Maternity benefit in Greece (2026): what e-EFKA and DYPA pay
Two agencies pay one after the other around a birth: first e-EFKA for maternity leave, then DYPA for nine months.
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A full-time employee in Greece receives, after her maternity leave, a DYPA special maternity benefit of €920 a month for 9 months, €8,280 gross in total, plus a share of the holiday bonuses. Before that comes maternity leave of 119 days, 56 before and 63 after the birth, paid by e-EFKA, the social insurance fund, on the basis of the mother’s insurance class and topped up by DYPA towards her usual pay. The special benefit is pegged to the statutory minimum wage, so it rose automatically when that went up in April 2026, and DYPA pays the social contributions on it. Part-time employees receive half, €460. Since 2023, self-employed and farming mothers are covered too, 9 months at €920. Up to 7 months can be handed to the father, and the benefit is tax-free. The calculator shows the amount, the months and how they split between parents.
DYPA special maternity benefit
€920 a month
for 9 months · €8,280 in total, gross
| First: e-EFKA maternity leave | 119 days (17 weeks) |
| Months for the mother | 9 |
| Months for the father | 0 |
| Amount per month | €920 |
Employees also receive a share of the holiday bonuses and leave allowance, and DYPA pays the contributions. It is tax-free.
Amounts and limits from DYPA and e-EFKA, as in force in 2026 · calculated in your browser, nothing is sent.
The sequence of leave, and who pays
| Period | Length | Paid by |
|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy and birth | 119 days (17 weeks): 56 before, 63 after | e-EFKA maternity benefit, topped up by DYPA towards your pay |
| After maternity leave | Up to 9 months | DYPA special maternity benefit, €920 a month |
| Until the child is 8 | 4 months per parent | Parental leave, the first 2 paid by DYPA |
The e-EFKA benefit during maternity leave equals the basic sickness benefit of your insurance class, half the notional daily wage of that class, plus 10% per dependant, and it is paid for non-working days too. We do not compute it: the 2026 table of insurance classes is not published in a form we can verify, and a figure we cannot check does not go on this site. If your baby arrives early, unused days before the birth are added after it.
The special benefit against your salary
| Your gross pay | Your net pay | Special benefit | Share of gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| €1,200 | €962 | €920 | 77% |
| €1,800 | €1,360 | €920 | 51% |
| €2,500 | €1,794 | €920 | 37% |
Because the special benefit is a flat minimum wage, it replaces most of a low salary and only part of a higher one. For DYPA, part-time means up to four hours a day or thirteen days a month on average over the six months before pregnancy leave.
Everything DYPA pays after a birth
Total gross
€10,427
| Special benefit (9 months) | €8,280 |
| Parental leave (2 months) | €2,147 |
Parental leave pay is per parent.
After the nine months
Each parent still has 4 months of parental leave until the child turns 8, the first 2 paid by DYPA at €1,073 a month. Added to the special benefit, a full-time mother can receive €10,427 gross from DYPA over the child’s first years, before counting the e-EFKA benefit. The one-off birth allowance comes on top.