Partial pension

The partial pension option has been available since 1 January 2026. It aims to make it more attractive for older people to remain in work. Thanks to the partial pension, these workers can:

• work fewer hours while remaining in their job;
• have a flexible transition to retirement; and
• have financial security provided by part of the pension.

A partial pension is ideal for anyone who finds full-time work too much but would still like to remain in work. The amount of the partial pension depends on a number of factors.

Employees who are entitled to a specific type of pension and wish to reduce their working time to a defined extent.

• You must be entitled to one of the following types of pension:
• • flexible retirement scheme ('Korridorpension')
  • heavy labour pension
  • pension for the long-term insured
  • old-age pension 
• Your working hours will be reduced by between 25 percent and 75 percent
• Your hours can only be reduced if your employer agrees.
• Your remuneration must remain above the lower earning limit.
• You must not already be in receipt of a pension in your own name awarded by official decision.

It is recommended that you submit your pension application approximately three months before the cut-off date of your partial pension.

The competent pension insurance institution, usually the Pensionsversicherungsanstalt (PVA)^{German text}

• Have your pension insurance entitlement checked.
• Obtain your employer’s agreement to a reduction in your working hours.
• Apply for pension insurance:
  a free-form letter will also be viewed as an application, but you must submit the signed application form afterwards.
• The partial pension is granted by way of a decision of the pension insurance provider.
• The partial pension period starts on the agreed date.

• Signed application form
• Written agreement from your employer, setting out the duration and the exact reduction in working time.

The pension insurance provider will tell you which other documents are required.

There are no charges payable.

Amount of the pension

If you take early retirement, the applicable deductions for your pension type will be made (more information can be found under ‘pension amount' on the 'pension types' page. The early starter bonus will be taken into account. However, certain payments – such as the compensatory supplement and the child supplement – are not included in the partial pension, as your pension account has not yet been closed.

The amount of your partial pension depends on the extent of the reduction in working hours and the total amount credited to your pension account in the previous year. The amounts are as follows:

• for a reduction in working hours of between 25 percent and 40 percent: 25 percent of the total amount credited.
• for a reduction in working hours of more than 40 percent but no more than 60 percent: 50 percent of the total amount credited.
• for a reduction in working hours of more than 60 percent but no more than 75 percent: 75 percent of the total amount credited. In other words, even if your working hours are reduced by only 60.01 percent, you receive 75 percent of your total credit in the form of a partial pension.

Pension account

On the start date of your partial pension, your pension account is ‘closed’ for the portion taken into account (25 percent, 50 percent or 75 percent). The partial pension is calculated on the basis of this percentage.

The remaining part of your pension account remains in place and continues to grow according to your employment income.

Pension start date

When you definitively retire:

• your pension will be paid in full from the date of your retirement, and the pension account will be completely closed; and
• the usual rules on deductions and supplements apply.

If you continues to work beyond the standard retirement age, you will receive the corresponding supplements.

Further links

• New partial pension: flexibel retirement (PV) (eligibility criteria, calculations and application)^{German text}
• Partial pension (BMASGPK)^{German text}
• How does the partial pension work (AK Wien)^{German text}
• Partial pension calculator (AK)^{German text}

section 4a of the Allgemeines Pensionsgesetz (APG)

• Partial pension (all types of pension) – online application^{German text}
  Online applications can also be printed out, signed by hand and sent by post.
• Partial pension: old-age pension, corridor pension or pension for the long-term insured – application^{German text}
• Partial pension: heavy labour pension – application^{German text} 

• electronically: log in using your ID-Austria (id-austria.gv.at)
• in writing: free form (application form must be submitted afterwards).
• in person: you must bring the necessary documents with you, such as your birth certificate; your children’s birth certificates; your residence registration form; your marriage certificate, where applicable; and an identity document. 

The insurance institution will make a decision on yon the pension application in an official notification.  A complaint may be lodged with the competent Labour and Social Court within three months of delivery of the official notification.

Ombudsman service for the competent insurance institution