
AHV branch offices in Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt has no AHV branch offices in its municipalities. For Basel, Riehen and Bettingen the only counter is the Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt at Wettsteinplatz 1. You register your household help there online, and personal advice is by online appointment.
Basel-Stadt
Address and opening hours
- For all 3 municipalities of the cantonNo municipal branch office: the counter is the Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt itself.Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt, Wettsteinplatz 1, 4058 Basel · 061 685 22 22
Good to know in Basel-Stadt
What is particular here
- The Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt's counter is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 16:30. A calculator on its website works out the contributions for household help.
- With the confirmation of registration you get the code for the connect portal. Your mail can also arrive there electronically if you wish.
- Supplementary benefits do not go through the Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt but through the canton's Amt für Sozialbeiträge, for Riehen and Bettingen too.
- Family allowance contribution: 1.65 % of the wage
- Child allowance CHF 275 a month, education allowance CHF 325
- Cantonal minimum wage: CHF 22.20 an hour ↗
- Standard employment contract for household staff ↗NAV Haushalt BS
- Accident insurance through the fund (simplified procedure plus): on request
Clino prepares the documents, you submit them.
Employment contract, payslips and the pre-filled registration for the Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt. You submit it online or take the paper to the fund's counter.
Nothing charged before day 30. Cancel monthly.
Household staff in Basel-Stadt
Do you work in Basel-Stadt as a cleaner, nanny or caregiver?
Your wage, your holidays and your AHV: this applies in every household, even for a few hours a week.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I register my cleaner or nanny in Basel-Stadt?
With the Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt, within 30 days of the first working day. Your municipality's AHV branch office gives information and the forms and forwards paper forms to the fund.

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