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What will we get on parental leave — and what does the first year look like?

Type your pay and how long each of you plans to stay home. You'll see what comes in month by month, what the state pays, and — if you want — what the first year tends to cost.

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Leave pay and child benefits are set by each country's law.

Leave at 0 if you are a parent alone.

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On parental leave the mother receives about€1,800a monthAbout her usual take-home pay, for 11 months.
Your household's lowest month€3,826no month is below today's €3,800
First year against today+€750more than a year of today's pay
Birth grant and child benefit€750in the first year

Who gets what

Mother

  • Maternity leave · 2.6 months€1,800 a month
  • Parental leave · 8.4 months€1,800 a month

Partner

  • Paternity leave · 0.5 months€2,000 a month
  • Parental leave · 0.5 months€2,000 a month

Slovenia: leave pay is 100 % of your average gross pay over the last 12 months, so about your usual take-home pay arrives — without meal and travel allowances. Paternity and parental pay is capped at 2.5 average wages; maternity pay has no cap. The mother has 77 days of maternity leave after the birth and up to 260 days of parental leave; the partner has 15 days of paternity leave and 60 days of their own. The centre for social work decides the amount.

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What comes in, month by month
Month 1With the baby€3,826Today€3,800
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MonthWith the babyToday
Today€3,800€3,800
1€3,826€3,800
2€3,826€3,800
3€3,826€3,800
4€3,826€3,800
5€3,826€3,800
6€3,826€3,800
7€3,826€3,800
8€3,826€3,800
9€3,826€3,800
10€3,826€3,800
11€3,826€3,800
12€3,826€3,800
13€3,826€3,800
14€3,826€3,800
15€3,826€3,800
16€3,826€3,800
17€3,826€3,800
18€3,826€3,800
19€3,826€3,800
20€3,826€3,800
21€3,826€3,800
22€3,826€3,800
23€3,826€3,800
24€3,826€3,800

What the state pays

At the birth, once
€442
Child benefit, every month
€26
Kindergarten: your share of its price
66%

Child benefit follows your take-home pay per family member; above €1,328 a person there is none. The kindergarten share follows the same classes. Many municipalities add their own grant at the birth: ask yours.

What the first year asks of your savings

With these numbers the first year pays for itself.

Costs are not counted yet: add them on the left.

A start for the child

A small amount from the birth adds up by the time they are 18. Returns are never guaranteed.

Paid in by 18€10,800
At 2% a year€12,965
At 5% a year€17,263

Options you may not know

  • Some leave belongs to each parent

    Part of the leave cannot be handed over and is lost if it is not used: 60 days each in Slovenia, the two partner months in Germany, about two months in Austria.

  • Apply — nothing comes by itself

    Leave pay, the birth grant and child benefit are all applied for. In Slovenia from 60 days before the due date and up to 60 days after the birth. A late claim can cost money.

  • Going back on shorter hours

    Most countries protect a right to work part-time while the child is small. In Slovenia the state pays the social contributions up to full time until the child is 3.

  • Second-hand halves the shopping

    Prams, cots and clothes are used for months, not years. The survey behind the price ranges puts second-hand at about half the shop price.

Level 3 — exact, in Fyncora

Plan the leave on your real numbers.

Fyncora turns the first year into a goal on a real account, shows the lower-income months against your actual bills, and — when the time comes — gives your child their own money on their own phone.

Start 30 days freeSee it with sample data30 days free, then from €2.50 a month, billed yearly
How this is worked out
  • Each parent's months at home are laid over the stretches of leave the country's law gives, in order, in 30-day months. What the law does not cover is shown as unpaid.
  • All amounts are take-home pay. The page assumes steady pay, one child, full-time leave and the standard variant of each benefit.
  • The birth grant and child benefit are the 2026 figures for a first child.
  • The cost ranges are shop prices for new goods from one consumer survey. They are a place to start, not a budget.
  • What the first year asks of savings: the pay not received in the first twelve months, plus the costs you kept, minus the birth grant and child benefit.
  • The savings start adds the monthly amount for 18 years, with the yearly return compounding each month.
  • Guidance, not financial advice. The same calculation runs inside Fyncora on your real numbers.

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