Czech social security and public health insurance contributions on employment income for tax year 2026. Covers the employee social rate of 7.1% (6.5% pension, 0.6% sickness) and the employer rate of 24.8%, health insurance of 13.5% split one third employee (4.5%) and two thirds employer (9%), the…
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| Item | 2026 figure | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee social insurance | 7.1% of the base (6.5% pension, 0.6% sickness) | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(d) |
| Employer social insurance, ordinary employees | 24.8% of the base (21.5% pension, 2.1% sickness, 1.2% state employment policy) | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(a) |
| Employer rate for paramedics and company fire brigade members | 29.8% | 2026 | SSPA § 7(1)(b)(4) |
| Employer rate for staff in risk jobs (rizikové zaměstnání) | 27.8% (28.8% in 2027, 29.8% from 2028) | 2026 | SSPA § 7(1)(c)(2) |
| Health insurance, total | 13.5% of the base | 2026 | VZP, Vyměřovací základ a výpočet pojistného; HIPA § 2(1) |
| Health insurance split | One third employee (4.5% of the base), two thirds employer (9%) | 2026 | PHIA § 9(2); VZP, Splatnost |
| Average wage for 2026 | CZK 48,967 | 2026 | derived: CZK 2,350,416 divided by 48 (ČSSZ); ČSSZ also gives half (CZK 24,484) and a quarter (CZK 12,242) (ČSSZ, Výpočet pojistného) |
| Annual maximum social insurance base per employee (48 times the average wage) | CZK 2,350,416 | 2026 | ČSSZ, Maximální vyměřovací základ; SSPA § 15a(1) |
| Maximum health insurance base | None | 2026 | VZP, Vyměřovací základ a výpočet pojistného |
| Minimum health insurance base (the minimum wage) | CZK 22,400 a month; minimum premium CZK 3,024 (minimum wage CZK 24,900 from 1 January 2027) | 2026 | MPSV Communication 356/2025 Coll.; MPSV Communication 171/2026 Coll.; VZP, Minimální mzda; HIPA § 3(6) |
| Earnings threshold for an employment contract or DPČ (rozhodný příjem) | CZK 4,500 a month | 2026 | SIA § 6(2); ČSSZ (twice the threshold is CZK 9,000 in 2026) |
| Earnings threshold for a DPP | CZK 12,000 a month per employer (CZK 12,500 from 1 January 2027) | 2026 | MPSV Communication 396/2025 Coll.; MPSV Communication 184/2026 Coll.; SIA § 7a(1) |
| Employer discount for qualifying part-time staff | 5% of their bases | 2026 | SSPA § 7a and § 7b(1) |
| Ceiling for that discount: monthly base per employee | 1.5 times the average wage, CZK 73,451 (rounded up) | 2026 | SSPA § 7a(3)(a); ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele |
| Ceiling for that discount: base per hour worked | 1.15% of the average wage, CZK 564 (rounded up) | 2026 | SSPA § 7a(3)(b); ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele |
| Discount for a working old-age pensioner (employee's share) | 6.5% of the base, so the employee pays 0.6% | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnance; SSPA § 7e |
| Discount for a DPP worker in fruit or vegetable growing (employee's share) | 7.1% of the base, so the employee pays nothing; not due if the month's DPP income from that employer exceeds the average wage rounded down to CZK 500 | 2026 | SSPA §§ 7f and 7g |
| Voluntary sickness insurance for an employee of a foreign employer | 2.7% | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(g) |
| Late payment penalty (penále), social and health | Civil-law default interest: CNB repo rate on the first day of the half-year when the default began, plus 8 points. 11.50% a year for defaults starting 1 January to 30 June 2026 (repo 3.50%). 11.75% for defaults starting 1 July to 31 December 2026 (repo 3.75% from 19 June 2026). VZP gives 0.0322% a day | 2026 | SSPA § 20(1); HIPA § 18(1); Government Regulation 351/2013 Coll. § 2; CNB repo history; VZP, Dlužné pojistné |
Source-cited draft. No accountant has reviewed this skill yet. Every figure below comes from the Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ), the General Health Insurance Company (VZP), the Czech National Bank and the statutes in the Collection of Laws (e-Sbírka), read on 23 October 2026. It prepares working papers; it is not authority to file or pay.
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The law is Act No. 589/1992 Coll. on social security premiums (zákon o pojistném na sociální zabezpečení, "SSPA"), Act No. 187/2006 Coll. on sickness insurance ("SIA"), Act No. 592/1992 Coll. on public health insurance premiums ("HIPA"), Act No. 48/1997 Coll. on public health insurance ("PHIA") and, from 1 January 2026, Act No. 323/2025 Coll. on the single monthly employer report ("JMHZ Act"). Social insurance goes to ČSSZ and its district offices. Health insurance goes to the health insurer the employee has chosen (VZP or another insurer). Currency: Czech koruna (CZK).
Employees. Social insurance (sickness, pension and the state employment policy contribution) applies to employees who work in the Czech Republic and meet the earnings threshold (SIA § 6(1)). The SIA list of employees is wide (SIA § 5(a)). It covers people in an employment contract (pracovní poměr), on an agreement to complete a job (DPP) or an agreement to perform work (DPČ). It also covers partners and managing directors (jednatelé) of an s.r.o. who work for it outside an employment contract, members of company bodies, liquidators and holders of a commercial power of attorney (prokura).
Earnings thresholds.
Health insurance applies to anyone with employment income under ITA § 6 (PHIA § 5(a)). The exceptions follow the same thresholds: a DPP below CZK 12,000 a month with one employer, and a DPČ below CZK 4,500, carry no health insurance (PHIA § 5(a) points 3 and 6). An employment contract carries health insurance at any level of earnings, and the minimum base applies (see The taxable base).
Employers. Every person employing at least one employee is an employer. This includes an employer whose only staff are uninsured DPP workers. From 1 January 2026, every employer files the single monthly report (JMH) (ČSSZ, Kdo podává JMH).
Out of scope here: the self-employed (cz-social-health), and income tax withheld from wages.
| Item | 2026 figure | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee social insurance | 7.1% of the base (6.5% pension, 0.6% sickness) | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(d) |
| Employer social insurance, ordinary employees | 24.8% of the base (21.5% pension, 2.1% sickness, 1.2% state employment policy) | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(a) |
| Employer rate for paramedics and company fire brigade members | 29.8% | 2026 | SSPA § 7(1)(b)(4) |
| Employer rate for staff in risk jobs (rizikové zaměstnání) | 27.8% (28.8% in 2027, 29.8% from 2028) | 2026 | SSPA § 7(1)(c)(2) |
| Health insurance, total | 13.5% of the base | 2026 | VZP, Vyměřovací základ a výpočet pojistného; HIPA § 2(1) |
| Health insurance split | One third employee (4.5% of the base), two thirds employer (9%) | 2026 | PHIA § 9(2); VZP, Splatnost |
| Average wage for 2026 | CZK 48,967 | 2026 | derived: CZK 2,350,416 divided by 48 (ČSSZ); ČSSZ also gives half (CZK 24,484) and a quarter (CZK 12,242) (ČSSZ, Výpočet pojistného) |
| Annual maximum social insurance base per employee (48 times the average wage) | CZK 2,350,416 | 2026 | ČSSZ, Maximální vyměřovací základ; SSPA § 15a(1) |
| Maximum health insurance base | None | 2026 | VZP, Vyměřovací základ a výpočet pojistného |
| Minimum health insurance base (the minimum wage) | CZK 22,400 a month; minimum premium CZK 3,024 (minimum wage CZK 24,900 from 1 January 2027) | 2026 | MPSV Communication 356/2025 Coll.; MPSV Communication 171/2026 Coll.; VZP, Minimální mzda; HIPA § 3(6) |
| Earnings threshold for an employment contract or DPČ (rozhodný příjem) | CZK 4,500 a month | 2026 | SIA § 6(2); ČSSZ (twice the threshold is CZK 9,000 in 2026) |
| Earnings threshold for a DPP | CZK 12,000 a month per employer (CZK 12,500 from 1 January 2027) | 2026 | MPSV Communication 396/2025 Coll.; MPSV Communication 184/2026 Coll.; SIA § 7a(1) |
| Employer discount for qualifying part-time staff | 5% of their bases | 2026 | SSPA § 7a and § 7b(1) |
| Ceiling for that discount: monthly base per employee | 1.5 times the average wage, CZK 73,451 (rounded up) | 2026 | SSPA § 7a(3)(a); ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele |
| Ceiling for that discount: base per hour worked | 1.15% of the average wage, CZK 564 (rounded up) | 2026 | SSPA § 7a(3)(b); ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele |
| Discount for a working old-age pensioner (employee's share) | 6.5% of the base, so the employee pays 0.6% | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnance; SSPA § 7e |
| Discount for a DPP worker in fruit or vegetable growing (employee's share) | 7.1% of the base, so the employee pays nothing; not due if the month's DPP income from that employer exceeds the average wage rounded down to CZK 500 | 2026 | SSPA §§ 7f and 7g |
| Voluntary sickness insurance for an employee of a foreign employer | 2.7% | 2026 | ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného; SSPA § 7(1)(g) |
| Late payment penalty (penále), social and health | Civil-law default interest: CNB repo rate on the first day of the half-year when the default began, plus 8 points. 11.50% a year for defaults starting 1 January to 30 June 2026 (repo 3.50%). 11.75% for defaults starting 1 July to 31 December 2026 (repo 3.75% from 19 June 2026). VZP gives 0.0322% a day | 2026 | SSPA § 20(1); HIPA § 18(1); Government Regulation 351/2013 Coll. § 2; CNB repo history; VZP, Dlužné pojistné |
Bases and premiums are rounded up to whole koruna (SSPA § 7(3); HIPA § 2(2)).
What is in the base. For both social and health insurance, the employee's base is the total employment income that is subject to Czech personal income tax and not exempt, that the employer has booked (zúčtoval) for the month (SSPA § 5(1); HIPA § 3(1)). Benefits in kind and other advantages count. These are left out of both bases (ČSSZ, Výpočet pojistného; HIPA § 3(2)):
The employer's base is the total of its employees' bases, split by rate group: ordinary staff, paramedics and fire brigade, and risk jobs (ČSSZ, Výpočet pojistného). The employer deducts the employee's share from pay. It pays that share together with its own (ČSSZ, Obecné informace).
Annual social cap. Social insurance is charged on at most CZK 2,350,416 of an employee's bases in 2026 (SSPA § 15a(1)).
Health insurance has no cap.
Health minimum base. Health insurance for an employee is charged on at least the minimum wage, CZK 22,400 a month in 2026 (HIPA § 3(4) and (6)). VZP describes it as the minimum base for employees in an employment contract (VZP, Minimální mzda). If actual earnings are lower, the employee pays 13.5% of the difference through the employer. If the shortfall is the employer's fault (an obstacle on the employer's side), the employer pays it (HIPA § 3(10)). The minimum is pro-rated by calendar days where the job did not last the whole month, where the employee had time off for important personal obstacles, or where the employee joined one of the exempt groups below during the month (HIPA § 3(9)). The minimum does not apply where the condition lasts the whole month (HIPA § 3(8)) for:
Example: a part-time employee on an employment contract earns CZK 4,000 a month. That is below CZK 4,500, so there is no social insurance. Health insurance on CZK 4,000 is CZK 540: CZK 360 from the employer and CZK 180 from the employee. The top-up on the CZK 18,400 shortfall is CZK 2,484, paid by the employee. Total health insurance: CZK 3,024, the 2026 minimum.
Employer discounts.
Part-time staff (SSPA § 7a and § 7b). The employer deducts 5% of the bases of qualifying employees from its social premium. The employee must be on an employment contract of 8 to 30 hours a week and fall in one of these groups:
An employee under 21 qualifies without the part-time condition. No discount is due for a month where (SSPA § 7a(3)):
The discount for one employee goes to one employer only. The employer must notify ČSSZ of its intention to claim it, at the earliest 1 month before and at the latest by the JMH deadline for the first month claimed. Where two employers notify, the first to do so gets it. The discount is deducted in the JMH and only on a JMH filed on time; a late or corrected report cannot add it. When the conditions stop, the employer notifies ČSSZ within 8 days after the last month claimed (SSPA § 7a(4) and (5), § 7b; ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele).
Working old-age pensioners (SSPA § 7e). An employee who draws a full old-age pension can claim a discount of 6.5% of their base. They pay only 0.6%. The claim is made to the employer with proof of the pension, for the month of the claim onwards, never backwards (ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnance). The employer's own 24.8% is unchanged. The discount is rounded up separately and deducted from the 7.1% premium (SSPA § 7e(1)).
DPP workers in fruit and vegetable growing (SSPA §§ 7f and 7g). A DPP worker whose agreement meets § 6 of the Agriculture Act gets a discount of 7.1% of the base, so pays no employee social insurance. It is not due for a month in which the worker's income from all such DPPs with that employer is above the average wage rounded down to the nearest CZK 500. The employer claims it in the JMH. The employer's 24.8% is unchanged.
An employee on an employment contract earns a gross salary of CZK 60,000 in May 2026. She has one employer, no discount applies, and the minimum base is not an issue.
name: CZ employee CZK 60,000 a month, 2026 contributions
inputs:
gross: 60000
steps:
- social_employee: gross * 0.071
- social_employer: gross * 0.248
- health_total: gross * 0.135
- health_employee: health_total / 3
- health_employer: health_total - health_employee
- employer_cost: gross + social_employer + health_employer
- employee_deductions: social_employee + health_employee
expected:
social_employee: 4260
social_employer: 14880
health_total: 8100
health_employee: 2700
health_employer: 5400
employer_cost: 80280
employee_deductions: 6960
A manager earns CZK 250,000 every month of 2026 (CZK 3,000,000 for the year) from one employer.
If the manager had a second employer, both would keep deducting. The manager would then claim the employee's excess back from ČSSZ after the year end.
name: CZ salary CZK 250,000 a month, 2026 social cap reached in October
inputs:
monthly: 250000
cap: 2350416
steps:
- base_to_september: monthly * 9
- base_october: min(monthly, cap - base_to_september)
- employee_month: monthly * 0.071
- employer_month: monthly * 0.248
- employee_october: ceil(base_october * 0.071)
- employer_october: ceil(base_october * 0.248)
- employee_social_year: employee_month * 9 + employee_october
- employer_social_year: employer_month * 9 + employer_october
- health_year: monthly * 12 * 0.135
- health_employee_year: health_year / 3
- health_employer_year: health_year - health_employee_year
expected:
base_to_september: 2250000
base_october: 100416
employee_october: 7130
employer_october: 24904
employee_social_year: 166880
employer_social_year: 582904
health_year: 405000
health_employee_year: 135000
health_employer_year: 270000
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| ČSSZ, Sazby pojistného (2026 rates) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/vyse-a-sazba | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Výpočet pojistného (base, 2026 thresholds CZK 9,000, 12,242, 24,484) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/vypocet-pojistneho | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Maximální vyměřovací základ (CZK 2,350,416 for 2026) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/maximalni-vymerovaci-zaklad | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Vrácení přeplatku při dosažení maximálního vyměřovacího základu | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/vraceni-preplatku-na-pojistnem-pri-dosazeni-maximalniho-vymerovaciho-zakladu | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Platba a termíny | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/platba-a-terminy | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Obecné informace (pojistné) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/platba-pojistneho-obecne-informace | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnance pracujícího důchodce | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/sleva-na-pojistnem-zamestnance | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Sleva na pojistném zaměstnavatele (2026 limits CZK 73,451 and CZK 564; notice of intention) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/slevy-na-pojistnem | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Co je JMHZ? | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/co-je-jmhz- | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Kdo podává JMH, způsob, lhůty a jeho obsah | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/kdo-podava-jmh- | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Evidence zaměstnanců (přihlášení, změna, odhlášení) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/evidence-zamestnancu-prihlaseni-zmena-odhlaseni- | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, JMHZ a odměny členů volebních komisí 2026 (CZK 4,500 small-scope threshold) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/web/cz/-/jmhz-a-odmeny-clenu-volebnich-komisi-prehled-pravidel-pro-rok-2026 | 2026-10-23 |
| ČSSZ, Vyslaní pracovníci (Regulation 883/2004, A1, 24 months) | https://www.cssz.gov.cz/vyslani-pracovnici | 2026-10-23 |
| VZP, Vyměřovací základ a výpočet pojistného (13.5%, minimum CZK 22,400, no maximum) | https://www.vzp.cz/platci/informace/zamestnavatel/vymerovaci-zaklad-a-vypocet-pojistneho | 2026-10-23 |
| VZP, Minimální mzda (CZK 22,400, premium CZK 3,024) | https://www.vzp.cz/platci/informace/obzp/minimalni-mzda | 2026-10-23 |
| VZP, Splatnost a další zásady pro platbu pojistného (one third and two thirds, due 1st to 20th) | https://www.vzp.cz/platci/informace/zamestnavatel/splatnost-a-dalsi-zasady-pro-platbu-pojistneho | 2026-10-23 |
| VZP, Dlužné pojistné, penále, pokuty (0.0322% a day) | https://www.vzp.cz/platci/informace/zamestnavatel/dluzne-pojistne-penale-pokuty | 2026-10-23 |
| Act No. 589/1992 Coll. (SSPA), consolidated: §§ 5, 7, 7a, 7b, 7e, 7f, 7g, 8, 9, 15a, 20 | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/1992/589 | 2026-10-23 |
| Act No. 187/2006 Coll. (SIA), version in force 1 July to 31 December 2026: §§ 5, 6, 7, 7a, 9 | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2006/187 | 2026-10-23 |
| Act No. 592/1992 Coll. (HIPA), consolidated: §§ 2, 3, 5, 18, 25, 25a, 26 | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/1992/592 | 2026-10-23 |
| Act No. 48/1997 Coll. (PHIA), consolidated: §§ 5, 9, 10 | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/1997/48 | 2026-10-23 |
| Act No. 323/2025 Coll. (JMHZ Act): §§ 7, 8, 17, 19, 28, 34, 40 | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2025/323 | 2026-10-23 |
| MPSV Communication No. 396/2025 Coll. (DPP threshold CZK 12,000 from 1 January 2026) | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2025/396 | 2026-10-23 |
| MPSV Communication No. 184/2026 Coll. (DPP threshold CZK 12,500 from 1 January 2027) | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/184 | 2026-10-23 |
| MPSV Communication No. 356/2025 Coll. (minimum wage CZK 22,400 for 2026) | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2025/356 | 2026-10-23 |
| MPSV Communication No. 171/2026 Coll. (minimum wage CZK 24,900 for 2027) | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/171 | 2026-10-23 |
| Government Regulation No. 351/2013 Coll., § 2 (default interest: repo plus 8 points) | https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2013/351 | 2026-10-23 |
| Czech National Bank, two-week repo rate history | https://www.cnb.cz/cs/faq/vyvoj_repo_historie.txt | 2026-10-23 |
Not yet confirmed: whether the health minimum base applies to DPP and DPČ workers who pass the earnings threshold (VZP describes the minimum for employees in an employment contract; HIPA § 3(8) does not list agreements among the exceptions, and no other statutory exclusion was found); how the employee's one third of the health premium is rounded when the total is not divisible by 3 (PHIA § 9(2) sets the split but not the rounding); the CZK 4,500 small-scope threshold for 2027 (no MPSV communication found).
Contributed by Ryan Duguid.
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