Can I pay social security without a job?

If you don't have a job, you can pay social security yourself.

People who have no job can pay social insurance by themselves as freelancers; You need to bring your personal ID card, household registration book and its copy, 1 inch photo and other materials to the local community street social security service point or the county-level social security bureau (Labor and Social Security Bureau) for handling. Usually freelancers can only pay pension insurance and medical insurance, but can't pay unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance, and can't participate in the payment of housing provident fund. If individuals don't work in other units, they can also pay social security by themselves through the online platform.

Social security payment method:

1, individual payment: applicable to individual industrial and commercial households and freelancers without fixed employers;

2. Unit payment: applicable to formal employees such as enterprises and institutions;

3. Payment for flexible employees: applicable to flexible employees such as part-time employees and temporary employees;

4. Government Remittance: For some eligible vulnerable groups, the government will provide social security subsidies or remittance services;

5. Payment in different places: For those who are employed in different regions, they can choose to pay social security at their domicile or workplace.

To sum up, unemployed people can pay social insurance by themselves as freelancers, and they need to bring relevant information to social security service points or agencies for handling. Freelancers can usually only pay pension and medical insurance, but cannot pay unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance, nor can they participate in the payment of housing provident fund. In addition, individuals can also pay social security by themselves through online platforms.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 60

The employing unit shall declare itself and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, and shall not postpone or reduce the payment except for legal reasons such as force majeure. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.