If you have several jobs and earn more than 603 EUR a month, your income from all jobs will be added together to determine what you have to pay for social security. Important: if you only have a single mini-job in addition to your main employment, you do not have to pay health, long-term care and unemployment insurance contributions for the mini-job.Employers calculate the contributionsEach of your employers calculates your contributions based on your income subject to contributions and pays these contributions on your behalf.Income limits for contributionsThere is a maximum limit on the income on which you have to pay contributions. This is known as the contribution assessment ceiling. For health insurance and long-term care insurance, this is 5,812.50 EUR per month in 2026. If you earn more than this, your contribution will not increase. In other words, if your total income from employment exceeds 5,812.50 EUR, your contribution will not increase any further.
