Article
Luxembourg social parameters as of January 1, 2025
Date of publication : 18.03.25

Following the legislative increases of the minimum social wage, you will find the new social parameters applicable from January 1, 2025.
Minima social wage

Social minimum wage for pupils and students (during school holidays)

Trainee remuneration

Social security contribution

1/ 1.40% of gross wages after deduction of an allowance corresponding to a quarter of the social minimum wage (€ 659.45).
2/ Base rate which can be increased or decreased depending on the bonus-malus factor awarded to the company by the Accident Insurance Association.
Employers’ mutual insurance contributions
The following table provides contribution rates for the four risk classes in which companies were classified according to their financial absenteeism rate.

Family benefits
a) Family allowances

* Special supplementary allowance is an allowance for disabled children which is added to the child benefits.
b) Back-to-school allowance (amount per child)

c) Birth allowance (3 instalments)

d) Parental leave – new refrom came into force on 01/12/2016

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About the author
Céline Petrini
Legal expert
Céline is a lawyer in the employment department of the Windhof branch. She advises employers based in Luxembourg on employment law, with particular expertise in the cross-border context characteristic of the Grand Duchy.
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