Social parameters

Applicable index value: 944,43

As of 1 January 2024.

Amounts in EUR.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM LIMITS SUBJECT TO CONTRIBUTIONS
Social minimum wage per month         2,570.93
Minimum contribution level for active workers (all schemes)     hourly wage    

 - 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

HEALTH INSURANCE
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 to functional rehabilitation packages      
 - in 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     77.35

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
Cash benefits for care and nursing facilities      
 - with continuous stay
 per hour   66.84
 - 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

 

PENSION INSURANCE
New pensions 2024      
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
       
Lump sum education benefit (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
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

 

Back-to-school allowance
       amount per child
6 - 11 years old     115.00
12 years and over     235.00

Birth allowance
 3 parts      
Amount per part     580.03

Parental leave
Replacement income corresponding to the average monthly professional income earned in the 12 months before the parental leave
Compensation ceiling (before deduction of tax and social security charges) 
   per hour per month
  minimum 14.8609 2,570.93
  maximum 24.7681 4,284.88

 

SOCIAL INCLUSION INCOME (REVIS) AND OTHER MIXED BENEFITS

Inclusion income
      per month
Basic lump sum per adult     901.94
Basic lump sum per child     280.03
 - increase per child in case of single parent household
     82.74
Amount for common costs per household     901.94
 - increase in case of child(ren)
     135.34

 

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
Single person     1,802.45
Domestic community with two adults     2,703.81
Per additional adult     515.76
Child     163.96

 

Cost of living benefit / Energy bonus
  per year Cost of living benefit Energy bonus
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 and more   3,304.00 400.00
Upper limit of annual income for the granting of a full Cost of living benefit / Energy bonus      
 - for one person
   30,939.53 38,674.41
Increased upper limit of annual income      
 - for the second person
   15,469.76 19,337,20
 - for each additional person
   9.281,86 11,602,32

 

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

Special allowance for severely disabled persons
per month     842.81

 

Tax credit equivalent (ECI) for REVIS basic lump sum beneficiaries
per month 84.00

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

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