Pension age in Austria
The ordinary pension age is 65. For women it has been rising in half-year steps since 2024 — and the table that governs is printed in the statute itself, not derived from a rule of thumb.
The ordinary pension age
For men the ordinary pension age is 65 years, stated unchanged in § 4 Abs. 1 APG. For women it has been rising in steps since 1 January 2024, until the two ages meet.
The rise for women
Two provisions do the work here, and they do different jobs. The constitutional act on differing age limits states only the rule in its § 3: six months every 1 January from 2024 until 2033. The table you actually read your own age off is not there — it is in § 16 Abs. 6 APG, in the statute itself rather than in guidance. That is why it is reproduced here instead of derived from the rule.
| Born | Pension age |
|---|---|
| before 1 January 1964 | 60 years |
| 1 January 1964 – 30 June 1964 | 60 years and 6 months |
| 1 July 1964 – 31 December 1964 | 61 years |
| 1 January 1965 – 30 June 1965 | 61 years and 6 months |
| 1 July 1965 – 31 December 1965 | 62 years |
| 1 January 1966 – 30 June 1966 | 62 years and 6 months |
| 1 July 1966 – 31 December 1966 | 63 years |
| 1 January 1967 – 30 June 1967 | 63 years and 6 months |
| 1 July 1967 – 31 December 1967 | 64 years |
| 1 January 1968 – 30 June 1968 | 64 years and 6 months |
| from 1 July 1968 | 65 years |
| Men — all cohorts | 65 years |
The first row is not in the § 16 Abs. 6 table itself — it follows from that provision’s opening clause: a woman who completes her 60th year before 1 January 2024 takes her age from § 253 Abs. 1 ASVG. The last row is open-ended; from that cohort on, the age is the same as for men.
Half-years: an open question
§ 16 Abs. 6 gives ages in half-years but does not say how a half-year is counted when the resulting day does not exist in the target month. Someone born on 31 March reaches an age six months later on a 31 September — a date there is none of. Two birthdays a year are affected. We state no convention for it, because the provision states none.
The minimum insurance period
Reaching the age is only half the entitlement. § 4 Abs. 1 additionally requires 180 insurance months (15 years), of which at least 84 months must come from employment. § 16 Abs. 3a and 3b also count certain pre-2005 child-raising substitute periods and periods of voluntary and continued insurance towards it.
If you want to draw a pension earlier than the ages above, the conditions are on early retirement.