Employment calculation

Spanish contributory unemployment calculator 2026

Calculate the duration and gross monthly amount of contributory unemployment benefit from your recent average pay and time worked.

Your details

Average gross monthly pay (last 6 months)

Time worked in the last 6 years

Years

Months

Dependent children

Entitlement start date (2026)

Is your situation different?

How to calculate your base

Use exact bases only if your contribution bases or working hours differed from the simple estimate.

First check the scope

My case is ordinary General Regime employment, not a special system or regime.

I confirm affiliation and active or legally equivalent status.

I confirm legal unemployment status; voluntarily leaving work alone is not sufficient.

I have not reached the applicable ordinary retirement age.

I confirm jobseeker registration and the activity agreement.

I confirm a timely application and no lost days or sanctions affecting this estimate.

The time entered falls within the last six years and was not used for an earlier benefit.

I have lost all included jobs and retain no other part-time or concurrent job.

The bases exclude overtime and cover the last 180 contribution days without overlaps.

I have checked which dependent-children category applies to me under SEPE rules.

No work or pension compatibility, resumption, benefit-option right or employment-support supplement applies.

No special rules for returnees, prison release, international contributions, extended periods or protected working-time reductions apply.

How it is calculated

Example: 720 unused contribution days give 240 benefit days. With €10,800 of bases over 180 days, full-time work and no qualifying children: daily base €60, monthly equivalent €1,800. The 70% amount is €1,260, capped at €1,225 for the first 180 days. From day 181 to 240, 60% gives €1,080 gross per 30 days.

Entitlements starting in 2026. LGSS article 266: conditions; 269: duration; 270: bases, rates and limits. SEPE publishes 2026 amounts. For full-time work: minimum €560 without qualifying children or €749 with them; maxima €1,225, €1,400 or €1,575 by category. Limits are adjusted to the confirmed average working fraction.

What is not included

This is a gross estimate, not a SEPE decision or net bank payment. Monthly amounts are 30-day equivalents, not a payment calendar. Contributions and income tax are not deducted. The 60% period is not shown unless duration exceeds 180 days. Exceptions, sanctions, extended reference periods and protected working-time reductions are excluded.

Official sources

Questions

Exact contribution days

Use contribution days not already used for an earlier benefit.

Unemployment bases for the last 180 days (€)

Use unemployment contribution bases excluding overtime.