Colombia Prima de Servicios Calculator
Calculate Colombia’s prima de servicios: (salary + transport allowance) × days ÷ 360, with the 2026 minimum-wage values built in.
Formula from CST art. 306; nothing you type is sentCalculate the prima de servicios — half a month’s salary per half-year, prorated by days
Type 1.750.905 (Colombian format) or 1750905. 2026 values: minimum wage COP 1,750,905 and transport allowance COP 249,095 (Decrees 1469 and 1470 of 2025).
How Colombia’s prima de servicios works
Quick answer: the prima de servicios is half a month’s pay for each half-year worked, calculated as (salary + transport allowance) × days worked ÷ 360. At the 2026 minimum wage (COP 1,750,905) plus the transport allowance (COP 249,095), a full half-year gives 2,000,000 × 180 ÷ 360 = COP 1,000,000. The June installment is due by June 30 and the December one within the first 20 days of December (Labor Code art. 306, as amended by Ley 1788 of 2016).
The transport allowance joins the base only for workers earning up to two minimum wages (COP 3,501,810 in 2026) — the calculator adds it automatically in that case. Variable pay (overtime, commissions) or a raise during the half-year means the base is the half-year’s average. There is no minimum time worked: the prima is proportional to any period, including after a dismissal for just cause. It is not salary, so no health or pension contributions are deducted. Workers on a salario integral contract and independent contractors do not receive it.
FAQ
How much is the prima at the 2026 minimum wage?
For a full half-year, COP 1,000,000: the minimum wage (1,750,905) plus the transport allowance (249,095) is 2,000,000, and the prima is half of it. For 90 days worked in the half-year it is COP 500,000.
When is the December prima paid?
Within the first 20 days of December — by December 20. The mid-year prima is due by June 30 (Labor Code art. 306).
Are health and pension deducted from the prima?
No. The prima is not salary (Labor Code art. 307), so it is not a base for health or pension contributions. Only a large prima can be subject to income-tax withholding.