Old-age pension (AHV/AVS, 1st pillar)
Altersrente der AHV / Rent de vieillesse AVS
Paid by Ausgleichskassen AHV (Bund/Kantone) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
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.
3 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Altersrente: 1'260.- im Minimum, 2'520.- im Maximum (Rentenbetrag mit voller Beitragsdauer in Franken pro Monat)
https://www.bsv.admin.ch/de/leistungen-ahv-detail
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
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Other income support in Switzerland
13 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Supplementary benefits to AHV/IV (EL/PC)
- AHV helplessness allowance
- IV helplessness allowance
- IV personal assistance contribution
- Bridging benefits for older unemployed (ÜL)
- Social assistance (cantonal/municipal)
- Asylum-seeker and refugee social assistance
- Caritas Switzerland hardship aid (charity)
- Swiss Winter Aid (charity)
- Swiss Food Bank (Schweizer Tafel)
- Tischlein deck dich food distribution
- Pro Senectute free advice and financial aid for the elderly
- Victim support under the Victim Support Act (OHG)
Similar programmes
Disability pension (IV/AI)
IV-Stellen / Ausgleichskassen
Survivors' pensions (widow's/widower's pension AHV)
Ausgleichskassen AHV
AHV helplessness allowance
Ausgleichskassen AHV
Asylum-seeker and refugee social assistance
SEM / Kantone (Asylfürsorge)
Supplementary benefits to AHV/IV (EL/PC)
Kantonale Ausgleichskassen (Bund/Kantone)
IV helplessness allowance
IV-Stellen / Ausgleichskassen