Social parameters

Applicable index value: 944.43

From 1 January 2024

Amounts in EUR

Minimum and maximum contribution rates

Monthly social minimum wage: EUR 2,570.93 per month

Minimum and maximum contribution rates
  Percentage Hourly salary (EUR) Monthly salary (EUR)
Minimum contribution level for active workers (all schemes) 18 years and over, unskilled worker 100 % 14.8609 2,570.93
17 to 18 years 80 % 11.8887 2,056.74
15 to 17 years 75 % 11.1456 1,928.20
18 years and over, skilled worker 120 % 17.8330 3,085.11
Minimum contribution level for pensioners (health insurance) 130 %   3,342.21
Maximum contribution level (all schemes, except long-term care insurance)     12,854.64

In the first 4 rows of the table, the minimum and maximum amounts are subdivided according to age and scheme.

Health insurance
Health insurance
  Time unit Amount (EUR)
Funeral allowance   1,227.76
Patient contribution for hospital stay per day 25.50
Patient contribution for day hospital per day 12.75
Patient contribution for functional rehabilitation packages - outpatient treatment per day 12.75
Daily amount covered for a health cure - thermal cure per day 61.39
Maximum annual amount for full coverage of dental care per year 77.35

Long-term care insurance
Long-term care insurance
    Time unit Amount (EUR)
Cash benefits for care and nursing facilities with continuous stay per hour 66.84
with intermittent stay per hour 72.45
Cash benefits for care and nursing networks per hour 91.37
Cash benefits for semi-stationary centres per hour 85.67
Maximum amount of cash benefits per week 262.50
Contribution abatement = 25% social minimum wage for unskilled worker, 18 years and over   642.73

In the rows of the table relating to care and nursing facilities, the amounts are subdivided according to the type of stay.

Pension insurance
Pension insurance (new pensions 2024)
  Amount (EUR)
Flat-rate increases 40/40 619.82
Minimum personal pension 2,244.82
Minimum surviving spouse's pension 2,244.82
Minimum orphan's pension 612.86
Maximum personal pension 10,392.67
End-of-year allowance (1/12) (40-year career) 79.91
Income threshold for anti-cumulation 856.98
Exempted professional income (survivor's pensions) 1,662.83
Pension insurance (education lump sum)
  Time unit Amount (EUR)
Education lump sum (art. 3) per child / per month 86.54
Lump sum education benefit (art. IX, 7°) per child / per month 146.11

Family benefits

Family allowances

Family benefits – Family allowances
    Time unit Amount (EUR)
New system (from 1 August 2016) per child / per month 299.86
Old system (amounts for children already entitled to family allowance before 1 August 2016) per child in a family household with 1 child per month 299.86
per child in a family household with 2 children per month 336.31
per child in a family household with 3 children per month 389.67
per child in a family household with 4 children per month 416.40
per child in a family household with 5 children per month 432.36
Increase of amounts per age bracket per child aged 6 - 11 years   22.67
per child aged 12 years and over   56.57
Special supplementary allowance   200.00

In the rows of the table for the old system, the amounts are subdivided according to the number of children in the family household. In the rows of the table concerning the age increase, the amounts are subdivided according to the age of the children.

Back-to-school allowance

Family benefits – Back-to-school allowance
Age Amount per child (EUR)
6 - 11 years old 115.00
12 years and more 235.00

Birth allowance

Family benefits – Birth allowance
  Number of instalments Amount per instalment (EUR)
Birth allowance 3 580.03

Parental leave

Family benefits – Parental leave
Compensation ceiling (before deduction of tax and social security charges): Amount per hour (EUR) Amount per month (EUR)
Minimum 14.8609 2,570.93
Maximum 24.7681 4,284.88

Social Inclusion Income (REVIS) and other mixed benefits

Social inclusion benefit

Social inclusion income (REVIS) and other mixed benefits – Social inclusion benefit
    Amount per month (EUR)
Per adult Basic lump sum 901.94
Per child Basic lump sum 280.03
Increase for single-parent households 82.74
Per household Amount for common expenses 901.94
Increase in case of child(ren) 135.34

In the rows of the table concerning inclusion allowances per child and per household, the amounts are subdivided into the basic flat-rate amount and the increases.

Transitional measures

Amount of the REVIS per month for domestic communities referred to in Article 49(3) of the amended Law of 28 July 2018 on the REVIS

Social Inclusion Income (REVIS) and other mixed benefits – Transitional measures
  Amount per month (EUR)
Single person 1,802.45
Domestic community with 2 adults 2,703.81
Per additional adult 515.76
Child 163.96

Cost of living benefit / supplementary energy allowance (per year)

Social Inclusion Income (REVIS) and other mixed benefits – Cost of living benefit and supplementary energy allowance (per year)
    Cost of living benefit (EUR) Energy allowance (EUR)
Single person 1,652.00 200.00
Domestic community with 2 persons 2,065.00 250.00
Domestic community with 3 persons 2,478.00 300.00
Domestic community with 4 persons 2,891.00 350.00
Domestic community with 5 persons or more 3,304.00 400.00
Upper limit of annual income for the granting of a full Cost of living benefit / Energy allowance for one person 30,939.53 38,674.41
Increased upper limit of annual income for the 2nd person 15,469.76 19,337.20
for each additional person 9,281.86 11,602.32

In the rows of the table concerning the upper limits of annual income, the amounts are subdivided according to the number of persons.

Allowance for the severely disabled (RPGH)

Allowance for the severely disabled (RPGH): EUR 1,803.87 per month

Special allowance for severely disabled persons

Special allowance for severely disabled persons: EUR 842.81 per month

Tax credit equivalent (ECI) for REVIS basic flat-rate beneficiary

Tax credit equivalent (ECI) for REVIS basic flat-rate beneficiary: EUR 84.00 per month

Tax credit equivalent (ECI) for RPGH beneficiaries

Tax credit equivalent (ECI) for RPGH beneficiaries: EUR 84.00 per month

Social parameters history
Social parameters

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