Calcular el décimo cuarto: one SBU a year, Sierra by 15 August, Costa by 15 March
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 15 Oct 2026.The décimo cuarto is a twelfth of the Salario Básico Unificado for every month worked, whatever you earn: US$40.17 a month at the 2026 SBU of US$482. Accumulated, the Sierra and Amazonía period runs 1 August to 31 July and pays by 15 August; Costa and Galápagos run 1 March to February and pay by 15 March.
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The Código del Trabajo gives every employee two extra payments. This page works out both for the year you choose, with the dates the Ministerio del Trabajo uses.
Décimo cuarto (article 113). A twelfth of the Salario Básico Unificado (SBU) for each month, the same for everyone whatever they earn. Accumulated, Sierra and Amazonía count 1 August to 31 July and pay by 15 August; Costa and Galápagos count 1 March to the end of February and pay by 15 March. The SBU was US$470 in 2025 and is US$482 in 2026.
How the page counts. Acuerdo MDT-2019-199 sets a 360-day year of 30-day months, so a start on 16 March counts 15 days that month. Because article 113 pays a twelfth of each month's SBU, a period that began in 2025 is worked month by month: US$477 for Sierra 2026 and US$472 for Costa 2026. Many employers pay the whole period at the SBU in force on the payment date, US$482; the page shows both figures. Permanent part-time staff get the décimo cuarto in proportion to their hours out of 40.
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A twelfth of the Salario Básico Unificado for each month worked: US$40.17 a month at the 2026 SBU of US$482. Counted month by month, a Sierra period from August 2025 gives US$477, because its 2025 months earned a twelfth of US$470; paid at the SBU in force on the payment date it is US$482.
Accumulated, Sierra and Amazonía count 1 August to 31 July and must be paid by 15 August. Costa and Galápagos count 1 March to the last day of February and must be paid by 15 March. Paid monthly, it comes with each month's pay in every region.
The proportional part. The Ministerio del Trabajo counts a 360-day year of 30-day months, so starting on 16 March gives 255 days of the décimo tercero period: 255 / 360 of a year's pay. The décimo cuarto counts the days from your start in the same way.
Yes. Acuerdo MDT-2019-199 says permanent part-time contracts receive both décimos in proportion to the time worked. Someone on 20 hours a week out of the ordinary 40 gets half the décimo cuarto: US$241 for a full year at the 2026 SBU.
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