Understand your finances with the Benefits Guide! Quickly and easily calculate the most important public benefits in Denmark with the updated 2026 rates.

The Danish system of public benefits can be complex and difficult to understand. The Benefits Guide is your personal calculator that brings together the most common calculations in one place. Get a quick and indicative overview of your financial situation, regardless of whether you are retired, in a flexible job, a student or an employee.

Disclaimer:
The Benefit Guide is an independent, privately developed tool and has no affiliation with any state, regional or municipal authority (e.g. Udbetaling Danmark, the Danish Tax Agency or municipalities. The calculations in the app are for guidance only and cannot be considered legal or financial advice. There may be deviations from the actual rates, calculation rules and individual decisions made by relevant authorities. The user is responsible for checking the information and seeking official guidance at, borger.dk, skat.dk, bm.dk, retsinfo.dk and virk.dk.

With the Benefit Guide you can calculate:

💰 Payment after Tax: See what you get paid each month. The calculator takes into account both ordinary tax and top tax.
source: skat.dk

👵 Fractional pension (Early retirement pension): Find out what your earnings percentage is and how much you can expect to receive in early retirement if you have lived outside Denmark.
source: borger.dk

🤝 Flexible job: Calculate your flexi-wage subsidy and see your total monthly income when you work reduced hours.
source: borger.dk / bm.dk

🚗 Travel allowance: Get an estimate of your annual travel allowance for driving to and from work, including rules for bridges and outlying municipalities.
source: skat.dk / borger.dk

🏠 Housing benefit: One of the most complex benefits made simple. Enter your rent, income, assets and family situation to see what subsidy you can get.
source: borger.dk

👨‍💼 Unemployment benefit: Find your recommended unemployment benefit rate, regardless of whether you are insured full-time, part-time or a recent graduate.
source: borger.dk / retsinfo.dk / bm.dk

🤒 Sickness benefit: Calculate your expected payment during illness based on your salary and working hours.
source: borger.dk / virk.dk / bm.dk

📄 Cash benefit: Get an overview of your possible rate based on age, family situation, living arrangements and whether you are ready for work or activity.
source: retsinfo.dk / borger.dk / bm.dk

🎓 SU and SU loans: See your SU rates for both youth and higher education, regardless of whether you live at home or away. The calculator takes parental income into account and also shows your loan options.
sources: borger.dk / su.dk

👶 Free place in a daycare center: Calculate your expected parental payment for a daycare center or kindergarten based on the household income and number of children.
source: borger.dk

📜 Early retirement: See your recommended early retirement rate, regardless of whether you were born before or after July 1, 1959 and are insured full-time or part-time.
source: borger.dk

👴 Elderly check: Find out if your assets and personal additional percentage entitle you to the annual elderly check.
source: borger.dk

🍼 Maternity benefit: Calculate your weekly rate when you go on maternity leave.
source: borger.dk / bm.dk