Arbeitslosengeld I berechnen: Höhe pro Tag und Monat, Bezugsdauer nach Alter
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.Das Arbeitslosengeld beträgt 60 Prozent des pauschalierten Nettoentgelts, mit Kind 67 Prozent (§ 149 SGB III). Grundlage ist das Brutto der letzten zwölf Monate je Kalendertag, gemindert um 20 Prozent Sozialversicherung, Lohnsteuer und Soli. Bei 3.500 Euro brutto im Monat, Steuerklasse I ohne Kind, sind das 47,23 Euro am Tag oder 1.416,90 Euro im Monat, für 6 bis 24 Monate je nach Versicherungszeit und Alter.
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This calculator estimates Arbeitslosengeld I (ALG I) for a claim that starts in 2026: the amount per day and per month, and how many months it is paid. It follows the steps of the Sozialgesetzbuch III that the Agentur für Arbeit uses.
How much (§§ 149-154). The base is your insured gross of the last year divided by its calendar days, the Bemessungsentgelt; a full year of 3,500 euros a month gives 115.07 euros a day. Pay counts only up to 8,450 euros a month, the 2026 pension ceiling. From it the law deducts a flat 20% for social insurance, the daily wage tax of your tax class on 1 January by the BMF Programmablaufplan 2026, and the solidarity surcharge. Church tax and personal allowances do not count. Of what is left, the Leistungsentgelt, you receive 60%, or 67% when you or your spouse have a child counted for tax. A full month is paid as 30 days. The daily wage tax was checked against the BMF's own calculator for 106 wages, and the same flat net reproduces the BA's Kurzarbeitergeld table to the cent.
Tax and timing. Arbeitslosengeld is tax-free but raises the rate on your other income in the year. Register as job-seeking at least three months before the job ends (§ 38 SGB III). A severance is not part of the base; for its tax, use the Germany Abfindung Calculator.
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Arbeitslosengeld I is 60% of a flat daily net pay, or 67% with a child. On a gross of 3,500 euros a month in tax class I without a child, a 2026 claim pays 47.23 euros a day, so 1,416.90 euros for a full month counted as 30 days.
Under § 147 SGB III the duration follows your insured months in the last five years and your age: 12 months give 6 months of benefit, 24 give 12. From 50 with 30 months it is 15, from 55 with 36 months 18, and from 58 with 48 months the maximum of 24 months.
Pay counts only up to 8,450 euros a month, the 2026 pension ceiling, which is 277.81 euros a day. In tax class I without a child that gives 93.70 euros a day or 2,811.00 euros a month; with a child or in class III the amount is higher.
Yes. The flat net pay deducts the wage tax of the class you had on 1 January of the year the claim starts. Class III deducts the least and so pays the most; classes V and VI pay the least. A later change of class counts only from the day it takes effect, under special rules.
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