How much can you earn with BAföG?

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As a BAföG recipient, you can earn something extra up to a certain exemption limit without deducting your income from your needs. You can find out how high this exemption limit is and by how much you can reduce the creditable income through certain exceptions.

How much you can earn without deductions

If there is an entitlement to BAföG and BAföG benefits are actually received, the BAföG recipient may, if if he is single, he can earn up to 4,800 euros gross per year without this income affecting the funding amount affects.

  • Fairly down to the month, a BAföG recipient can therefore have an average gross income of 400 euros without exceeding the exemption limit.
  • For BAföG recipients with their own child living in the same house, the monthly allowance increases to 485 euros. However, it should be noted that any maintenance payments made by the other parent are fully deducted from the requirement and that there are no allowances for this.
  • The gross income is the result of the total income, from which any income-related expenses and a social allowance are then deducted.
  • For example, income from work that is subject to social security contributions counts as income a self-employed activity but also how much income was drawn from the existing capital assets.
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No BAföG-relevant income and additional allowances

The maximum amount the BAföG recipient can earn without exceeding the exemption limit also depends on further factors that do not increase the gross income to be taken into account for the BAföG calculation will.

  • For example, maintenance payments from parents and state benefits such as child benefit, social assistance or housing benefit as well as student loans are not included in income.
  • Income from a scholarship is generally included in the gross income. However, there is the exception that 300 euros per month are permitted without deductions, provided that the scholarship is performance or is earmarked.
  • In the case of a part-time job in the artistic field or in the care sector, as well as as a trainer, instructor, supervisor or educator, the gross income is reduced by a flat rate of 2,100 euros.
  • Finally, BAföG recipients can earn up to 500 euros a year from voluntary work, provided that they can for a job at a public or church institution or an association recognized as a non-profit acts.
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