Voluntary social year
Freiwilliges Sozialjahr (FSJ) / Freiwilliges Umweltschutzjahr
Paid by Bundesministerium / anerkannte Trägerorganisationen (FreiwG) · 🇦🇹 Austria
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 3 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
"Das Freiwillige Sozialjahr kann nur bei anerkannten Trägern absolviert werden"; Bestimmungen "betreffen neben der sozialversicherungsrechtlichen Anmeldung ... die Auszahlung eines Taschengeldes".
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 12 August 2026
Source: www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at
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Other work & employment support in Austria
17 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Emergency Assistance (after unemployment benefit)
- Educational Leave: Continuing Education Allowance (successor of 'Bildungskarenz')
- Skilled Workers Scholarship (shortage occupations)
- AMS Childcare Allowance
- Partial Retirement Scheme
- Integration Allowance (wage subsidy)
- Combined Wage Subsidy for Long-Term Unemployed
- Business Start-Up Programme for Unemployed People
- Basic Subsidy for Apprentice-Training Companies
- AMS Apprenticeship Subsidy for Disadvantaged Groups
- Youth Coaching for Disadvantaged Young People
- Vocational Assistance for People with Disabilities
- Personal Assistance at the Workplace
- Short-time work subsidy
- Insolvency income protection (Insolvenz-Entgelt-Fonds)
- Educational leave: Weiterbildungszeit and Weiterbildungsgeld (AMS)
- waff training grants for employees (Vienna)
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AMS Childcare Allowance
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Educational Leave: Continuing Education Allowance (successor of 'Bildungskarenz')
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Partial Retirement Scheme
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Unemployment Benefit
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