional member contributions).

  (2) For a member whose membership started on or before June 30, 1973, the contribution rate as a percent of a member's earnable compensation is the lesser of:

    (i) 2% plus the contribution rate adopted by the Board of Trustees and in effect when membership began; or

    (ii) 7%.

  (3) For a member whose membership started on or after July 1, 1973, the contribution rate is 7% of a member's earnable compensation.

  (4) For a member who under Sec. 22-308(b)(2) of this title elects to receive full-time service credit for regular part-time employment, the contribution rate is 7% of the compensation the member would have earned had the member been a full-time employee.

(b)

  (1) This subsection applies to a member who is subject to Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment).

  (2) For a member whose membership started on or before June 30, 1973, the contribution rate as a percent of a member's earnable compensation is the lesser of:

    (i) the contribution rate adopted by the Board of Trustees and in effect when membership began; or

    (ii) 5%.

  (3) For a member whose membership started on or after July 1, 1973, the contribution rate is 5% of a member's earnable compensation.

  (4) For a member who elects under Sec. 22-308(b)(2) of this title to receive full-time service credit for regular part-time employment, the contribution rate is 5% of the compensation the member would have earned had the member been a full-time employee.

(c)

  (1) This subsection applies to a member who is subject to Selection C (Combination formula).

  (2) A member's contribution rate is as provided in Sec. 23-212 of this article.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)