Pension Gap Calculator

The years you worked abroad are missing from your Austrian pension.

The Austrian pension account credits 1.78% of your gross income per contribution year. Model your expected state pension, the gap to your target income, and the monthly savings needed to close it.

Expat pension gap calculator

Your Austrian pension account

Austria credits 1.78% of your annual gross income to your pension account each contribution year. Years spent working abroad simply do not count towards it.

40 years
65 years
€ 5 000
8 years
€ 3 500
€ 80 000
5.0 %
Monthly gap to close
€1,192
Total contribution years
33
Estimated state pension (gross)
€ 2,937
Estimated state pension (net)
€ 2,308
Capital needed at retirement
€ 281,322
Projected value of current savings
€ 270,908
Required monthly savings
€ 17

Estimate based on the Austrian pension account (1.78% accrual, 14 payments a year, contribution ceiling), less 5.1% health insurance and income tax. Foreign entitlements, corridor pensions, early-retirement deductions and inflation are not modelled. Request your official Pensionskontoauszug for exact figures.

This calculator provides a non-binding estimate for orientation. It is not tax or investment advice, and it does not replace an individual assessment of your situation.

How this is calculated

The rules behind the numbers.

1.78% per contribution year

Each year, 1.78% of your pension-relevant gross income is credited to your pension account, capped at the contribution ceiling.

Paid 14 times a year

Austrian pensions follow the same rhythm as salaries. Health insurance of 5.1% and income tax are deducted from the gross pension.

Foreign years count separately

EU, EEA and treaty-country contribution years can help you qualify for a pension but are paid separately by that country and are usually much smaller than an Austrian year.

Closing the gap

The calculator sizes the capital needed to fund your gap for 25 years of retirement at a 2% real drawdown, then derives the monthly savings rate.

FAQ

Questions we get asked.

Through the pension account (Pensionskonto): 1.78% of each year's pension-relevant gross income is credited, the balance is revalued annually, and the total is paid out in 14 instalments per year from the statutory retirement age.

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