Parental benefit calculator 2026
Calculate parental benefit from average monthly income. If the parent had no income in the reference period, the benefit equals the benefit rate; for a parent with income the minimum wage is the floor and the cap is the ceiling. The reference period is the 12 months ending nine months before the month of birth — not your current salary. The benefit is actually a daily rate (monthly income ÷ 30), so the payment varies with the length of the month. The maximum follows the CHILD'S YEAR OF BIRTH and stays fixed for the whole benefit period (PHS §40 with the transitional §63¹⁰): €3,806.10/month for a child born in 2026 (down from 3× to 2× the average wage). A child born earlier keeps the ceiling of THEIR birth year, which differs from year to year — select the period matching the child's year of birth and read the “Maximum” row. The minimum, by contrast, is not frozen: under PHS §45(1) the benefit is recalculated on every change of the minimum wage, so the current minimum is always shown.
The maximum follows the CHILD'S YEAR OF BIRTH and stays fixed for the whole benefit period (PHS §40): €3,806.10/month for a child born in 2026. A child born earlier keeps the ceiling of their birth year — select the period matching the child's year of birth and read the “Maximum” row. The minimum, by contrast, does NOT follow the selected period: under PHS §45(1) the benefit is recalculated on every change of the minimum wage, so the current minimum is always shown. For 2027 only the maximum is published so far — the benefit rate (for a parent with no income) is set by that year's state budget, so the 2026 rate is shown until then.
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Rates in force since 01/04/2026 · Source: Social Insurance Board