The cost of public insurance is based on your (pre-tax) income—and your employer pays for half. The general contribution amount that you would pay is 7.3% of pre-tax salary. After that, you may need to pay an additional contribution as determined by the public insurer. (For TK this is 0.6%, while others may be lower or higher.) In nearly all cases, you will also need to pay long-term care insurance (Pflegeversicherung) of around 1.5%. This means that for most insurers, you will end up paying around 9-10% of your pre-tax salary toward insurance.
Total cost* | What you pay* | |
General contribution | 14.6% | 7.3% |
Additional contribution (determined by provider) | around 1.2% | around 0.6% |
Long-term care insurance contribution | 3.05% | 1.525% |
Total | around 19% | around 9.5% |
* % are based on your pre-tax salary
To figure out your monthly contribution to TK, you can enter your pre-tax income in our calculator.