Work out Estonian holiday pay from average pay: six months, public holidays, bonuses. Shows the payment deadline and the last day of leave.
This calculator gives an estimate. It is not an official calculation and not legal, tax or financial advice. Your employer and Tervisekassa calculate the exact amount; check the rules against the official sources (listed on this page under “Official sources”). Rules checked on 30 Sep 2026.
Holiday pay is based on average pay. The reference period is the six calendar months before the month in which the second-to-last working day before the leave falls. Pay for that period is divided by the number of calendar days, less public holidays and days with no pay. The resulting average daily pay is multiplied by the number of days of leave.
If you were paid only an unchanged monthly salary for all six months — no bonuses, overtime or hourly pay — no average is calculated: your normal salary continues during the leave. The average applies when pay varied. If the average gives less than your salary would, the employer may pay the agreed salary instead.
Leave from 6 Jul 2026, 14 days. Monthly salary €1,800, plus a €600 bonus in March. The second-to-last working day before the leave is 2 Jul 2026, so the reference period is 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026: 181 calendar days, 8 of them public holidays. The divisor is 173, pay €11,400, average daily pay €65.90 and holiday pay €922.60 gross. Without the bonus the salary would have been unchanged, and about €782.61 of it would fall on the working days of the leave.
By the second-to-last working day before the leave at the latest, unless agreed otherwise. An agreement to pay later than the first payday after the leave is void.
Basic annual leave is 28 calendar days. Public holidays are not days of leave: if Midsummer Day falls within your leave, the leave is one day longer. The calculator shows the last day of leave.
Holiday pay is wages, so the same taxes are withheld as from salary. The calculator shows the gross amount.
Pay for the six previous calendar months is divided by the calendar days in those months, less public holidays and days with no pay. The result is multiplied by the days of leave.
No. If you had only an unchanged monthly salary for six months, your normal salary continues during the leave.
By the second-to-last working day before the leave starts, unless you agreed otherwise.
No. A public holiday during the leave extends it by a day, and public holidays are taken out of the divisor when the average is calculated.
Yes, if it became payable within the six-month reference period. Earlier holiday pay and benefits do not count.
Yes, like salary: income tax, unemployment insurance and the funded pension contribution.
This calculator gives an estimate. It is not an official calculation and not legal, tax or financial advice. Your employer and Tervisekassa calculate the exact amount; check the rules against the official sources (listed on this page under “Official sources”). Rules checked on 30 Sep 2026.
Different rules apply during sick leave: sick pay calculator.