Pay & Tax

Pflegeversicherung

long-term care insurance

What it means

Mandatory insurance covering long-term care costs later in life, collected alongside health insurance contributions.

In practice

The Pflegeversicherung rate shown on your payslip is a small percentage on top of your regular Krankenversicherung contribution.

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