Serbian maternity pay base calculator
Average of 18 months of reported pay
- Total of all 18 monthly bases
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A rough starting gross base for an employee. It isn't the final benefit: the legal maximum, the minimum and taxes haven't been applied.
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For an employee in Serbia, maternity pay (porodiljsko) starts from the average of the earnings bases reported for the 18 months before the month your leave begins. Enter all 18 amounts from your contributions record, with a zero for any month without a base. The calculator divides the total by 18. It's a starting gross figure, not your payment.
How it works
Add up the monthly bases on which contributions were paid for salary-type income in the 18 months before the month your maternity leave began. The total is divided by 18 even if you didn't earn in all 18 months. Use the official record of reported bases, not the net amounts that reached your bank account.
This is only the starting base for an employee, before the cap in Article 13 and the calculation of the benefit in Article 14 of the Law on Financial Support for Families with Children (Zakon o finansijskoj podršci porodici sa decom). The highest base is tied to five average monthly salaries, using the latest figure published on the day your entitlement starts. The final benefit and the protected minimum are set separately, and the calculator doesn't show them as a payout.
Worked example
An employee in Belgrade has 18 reported bases of RSD 100,000 each. The total is RSD 1,800,000, so the starting monthly base is RSD 100,000 gross.
If only 12 months were RSD 100,000 and six were zero, the base drops to RSD 66,666.67, because the divisor is still 18.
Questions people ask
My leave started in November 2026. Which months do I enter?
May 2025 to October 2026: the 18 months before November. Don't shift the period back to when your pregnancy-related sick leave started.
Do I put zero for a month with no salary?
Enter the base that appears in the official record, and zero if there isn't one. An empty field isn't treated as zero: the result stays hidden until all 18 months are filled in.
Is this how much maternity pay I'll get?
No, it's the starting gross base. The legal cap, the minimum benefit, taxes, contributions and part months all come into the final calculation.
Does the same apply if I'm self-employed?
No. This is the base for employees' salary replacement. Other benefits for the birth and care of a child, including those for entrepreneurs, have their own rules and aren't covered here.
Sources
- City of Belgrade, notice on Constitutional Court decision IUz-60/2021, amended Art. 13 — checked 13.11.2026
- Ministry for Family Welfare, Law on Financial Support for Families with Children, Art. 13–14 (original text and amendments to 2021) — checked 13.11.2026
- National Assembly of Serbia, amendments to the Law, 79/2024 — checked 13.11.2026
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Updated: 13 November 2026