France Unemployment Benefit Calculator 2026 (allocation chômage ARE)

Estimate your unemployment benefit in France for 2026 (allocation chômage ARE): daily allowance, monthly net amount, duration and the degressivity.

Estimated net allowance per month
—Gross daily allowance
—Net daily allowance
—Daily reference wage (SJR)
—Complementary pension (3% of the SJR)
—CSG and CRDS
—Gross per month (30 days)
—Replacement rate (% of the SJR)
—Maximum duration (days)
—Maximum duration (months)
—Gross daily allowance from the 7th month

Estimate for contracts ending since 1 April 2025 with 2026 values (no revaluation on 1 July 2026). France Travail adds a 7-day waiting period and delays for leave pay and extra severance.

What it does

The allocation d'aide au retour à l'emploi (ARE) is paid by France Travail to employees who lose their job involuntarily (dismissal, end of a fixed-term contract, rupture conventionnelle) after at least 6 months of work. The daily allowance is the higher of 40.4% of the daily reference wage plus 13.18 € and 57% of it, at least 32.13 € and at most 75% of the wage; it is paid for 30 days a month. The duration is the number of days in the reference period × 0.75: at least 182 days and at most 548, 685 from age 55 or 822 from age 57. Under 55, allowances above 92.57 € a day are reduced by 30% from the 7th month.

How to use it

  1. Type your average gross monthly salary, bonuses included.
  2. Type the months worked in the reference period and your age.
  3. Read the daily and monthly allowance, the deductions and the maximum duration.

The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.

Frequently asked questions

How much unemployment benefit with 3,000 € gross?
The SJR is 98.63 €, the allowance 57% of it: 56.22 € gross a day. After the 3% pension deduction, 53.26 € net, about 1,597.80 € for 30 days, for up to 548 days.

How long is the benefit paid?
Days in the reference period × 0.75. 24 months worked give 548 days, about 18 months; from 55 the limit is 685 days, from 57 it is 822 days. The minimum is 182 days.

When does the allowance go down?
Under 55, allowances above 92.57 € gross a day fall by 30% from the 7th month, without going below 92.57 €. With 20,000 € a month the 300.21 € become 210.15 €.

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