All German HR datasets as an API
23 datasets in 5 areas. Each with its source, license, update schedule and its own page, available via REST API, SDK, CLI and MCP server.
All 23 datasets
Wages and thresholds
Minimum wage (Mindestlohn), care minimum wage, apprentice minimum pay, values for meals and accommodation (Sachbezugswerte) and the wage garnishment table (Pfändungstabelle), each with effective date and source.
Minimum wage and mini-job limit
Statutory minimum wage (Mindestlohn) and mini-job earnings limit (Geringfügigkeitsgrenze) for any date since 2015.
Apprentice minimum pay
Statutory minimum pay for apprentices (Mindestausbildungsvergütung) per training year, by start of training since 2020.
Care minimum wage
Minimum wages in long-term care (Pflegemindestlohn) by qualification, plus extra vacation, since 2015.
Meal and accommodation values
Official values for free meals and accommodation per month, day and meal.
Wage garnishment exemptions
Earned income protected from garnishment, by number of dependents entitled to support.
Social security and levies
Contribution ceilings (Beitragsbemessungsgrenzen), contribution rates, midi-job zone, mini-job levies, artists' social security levy (Künstlersozialabgabe) and compensatory levy (Ausgleichsabgabe), each with effective date and source.
Social security reference values
Contribution ceilings, compulsory insurance threshold and reference value per year, West and East.
Social security contribution rates
Health, pension, unemployment and long-term care insurance with employer and employee share.
Midi-job transition zone
Lower and upper limit of the transition zone and factor F for any date.
Mini-job levies: flat-rate charges for employers
Flat-rate contributions, flat-rate tax and levies that employers pay for mini-jobs, in businesses and in private households.
Artists' social security levy
Rate of the artists' social security levy (Künstlersozialabgabe) per calendar year since 2015.
Disability compensatory levy
Amount per unfilled mandatory position by employment rate, with a calculator for the yearly levy.
Tax and travel expenses
Tax-free amounts, meal allowances for business trips (Verpflegungsmehraufwand), tax-free premiums for Sunday, holiday and night work, company cars and the basic tax allowance (Grundfreibetrag), each with effective date and source.
Tax-free amounts and employee expense allowances
Tax-free limit for benefits in kind (€50 limit), company events and other allowances, plus the employee lump sum, home office and commuter allowance since 2015.
Domestic travel expenses
Meal allowances (Verpflegungsmehraufwand), overnight stays and mileage allowance for business trips in Germany since 2015.
Tax-free premiums for Sunday, holiday and night work
Tax-free premium rates under § 3b EStG and the base pay limits for tax and social security.
Company car tax: 1% rule and EV calculator
Taxable benefit under the 1% rule, for electric and hybrid cars with a quarter or half of the list price.
Income tax: basic allowance and bracket thresholds
Basic tax-free allowance, bracket thresholds, child allowance and solidarity surcharge exemption limit per year since 2015.
Employment law and deadlines
Notice period, vacation entitlement, maternity protection, statutory retirement age and rest breaks as calculators based on the law.
Notice period calculator
Statutory notice period and end date under § 622 BGB from start date and date of receipt.
Vacation entitlement calculator
Statutory minimum vacation for part-time work and for joining or leaving during the year.
Maternity protection calculator
Start and end of the maternity protection periods from the expected due date.
Statutory retirement age and pension start
Retirement age by year of birth: when the standard old-age pension starts, from the date of birth under § 235 SGB VI.
Rest breaks and working time limits
Statutory minimum break for a working time, for adults and young employees.
Calendar
Public holidays by state and working days between two dates.
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