What is a minijob?

By Nicolas Bouliane

In Germany, a minijob or a 538-Euro-Job is a job that pays 538€/month or less.1 There are a few benefits to minijobs:

  • If you only have a minijob, you don’t need to pay income tax,2 unemployment insurance or public pension contributions.
  • If you only have a minijob, you can use your spouse’s or your parents’ public health insurance.3
Sources and footnotes

  1. §8 SGB IV ⤴

  2. Wikipedia ⤴

  3. krankenkassen.net ⤴