Unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefit rates See how much you can receive in unemployment benefits in 2025.

In the table below, you can see the unemployment benefit rates that apply for 2025. The rates are adjusted at the turn of the year.

Your unemployment benefit rate depends on how much you earned before becoming unemployed, whether you are insured full-time or part-time, or if you are a recent graduate (dimittend).

How much you can receive in unemployment benefits is calculated based on your salary in the 12 months with the highest earnings within the last 24 months.
How to get the highest unemployment benefit rate

The unemployment benefit rate can never exceed 90 percent of your salary. To receive the highest unemployment benefit rate, you must, in principle, have earned at least 25.474 (2025) kroner per month for 12 months, gross. The highest unemployment benefit rate is 21.092 (2025)  kroner per month for full-time insured and 14.061 (2025) kroner per month for part-time insured. However, the maximum unemployment benefit rate may be increased with an employment supplement in the first 3 months of unemployment in some cases.

 Overview of unemployment benefit rates 2025 You can see all the rates in the table below. The rates are gross amounts, meaning the unemployment benefits you receive before tax. How much you receive in unemployment benefits after tax depends on your withholding rate and your deduction amount. 
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Rates 2025 Type of Insurance Rate per Month

Unemployment benefits for wage earners

Full-Time
(Effective from May 1, 2023)

Unemployment benefits with employment supplement for the first 481 hours of benefit use (118.86% rate)

 21,092


25,070

Part-Time
(Effective from May 1, 2023)

Unemployment benefits with employment supplement for the first 390 hours of benefit use (118.86% rate)

 14,061


16,713

Recent Graduate Full-Time - with dependent obligations (82% rate)

 17,295
 

Recent Graduate Part-Time - with dependent obligations (82% rate)

 11,530

Recent Graduate Full-Time - without dependent obligations (71.5% rate)

 15,081
 

Recent Graduate Part-Time - without dependent obligations
(71.5% rate)
(Effective from May 1, 2023)

Recent Graduate under 30 years, full-time - without dependent obligations, where benefit use exceeds 481 hours (49.17% rate)

 10,054




10,371

  Recent Graduate under 30 years, Part-Time - without dependent obligations, where benefit use exceeds 481 hours (49.17% rate)   6,914
  Recent Graduate over 30 years, Full-Time - without dependent obligations, where benefit use exceeds 481 hours (69.11% rate)
 13,100
  Recent Graduate over 30 years, Part-Time - without dependent obligations, where benefit use exceeds 481 hours (69.11% rate)   8,733
Youth Rate (50% rate) Full-Time 10,546


Part-Time

                    7,031
Unemployment benefits during educational uplift (80% rate)
Full-Time
                     16,874
Part-Time		                           11,249
110 % Rate Full-Time   23,201
  Part-Time   15,467

G-Days


Full Day

                          973


Half Day

                        487
 FACTS About Unemployment Benefit Rates

Your personal unemployment benefit rate is calculated by your unemployment insurance fund (a-kasse). The rate is determined based on your salary.

The a-kasse retrieves salary information from the danish income registery. Therefore, you do not need to bring or send your pay slips.

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