Labour, Social Affairs & Family · Fiscal year 2025

Labour & Pensions

Pension fund subsidies, unemployment benefits, active labour market programmes, and family allowances.

Actual spend
€58.2B
Planned
€58.0B
Variance
+0.4%
YoY
+6.3%
Fig. 01 · Ten-year line

Solid = actual. Dashed = planned.

Fig. 02 · Income → Spending · 2025

Where every euro comes from, where it goes.

Bands on the left are revenue sources. Bands on the right are spending categories. The current category, Labour & Pensions, is highlighted.

Total · €121.5B
IncomeSpending
Income Tax → Labour & Pensions: €23.3BIncome Tax → Education: €8.4BIncome Tax → Debt Service: €4.8BIncome Tax → Infrastructure: €4.5BIncome Tax → Public Safety: €2.7BIncome Tax → Defense: €1.8BIncome Tax → Healthcare: €1.1BIncome Tax → Housing: €1.0BIncome Tax → Justice: €1000.0MVAT → Labour & Pensions: €21.6BVAT → Education: €7.7BVAT → Debt Service: €4.5BVAT → Infrastructure: €4.1BVAT → Public Safety: €2.5BVAT → Defense: €1.7BVAT → Healthcare: €1.0BVAT → Housing: €944.3MVAT → Justice: €925.7MCorporate → Labour & Pensions: €6.4BCorporate → Education: €2.3BCorporate → Debt Service: €1.3BCorporate → Infrastructure: €1.2BCorporate → Public Safety: €746.9MCorporate → Defense: €510.5MCorporate → Healthcare: €309.4MCorporate → Housing: €281.8MCorporate → Justice: €276.3MCapital → Labour & Pensions: €4.8BCapital → Education: €1.7BCapital → Debt Service: €992.9MCapital → Infrastructure: €919.6MCapital → Public Safety: €554.8MCapital → Defense: €379.2MCapital → Healthcare: €229.8MCapital → Housing: €209.4MCapital → Justice: €205.2MExcise → Labour & Pensions: €3.4BExcise → Education: €1.2BExcise → Debt Service: €712.2MExcise → Infrastructure: €659.6MExcise → Public Safety: €397.9MExcise → Defense: €272.0MExcise → Healthcare: €164.8MExcise → Housing: €150.2MExcise → Justice: €147.2MEU/Other → Labour & Pensions: €479.5MEU/Other → Education: €171.6MEU/Other → Debt Service: €99.4MEU/Other → Infrastructure: €92.1MEU/Other → Public Safety: €55.5MEU/Other → Defense: €38.0MEU/Other → Healthcare: €23.0MEU/Other → Housing: €21.0MEU/Other → Justice: €20.5MIncome Tax€48.7BVAT€45.1BCorporate€13.5BCapital€10.0BExcise€7.2BEU/Other€1.0BSocial Contrib.€-3.9BLabour & Pensions€58.2BEducation€20.8BDebt Service€12.1BInfrastructure€11.2BPublic Safety€6.7BDefense€4.6BHealthcare€2.8BHousing€2.5BJustice€2.5B

Sub-line breakdown · 2025

Federal contribution
Maintenance
31.0%
€18.0B
Civil servant pensions
Maintenance
22.4%
€13.0B
Unemployment insurance benefits
Maintenance
11.7%
€6.8B
Family allowance
Maintenance
7.6%
€4.4B
Care allowance
Maintenance
5.6%
€3.2B
Transfers to social insurance
Maintenance
3.5%
€2.0B
Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Förderbudget Arbeitsmarkt
Maintenance
2.4%
€1.4B
Childcare allowance
Maintenance
2.3%
€1.3B
Equalisation supplements
Maintenance
2.2%
€1.3B
Care fund
Maintenance
2.0%
€1.2B
AMS-Verwaltungskosten
Maintenance
1.2%
€699.0M
Altersteilzeit
Maintenance
1.2%
€687.3M
Other
Maintenance
1.1%
€643.7M
Freifahrten für Schüler, Schülerinnen und Lehrlinge
Maintenance
1.1%
€632.1M
Bildungskarenz
Maintenance
0.6%
€376.9M
Zuführung Arbeitsmarktrücklage
Maintenance
0.6%
€338.9M
Pflegeregress
Maintenance
0.5%
€300.0M
Care allowance — civil servants
Maintenance
0.5%
€299.6M
Betr. Lehrstellenförderung
Maintenance
0.5%
€280.0M
Other
Maintenance
0.4%
€226.6M
Maßnahmen für pflegende Angehörige
Maintenance
0.2%
€126.9M
24-h-Betreuung
Maintenance
0.2%
€126.4M
Support for people with disabilities
Maintenance
0.2%
€117.6M
Sozialentschädigung
Maintenance
0.2%
€110.9M
Salaries
Maintenance
0.2%
€110.8M
Other
Maintenance
0.2%
€108.5M
Sonderzuwendungen gem. §3a und §3d LWA-G
Maintenance
0.1%
€80.4M
Other
Maintenance
0.1%
€77.6M
Salaries
Maintenance
0.1%
€56.7M
Statutory social contributions
Maintenance
0.0%
€25.3M
Hospiz- und Palliativfonds
Maintenance
0.0%
€24.9M
Schulstartplus gem. LWA-G
Maintenance
0.0%
€17.2M
Statutory social contributions
Maintenance
0.0%
€12.7M
Salaries
Maintenance
0.0%
€8.8M
Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik: ESF
Maintenance
0.0%
€8.7M
Severance & jubilee payments
Maintenance
0.0%
€2.3M
Other supplementary fees
Maintenance
0.0%
€2.1M
Statutory social contributions
Maintenance
0.0%
€2.1M
Severance & jubilee payments
Maintenance
0.0%
€2.0M
Other supplementary fees
Maintenance
0.0%
€1.9M
Overtime
Maintenance
0.0%
€1.4M
Voluntary social benefits
Maintenance
0.0%
€1.4M
Overtime
Maintenance
0.0%
€1.1M
Lebensmittelweitergabe gem. LWA-G
Maintenance
0.0%
€501.2K
Voluntary social benefits
Maintenance
0.0%
€444.1K
Severance & jubilee payments
Maintenance
0.0%
€273.5K
Overtime
Maintenance
0.0%
€210.7K
Expense allowances (personnel)
Maintenance
0.0%
€208.2K
Other supplementary fees
Maintenance
0.0%
€181.8K
Expense allowances (personnel)
Maintenance
0.0%
€95.2K
Voluntary social benefits
Maintenance
0.0%
€88.2K
Expense allowances (personnel)
Maintenance
0.0%
€9.7K
Sonderzuwendungen gem. LWA-G
Maintenance
0.0%
€0
Wohnschirm
Maintenance
0.0%
€0
Einmalzahlung gem. ALVG
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-13.5K
Sonstiges (Korrektur Lebensmittelweitergabe gem. LWA-G)
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-501.2K
Kurzarbeit
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-1.4M
RRF-Projekt (Community Nurses)
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-10.0M
Housing umbrella (per LWA-G)
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-10.4M
Other payments — COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-10.8M
Sonstiges (Korrektur Schulstartplus gem. LWA-G)
Maintenance
-0.0%
€-17.2M

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