Austrian holiday entitlement calculator (Urlaubsanspruch)
§ 2(1) Urlaubsgesetz gives 30 Werktage per working year, which is five calendar weeks — 25 Arbeitstage on a five-day week — rising to 36 Werktage, six weeks, after 25 years’ service with the same employer. Pro-rata applies only in the first six months of your first working year.
Worked example · Days Entitled
With Days you work per week of 5, this model computes Days Entitled of 25. See the full working.
✓ Verified against 9 self-test cases Updated for 2026 · sources checked 2026-10-11
How urlaubsanspruch in Austria is calculated
*"Das Urlaubsausmaß beträgt bei einer Dienstzeit von weniger als 25 Jahren 30 Werktage und erhöht sich nach Vollendung des 25. Jahres auf 36 Werktage."* A Werktag is a six-day-week day, so the government’s own business portal states the conversion outright: *"30 Werktagen bei einer Sechs-Tage-Woche ( bzw. 25 Arbeitstagen bei einer Fünf-Tage-Woche ), also von insgesamt fünf Kalenderwochen."* Five weeks either way — and six once the 25-year step is reached.
**§ 2(2) runs against what every other country in this family does, and it is worth knowing about.** *"Der Anspruch auf Urlaub entsteht in den ersten sechs Monaten des ersten Arbeitsjahres im Verhältnis zu der im Arbeitsjahr zurückgelegten Dienstzeit, nach sechs Monaten in voller Höhe. Ab dem zweiten Arbeitsjahr entsteht der gesamte Urlaubsanspruch mit Beginn des Arbeitsjahres."* So pro-rata applies **only** inside the first working year, and only for its first six months. Seven months into your first year: the full 30 Werktage. Two months into your second: also the full 30, not two twelfths of it.
**Which makes the common pro-rata calculator wrong here by a wide margin.** A page that scaled the entitlement by months worked — the right answer in the UK, France and Ireland — would tell an Austrian two months into their second year that they have four days when the law gives them 25. The dates on this page therefore stop changing the answer once you have a year’s service, which is the statute rather than a bug.
Worked example
ShowHide the full working: 7 inputs, 7 computed steps
| Inputs | |
|---|---|
| Days you work per week | 5 |
| Completed years of service | 3 |
| Working year starts (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2026-01-01 |
| Working year ends (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2026-12-31 |
| First day worked in it (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2026-01-01 |
| Last day worked in it (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2026-12-31 |
| Days already taken | 0 |
| Computed by the engine | |
| Werktage Entitled ✓ pinned | 30 |
| Weeks Entitled ✓ pinned | 5 |
| Full Year Days | 25 |
| Months Served | 11 |
| Entitlement Fraction | 1 |
| Days Entitled ✓ pinned | 25 |
| Days Remaining | 25 |
Every computed row comes from the engine, run on the inputs above. Rows marked ✓ pinned are also fixed by a published self-test, so a change to the model that moved them would fail its own tests.
Frequently asked questions
Wie viele Urlaubstage stehen mir zu?
30 Werktage pro Arbeitsjahr, also fünf Kalenderwochen — bei einer Fünf-Tage-Woche sind das 25 Arbeitstage. Nach Vollendung des 25. Dienstjahres erhöht sich der Anspruch auf 36 Werktage, also sechs Wochen.
Warum 25 Tage, wenn das Gesetz 30 sagt?
Weil die 30 in Werktagen gerechnet sind, also auf einer Sechs-Tage-Woche. 30 Werktage sind fünf Kalenderwochen, und fünf Wochen einer Fünf-Tage-Woche sind 25 Arbeitstage.
Wird der Urlaub im zweiten Jahr aliquotiert?
Nein. § 2(2) UrlG: ab dem zweiten Arbeitsjahr entsteht der gesamte Urlaubsanspruch mit Beginn des Arbeitsjahres. Aliquotiert wird nur in den ersten sechs Monaten des ersten Arbeitsjahres.
When does the 36-Werktage entitlement start?
After completing 25 years of service with the same employer. At 24 completed years the entitlement is still 30 Werktage.
Sources
- Urlaubsgesetz § 2 — geltende Fassung, RIS (30 and 36 Werktage, the 25-year step, and § 2(2)'s six-month rule) · checked 2026-10-11
- USP — Urlaub (the conversion the statute does not print: 30 Werktage = 25 Arbeitstage = fünf Kalenderwochen) · checked 2026-10-11
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