Kurzarbeitergeld berechnen: Soll- und Ist-Entgelt, Steuerklasse, 60 oder 67 Prozent
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.Das Kurzarbeitergeld beträgt 60 Prozent der Nettoentgeltdifferenz, mit Kind 67 Prozent (§ 105 SGB III). Soll-Entgelt und Ist-Entgelt werden auf 20 Euro gerundet, pauschal um 20 Prozent Sozialversicherung, Lohnsteuer und Solidaritätszuschlag gemindert, und die Differenz der beiden Leistungssätze ist das Kug. Bei 3.500 Euro Soll, 1.750 Euro Ist, Steuerklasse I ohne Kind sind das 617,10 Euro.
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When a German company cuts working hours for economic reasons, the Agentur für Arbeit pays Kurzarbeitergeld (Kug) for the lost pay. This calculator works out the amount for one month exactly as the Bundesagentur für Arbeit's 2026 table does.
How the amount is found (§§ 105, 106 SGB III). Two monthly wages go in. The Soll-Entgelt is the gross you would have earned without the short time, without overtime and one-off payments. The Ist-Entgelt is the gross you actually earned. Both are rounded to the nearest 20 euros, and each is turned into a flat net pay (§ 153 SGB III): minus a 20% social-insurance flat rate, minus the wage tax of your tax class by the BMF Programmablaufplan 2026, minus the solidarity surcharge. Church tax and your own allowances do not count. Each flat net is multiplied by 60%, or 67% when you or your spouse have a child counted for tax. The difference of the two results is the Kurzarbeitergeld.
Tax. Kurzarbeitergeld is free of income tax but raises the tax rate on your other income (Progressionsvorbehalt), so a tax return may follow. For your normal net pay use the Germany Income Tax Calculator; if the job ends, the Germany Arbeitslosengeld Calculator uses the same flat net.
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Kurzarbeitergeld is 60% of the difference between the flat net pay of your normal gross and of the gross you still earn, or 67% with a child. With 3,500 euros normal pay, 1,750 euros earned and tax class I without a child, the 2026 table gives 617.10 euros for the month.
The Soll-Entgelt is the gross you would have earned in the month without the short time, leaving out overtime and one-off payments such as a Christmas bonus. The Ist-Entgelt is the gross you actually earned for the hours worked. Both are rounded to the nearest 20 euros before the table values are read.
Yes, because the flat net pay deducts the wage tax of your class. Class III leaves the most net and so the highest Kurzarbeitergeld; classes V and VI the least. Class IV uses the same values as class I. With the factor method the Agentur für Arbeit computes the amount by machine.
Kurzarbeitergeld is paid for at most 12 months per company under § 104 SGB III. A break of at least a month without Kug extends that period, and after three months without any Kug a new period can start.
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