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Amount of mobility allowance

How much mobility allowance can I receive?

The amount of mobility allowance corresponds to a basic unemployment allowance exclusive of increases. The amount of the subsidy is therefore 37,21 € per day.

Without increases, you can receive a maximum of approximately EUR 800 per month for two months of mobility allowance before taxes.

We withhold tax from mobility allowance at the same withholding rate as from your earnings-related daily allowance.

Increases in mobility allowance

If you have underage children in your care, we can pay a child supplement to mobility allowance. The child supplement for one child is 5,84 €, for two 8,57 € and for three children or more 11,05 €.

If the workplace is located or work-related training is arranged more than 200 kilometres from your previous place of residence, we can also pay an increase of 5,29 € per day to the mobility allowance.


Maximum duration of mobility allowance

The maximum duration of mobility allowance depends on the duration of the employment relationship. The subsidy period is

  • 30 calendar days if the duration of the employment relationship is at least 2 months
  • 45 calendar days if the duration of the employment relationship is at least 3 months
  • 60 calendar days if the duration of the employment relationship is at least 4 months

Calendar days are all days of the week from Monday to Sunday.

If you apply for mobility allowance for training related to work, the duration of the allowance is determined on the basis of the length of employment following the training. 

The number of payment days differs from the length of the subsidy period

We can pay mobility allowance for a maximum of five days per calendar week. However, the maximum period of mobility allowance runs for each calendar day. This means that there are fewer payment days than calendar days. For example, a 30 calendar day allowance period has 20 to 22 payment days, depending on the month.

On the basis of part-time work, we can only pay mobility allowance for the days when you have been working. Here, too, the maximum duration of the subsidy runs for each calendar day.

Example 1

We have granted you mobility allowance for a new full-time job for 30 calendar days,1.1–30.1.2024.

We can pay mobility allowance for 22 days during the period.

Example 2

We have granted you mobility allowance for a new part-time job for 30 calendar days, 1.1–30.1.2024.

You work two days a week. Working days are Monday and Tuesday.

We can pay mobility allowance for 10 days during the period.