Calculators
Benefit calculators let you see whether you may be eligible for various benefits and how much you can expect to get. Please note that the result will be an estimate based on the data you have entered. No personal information otherwise available to Kela is used, and the results are not recorded. You do not have to be logged in to use the calculators.
Calculators available in English
Only some of our benefit calculators are available in English. The following calculators are available in English.
Unemployment
- Calculator for labour market subsidy
You can use this calculator to estimate the amount of labour market subsidy you could get. The number of steps in the calculator may change depending on your answers. - Calculator for basic unemployment allowance
You can use this calculator to estimate the amount of basic unemployment allowance you could get.
Housing allowance
- General housing allowance calculator
You can use this calculator to find out if you are eligible for general housing allowance and how much you can get.
Housing benefits for students about to change
Please note that general housing allowance will no longer be paid to students after 31 July 2025. The change will not apply to students who live with their child or their partner’s child. They can apply for general housing allowance as before. Read more: General housing allowance versus the housing supplement for students – what is the difference?
Families
- Pregnancy and parental allowance: Payment period calculator
You can use this calculator to estimate the start and end dates of your pregnancy or parental allowance. You can also check how turning over some payment days to someone else would affect the number of days available and how you could split your allowance into several periods. - Calculator for daily allowances for parents
You can use this calculator to estimate the amount of the pregnancy allowance, parental allowance and special pregnancy allowance. - Family leave calculator
You can use this calculator to give you an idea of how sharing family leave between parents can affect your family income. - Child care allowances: Payment amount calculator
You can use this calculator to estimate how much child home care allowance or private day care allowance you can get. - Child care allowances: Payment period calculator
You can use this calculator to estimate the start and end dates of your child home care allowance and private day care allowance.
Calculators available in Finnish and Swedish
The rest of our calculators are available in Finnish and Swedish: