Minijob and Midijob Calculator Germany 2026

603 € per month on average. Up to that, you work in a minijob. You keep almost all of it, because the employer pays flat-rate contributions and tax, and you pay only 3.6 % pension insurance unless you ask to be exempt.

A job with a salary from 603.01 € to 2,000 € a month, the transition zone. You pay social insurance, but on a reduced amount that rises from nothing at 603 € to the full salary at 2,000 €, so your contributions rise gradually.

Not as the employee when the employer pays the flat-rate tax. In a midijob, income tax is calculated as for a regular salary and is often small at these salaries.

Above the minijob limit, you start paying health, care and unemployment insurance, but on a very small reduced base at first. The calculator shows how net pay changes along the way in the chart.

Yes, on request. You then pay no pension contribution, but you earn fewer pension rights. Tick the box to see the difference.

It follows different rules, and this calculator does not cover it. It treats the salary you enter as your only job.