# Dependent Child Allowance

- Link: https://euemployment.eu/dependent-child-allowance-european-commission/
- Published: 2025-12-29T19:56:21+01:00
- Author: Ben

**Updated with figures applicable to 2025-2026.**

If you have children and will become an employee of the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
or other EU institutions, you will be entitled to the **[European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
Dependend Child Allowance**. 
This allowance is **EUR 527,06** per child in Brussels
and Luxembourg. As this allowance is adjusted by the [Correction Coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/correction-coefficient/),
it’s amount will differ depending on where your EU institution is located.

## General rules

The Dependent Child Allowance is one of the ‘family allowances’ mentioned in the
[Staff Regulations](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/staff-regulations/), along 
with the a) [household allowance](https://euemployment.eu/european-commission-household-allowance/)
and the b) [education allowance](https://euemployment.eu/european-commission-education-allowance/).

According to Article 67 of the [Staff Regulations](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A01962R0031-20230101),
the **Dependent Child Allowance may be doubled**, by special
reasoned decision of
the appointing authority based on medical documents establishing that the child 
concerned has a [disability](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/disability/) or a 
long-term illness which involves the [official](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/official/)
in heavy expenditure. Read more about [support in case of disability at EU institutions](https://euemployment.eu/disability-and-employment-in-the-european-commission/).

Amount of the allowance is reviewed every year and is usually adjusted proportionally
with inflation. You can find the mosts up to date Dependent Child Allowance amount
in Article 2 of Annex VII of the [Staff Regulations](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/staff-regulations/).

### Dependent Child Allowance in various EU locations

The below table shows you the amounts of the [Education allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/education-allowance/)
in euros depending on the city your EU institution is located in, as the amount 
is indexed by the [Correction Coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/correction-coefficient/).
The [Correction Coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/correction-coefficient/)
adjusts the salaries and [allowances](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/allowances/)
of EU institutions staff according to the measured ‘cost of living’ in a particular
EU location compared to Brussels.

If you will work in Brussels or Luxembourg, the [Correction Coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/correction-coefficient/)
will be 100%. It will be above 100% in Scandinavian countries and lower in Eastern
and Central European countries, impacting the actual amount of the allowance you’ll
receive.

| Country | [Correction Coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/correction-coefficient/) | Adjusted Dependent Child Allowance | 
| Ireland | 130.7 | 688.87 | 
| Denmark | 129.8 | 684.12 | 
| Sweden | 117.7 | 620.35 | 
| France | 114.2 | 601.90 | 
| Finland | 112 | 590.31 | 
| Netherlands | 111.4 | 587.14 | 
| Austria | 105.4 | 555.52 | 
| Germany | 102.2 | 538.66 | 
| **Belgium** | **100** | **527.06** | 
| Luxembourg | 100 | 527.06 | 
| Estonia | 93.4 | 492.27 | 
| Spain | 92.3 | 486.48 | 
| Portugal | 92.1 | 485.42 | 
| Malta | 91.8 | 483.84 | 
| Czechia | 91.8 | 483.84 | 
| Italy | 87.6 | 461.70 | 
| Lithuania | 86.7 | 456.96 | 
| Greece | 86 | 453.27 | 
| Slovenia | 85.9 | 452.74 | 
| Slovakia | 84.2 | 443.78 | 
| Latvia | 84.1 | 443.26 | 
| Croatia | 82.3 | 433.77 | 
| Cyprus | 79.4 | 418.49 | 
| Poland | 78.8 | 415.32 | 
| Hungary | 75.5 | 397.93 | 
| Romania | 72.1 | 380.01 | 
| Bulgaria | 64.8 | 341.53 |

**Source**: [2025 ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS OF THE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025XC06564&qid=1767034508683)

## Payment period and entitlement

The Dependend Child Allowance is generally paid until age of 18 for each child. 
It can be paid up to age 26, if the child remains in educational or vocational training,
and is not gainfully employed.

If both parents work for EU institutions, the allowance is paid to only one of the
parents.