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Pocket money

POCKET MONEY FOR AU PAIRS

As an au pair, do I get pocket money or a real salary? How much is my pocket money or salary as an au pair? Do I have to pay taxes on my pocket money?


Read more about pocket money as au pair here.

INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:

  • Your au pair wage is actually called pocket money and not salary
  • Since 2006, an au pair in Germany earns 260 euros per month as pocket money
  • As an au pair, you receive your pocket money even if you are ill
  • In Germany, as an au pair you don’t have to pay taxes on your pocket money
  • You will receive your au pair pocket money even in case of an illness or during your vacations
  • Your German host parents can deduct the pocket money they pay you from their taxes

NO SALARY BUT POCKET MONEY

You won’t earn a regular salary, but a small au pair pocket money. Your au pair job is not an employment; it is more about cultural exchange. You receive your au pair pocket money and free food and accommodation in exchange for helping your host family.

How much pocket money you get is different in every country and also depends on your working hours as an au pair.

You will receive your au pair pocket money even in case of an illness or during your vacations.

POCKET MONEY FOR AU PAIRS

The numbers refer to the amount of  au pair pocket money  per month (2012):

  • Germany : 260 euros per month
  • Austria : 395.31 euros per month
  • Switzerland : 500 – 800 Swiss Franks (CHF) per month – depending on the canton
  • Great Britain : 40 – 85 British Pounds (GBP) per week
  • Ireland : 75-100 euros per week, 300-400 euros per month
  • Belgium : 450 euros per month
  • The Netherlands : 300 – 340 euros per month
  • Sweden : 3,500 Swedish Crowns (SEK) per month
  • Italy : 120 – 300 euros per month
  • Spain : 50-70 euros per week, 200 – 280 euros per month
  • France : 258 – 315.90 euros per month
  • Australia : 150 – 250 AU$ per week
  • America : US$195.75 per week
  • Canada : 140 and 200 CAD per week
  • New Zealand : 180 New Zealand dollars (NZD) per week
  • Denmark : 3,150 – 3,500 Danish Crowns (DKK) per month
  • Norway : 4,000 – 5,000 Norwegian Crowns (NOK) per month
  • Finland : 252 euros per month
  • Iceland : 300 – 400 euros (10,000 ISK per week)