A job as an employee
Allowed, subject to conditions
- Your earned income for the year must not exceed the limit.
- The limit disappears from 1 January of the year you turn 66, or if you had 45 years of career when your pension started.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (per calendar year, gross)
- Same limit, with a dependent child, 2026: €15,648 gross a year (per calendar year, gross)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
Above the limit, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it; if you exceed it by 100% or more, it is suspended for the year.
Source: Revenus autorisés pour les pensionnés : montants 2026 (2 December 2025, based on the notice published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 26 November 2025), Partena Professional (secondary source). Cross-checked with: Federal Pension Service (rules), Wikifin (declaration). Checked on 7 October 2026.
A self-employed side activity
Allowed, subject to conditions
- The income taken into account is the net income from the self-employed activity.
- Same conditions for unlimited combination: 1 January of the year you turn 66, or 45 years of career.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for a self-employed activity, with no dependent child, 2026: €8,346 net a year (per calendar year, net)
- Same limit, with a dependent child, 2026: €12,519 net a year (per calendar year, net)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
Above the limit, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it; suspended at 100% or more.
Source: Revenus autorisés pour les pensionnés : montants 2026 (2 December 2025, based on the notice published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 26 November 2025), Partena Professional (secondary source). Cross-checked with: Federal Pension Service, Wikifin. Checked on 7 October 2026.
A flexi-job
Allowed, subject to conditions
- Flexi-jobs are open to pensioners, without the four-fifths condition.
- Two-stage check: all your earned income, flexi-job included, is compared with the general limit; your flexi-job income is also compared with its own limit.
Ceilings and limits
- Separate limit for flexi-job income, 2026: €8,121 a year
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (general limit, gross)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
Flexi-wage with no contributions or tax. Above the general limit, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it. Above the separate flexi-job limit, it may be reduced or suspended: the Federal Pension Service does not publish the details of this calculation.
Source: Fact sheet ‘Travailler pendant la pension’ (December 2024), Federal Pension Service. Cross-checked with: Federal Pension Service (press release of 9 January 2025); Partena Professional (2026 limit), Attentia. Checked on 7 October 2026.
Associative work
Allowed, subject to conditions
- Income from associative work counts as earned income towards your pension limit.
- Activities in sport, socio-cultural activities, events or amateur arts, within an association.
- No employment relationship with the same organisation in the previous year.
- At most 450 hours a year in sport, 300 in other activities.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (pension limit, gross)
- Sharing economy and associative work together: miscellaneous income ceiling, 2026 income: €7,890 a year
- Associative work in sport: 450 hours a year
- Associative work in other activities (socio-cultural, events, amateur arts): 300 hours a year
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
It is added to your other income for the limit: above it, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it.
Source: Bijverdienen als gepensioneerde (e-book, March 2024), ABVV-Metaal (FGTB Métal) (secondary source). Cross-checked with: tax ceiling: Wolters Kluwer. Checked on 7 October 2026.
Sharing economy
Allowed, subject to conditions
- Sharing economy income counts as earned income towards your pension limit.
- Services between private individuals, through a government-approved platform.
- Sharing economy and associative work income together below the annual ceiling.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (pension limit, gross)
- Sharing economy and associative work together: miscellaneous income ceiling, 2026 income: €7,890 a year (tax ceiling, per calendar year)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
It is added to your other income for the limit: above it, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it.
Source: Bijverdienen als gepensioneerde (e-book, March 2024), ABVV-Metaal (FGTB Métal) (secondary source). Cross-checked with: tax ceiling: Wolters Kluwer. Checked on 7 October 2026.
An artistic activity
Allowed, subject to conditions
- Creating a scientific or artistic work does not count, if it is declared, creative, has no effect on the labour market and involves no commercial activity.
- An artistic performance as an employee or self-employed person counts like other earned income.
- The amateur arts allowance is not covered in the Federal Pension Service fact sheet: to be checked.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (pension limit, gross)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
Declared creation: no effect on the pension. Other artistic income: counts towards the limit.
Source: Fact sheet ‘Travailler pendant la pension’ (December 2024), Federal Pension Service. Cross-checked with: ABVV-Metaal (conditions). Checked on 7 October 2026.
Volunteering
Allowed
- Volunteering does not count, up to the tax-free amount.
- In general, no formalities; if you receive GRAPA/IGO or a public-sector guaranteed minimum supplement, inform the Federal Pension Service.
Ceilings and limits
- Tax-free flat-rate allowance, 2026 income: €44.02 a day
- Tax-free flat-rate allowance per year, 2026 income: €1,760.83 a year
Steps
- Federal Pension Service: only with GRAPA/IGO or a guaranteed minimum supplement. mypension.be
Effect
No effect on the pension within the volunteering ceilings.
Source: Fact sheet ‘Travailler pendant la pension’ (December 2024), Federal Pension Service. Cross-checked with: Wikifin; ceilings: circular 2026/C/20. Checked on 7 October 2026.
A mandate
Allowed, subject to conditions
- A political mandate started or renewed after retirement counts as earned income; a mandate started before retirement does not count.
- It is compared with the same limit as employed work.
Ceilings and limits
- Limit for work as an employee (or a mandate), with no dependent child, 2026: €10,432 gross a year (per calendar year, gross)
- Same limit, with a dependent child, 2026: €15,648 gross a year (per calendar year, gross)
Steps
- Federal Pension Service (and the NISSE if you were self-employed): within 30 days of starting the activity or of the pension decision, then at each change. ‘Déclaration relative à l’activité professionnelle’ (declaration of professional activity); you can view your file on MyPension. mypension.be
Effect
Above the limit, the pension is reduced by the percentage by which you exceed it.
Source: Fact sheet ‘Travailler pendant la pension’ (December 2024), Federal Pension Service. Cross-checked with: Partena Professional (limit for ‘employee, mandate, office or post’). Checked on 7 October 2026.