How Much Does a Membership Cost?

Get an overview of your membership and unemployment insurance fund (a-kasse) fees. We are among Denmark’s least expensive unemployment insurance funds for academics. It’s free to be a student member.

The price for a full-time membership of Akademikernes A-kasse is DKK 499 per month (2025).

In reality, it’s only DKK 349 per month, as you receive a tax deduction of approximately 30 per cent for your unemployment insurance fund membership.

SKAT automatically applies the deduction at the end of the year. 

The table below shows how the quarterly membership fee is structured for different types of membership (full-time, part-time, with and without early retirement benefits (efterløn):

Most of your membership fee to Akademikernes A-kasse goes directly to the state. Only DKK 103 per month of the DKK 499 you pay for membership goes to administration and payroll costs for our staff.

On this page, you can learn about what your membership fee covers, the savings you achieve by choosing Akademikernes A-kasse, and other relevant information.

What your membership fee goes to (2025):

State contribution: DKK 389
Contribution to ATP: DKK 7
Contribution to the operation of the unemployment insurance fund: DKK 103

That amounts to DKK 499 monthly (DKK 1,497 per quarter in 2025).

The state contribution and ATP rate are the same for all unemployment insurance funds. The membership fee is collected quarterly in advance, and we report it automatically to SKAT.

Your membership fee is tax-deductible.

Being a student member is free

As a free student member of Akademikernes A-kasse, you not only secure your future financially.

You also gain access to numerous free offers we have available to you as a member. 

You can be a student member for free for up to five years.

See the conditions for your free student membership

Newly graduated unemployed members pay less for membership

At Akademikernes A-kasse, we have decided to reduce the membership fee for all newly graduated unemployed members who are also receiving a reduced unemployment benefit rate (dagpengesats). We have waived the entire amount we usually receive to administer the membership.

The exemption from the administration fee takes effect on 1 January 2024 and is initially set for two years.
When a member paying the graduate rate has received unemployment benefits (dagpenge) for three months (481 hours to be exact), the member will be exempt from the administration fee as of the following month.
The exemption remains in effect until the member has been deregistered as unemployed for one month.
Since you pay your membership fee three months in advance, we may not be able to adjust your administration fee in time if, for example, you are exempted in a quarter you have already paid for. If this happens, you will be refunded the amount afterwards

See how much you save compared to other unemployment insurance funds

A-kasse	Monthly fee	Yearly fee	Extra cost
Akademikernes A-kasse	499 DKK	5.808 DKK	-
AJKS	481 DKK	5.772 DKK	- 36 DKK
FTF-A	488 DKK	5.856 DKK	48 DKK
LAKA	488 DKK	5.856 DKK	48 DKK
Ledernes A-kasse	499 DKK	5.988 DKK	228 DKK
Min A-kasse	506 DKK	6.072 DKK	300 DKK
Frie	514 DKK	6.168 DKK	408 DKK
Krifa	523 DKK	6.276 DKK	468 DKK
ASE	527 DKK	6.324 DKK	516 DKK
CA A-kasse	528 DKK	6.336 DKK	528 DKK
MA A-kasse	529 DKK	6.348 DKK	540 DKK
Dansk Metal	535 DKK	6.420 DKK	660 DKK
Din Faglige A-kasse	553 DKK	6.636 DKK	828 DKK

The prices listed are for the largest unemployment insurance funds. Akademikernes A-kasse is the second least expensive unemployment insurance fund for academics, with a monthly membership fee of DKK 499 (2025). The membership fee is paid quarterly.

You are a member as soon as we have approved your membership application

Once we have processed your membership application, we will send you a welcome email to confirm your membership. You are a valid member from the date of submitting your membership application, provided we approve it.

It may take a few weeks to receive your first invoice from us. It depends on when you sign up during the month. Once we have processed your membership application, you will receive a welcome letter from us, which will include your membership start date. You can always log in to Mit AKA to check this date under Mine A-kasse-oplysninger (unemployment insurance fund information).

If you receive an invoice despite being a free student member

If you receive an invoice from us despite being a free student member, it is usually because you have extended your studies or have been a free member for five years or more.

Read about the conditions for being a free student member

If you’re still unsure why you’ve received an invoice, please don't hesitate to call us.

How to pay your membership fee

The first invoice for your membership must be paid via the invoice we send to your e-Boks. You can sign up to have your membership fee paid through Betalingsservice. This way, the invoice will be paid automatically every quarter.

You can sign up for Betalingsservice via e-Boks on the "Mine a-kasse-oplysninger " page on Mit AKA.

Via bank transfer

If you want to pay by bank transfer, please use the following details:

Akademikernes A-kasse reg. no.: 5471

Akademikernes A-kasse account number: 0002023034

Customer number: Your CPR number

If you live abroad

Use the following account if you live abroad:

Nykredit

BIC/SWIFT: NYKBDKKK

IBAN no.: DK 68 54 71 00 02 02 30 34

Membership fee exemption

You must usually pay a membership fee to be a member of an unemployment insurance fund. However, there are exceptions.

You must apply in writing for a membership fee exemption (kontingentfritagelse), and it can only take effect from the day we receive your application.

You must still pay us the administration fee if you are exempt from the membership fee. The cost is DKK 309 per quarter (2025). Students do not pay anything.

Expiry of unemployment benefit entitlement

You can apply for a membership fee exemption if your entitlement to unemployment benefits has expired, but you are still unemployed and registered as a jobseeker with the job centre.

You may be exempt from paying the membership fee if you:

Do not receive financial support, such as social assistance (kontanthjælp), education allowance (uddannelsesydelse), or labour market benefits (arbejdsmarkedsydelse).
Do not receive benefits from an unemployment insurance fund.

If you are over 50 years old when your unemployment benefit entitlement expires, any potential membership fee exemption will affect your right to early retirement benefits (efterløn).

Imprisoned

You can be exempt from the membership fee if you have been imprisoned for more than 30 days. Contact us for more information.

Apply for a membership fee exemption on Mit AKA