Contributory Unemployment Benefit (paro)
Prestación contributiva por desempleo (el paro)
Paid by Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) · 🇪🇸 Spain
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
Cuantía mínima prestación contributiva: Sin hijos/as 560,00 €; 1 hijo/a o más 749,00 €. Cuantía máxima: Sin hijos/as 1.225,00 €; 1 hijo/a 1.400,00 €; 2 hijos/as o más 1.575,00 €
https://www.sepe.es/HomeSepe/prestaciones-desempleo/Cuantias-anuales.html
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.sepe.es
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Other income support in Spain
19 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Subsidy for Insufficient Contributions
- Subsidy after Exhaustion of Contributory Benefit
- Active Insertion Income (RAI)
- Agrarian Income (Andalusia & Extremadura)
- Agricultural Casual Workers' Subsidy
- Self-Employed Cessation of Activity Benefit
- Non-Contributory Retirement Pension
- Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension
- Free Legal Aid
- FEGA Food Assistance (via food banks)
- Guaranteed Income (RGI, Basque Country)
- Guaranteed Citizenship Income (Catalonia)
- Minimum Insertion Income (Madrid Region)
- Municipal Social Canteens & Meals-on-Wheels
- Valencian Inclusion Income
- Galician Social Inclusion Income
- Canary Islands Insertion Benefit
- Contributory widow(er)'s pension
- Contributory orphan's pension
Similar programmes
Minimum Living Income (IMV)
Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
Guaranteed Income (RGI, Basque Country)
Gobierno Vasco (Departamento de Empleo y Políticas Sociales)
Guaranteed Citizenship Income (Catalonia)
Generalitat de Catalunya (Departament de Drets Socials)
Self-Employed Cessation of Activity Benefit
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) y mutuas
Valencian Inclusion Income
Generalitat Valenciana (Conselleria de Servicios Sociales, Igualdad y Vivienda)
Minimum Insertion Income (Madrid Region)
Comunidad de Madrid (Consejería de Familia, Juventud y Política Social)