The daily allowance consists of the following components

• basic component, which is 37,21 euros per day (from 1.1.2023 onwards).
• earnings-related component, which depends on your salary. 
• child increase, which is paid for children under the age of 18 until 31.3.2024.

There will be made no usual index increase at the beginning of year 2024, so the amount of basic component will remain the same as in 2023.

The temporary additional increase in child increase end on 31.12.2023, and therefore the amount of child increase will decrease somewhat from 1.1.2024 onwards. The payment of child increase ends completely on 31.3.2024.

Child increase is paid until 31.3.2024 for a maximum of three children even if you have more than three children. Because the child increase can be paid for a maximum of three children, the decision the parents of more than three children get, always shows the number of children as three (and not the actual number of children).

TE office can direct you to employment promoting services (TE-palvelu). When you participate in an employment promoting service, the fund will pay you daily allowance with the normal amount or increased, depending on the statement TE office has given. The increased earnings-related component can be paid for a maximum of 200 days.

The amount of the increased earnings-related component depends on the salary which your daily allowance is based on. You can estimate the amount of the increased earnings-related allowance by using the allowance calculator at WebKassa-service.

Employment promoting services are e.g.

• labour market training
• independent study
• job search training
• work experience placement
• integration training for immigrants

When you participate in employment promoting services you can receive tax free compensation for expenses. Compensation is paid for all employment promoting services except independent study.

Compensation for expenses is 9 euros per day, and it is paid for a maximum of 5 days a week.

The compensation for expenses is paid at an increased rate if you participate in employment promoting measures outside your commuting area. The increased rate can also be paid if the services are organised within your commuting area but outside your home municipality, and you must pay for accommodation.
The increased rate of the compensation is 18 euros per day.
 

The amount of the daily allowance is calculated based on the salary of the weeks that have fulfilled the work requirement - that is, as a rule, from the average salary of the latest 26 working weeks. If you have not been working continuously, read more about the work requirement https://www.tyj.fi/en

When calculating the daily allowance only established, work-based income is taken into account (e.g. basic salary, annual leave pay, shift work allowances). Holiday compensation (lomakorvaus) is not taken into account. Also a percentage reduction based on social security contributions (TyEL-vähennys) is made. The deduction is 4,40% in 2023 and 3,76 % in 2024.

Exception in the calculation

Partial pension

If you have received a partial invalidity pension or a part-time pension, the salary which your daily allowance is based on, will be calculated from the salary of the period before the star of the pension, even if the work requirement was met during the pension.

Alternation leave or partial care leave

If you have been on alternation leave or partial care leave, and you haven't been working for a minimum of 26 weeks after the leave, the salary which your daily allowance is based on, will be calculated from the salary of the period before the star of the leave.

The amount of your daily allowance will be recalculated, when you fulfil a new work requirement of 26 working weeks

• before it has been possible to pay a daily allowance for any day after the previous work requirement was fulfilled or
• within one year of the start of the daily allowance, but the amount of the daily allowance was not recalculated when the previous work requirement was fulfilled or
• more than one year after the start of the daily allowance

If you fulfil the work requirement again after you have reached the age of 58, your daily allowance will only be changes if it is higher than before. In other words, the amount of the daily allowance for those over the age of 58 is not reduced.