Income Tax Calculator by Country

Enter your salary to estimate income tax, employee contributions, and monthly net pay. Compare the same salary or different job offers.

Calculate your take-home pay

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Compare the same gross salary in up to four countries. Annual figures assume a full year of income.

Screening models use illustrative brackets rather than statutory tax rules.

Exchange rates & comparison assumptions

Planning FX assumptions dated 4 September 2026; not live quotes or a verified historical price series. Edit the USD value of one currency unit.

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Take-home Income tax Contributions Regional tax

Compare salary after tax between countries

Enter each job offer in its local currency, compare monthly net pay in one currency, then subtract your own rent, healthcare and other living costs.

Illustrative comparison$100,000 gross
United Arab Emirates
100.0%
United States
79.2%
Spain
64.1%
Germany
60.3%
Share of gross retained · Default employee models; US federal only. Planning FX, 4 Sep 2026.

Income tax calculator FAQs

How accurate are the calculations?+

Published country pages explain their stored tax-year assumptions, link relevant references and disclose important approximations. Screening models inside the tool are directional, do not claim statutory brackets, and are excluded from landing pages and rankings.

Does the calculator include social security?+

Yes. Employee-side mandatory contributions are shown separately from income tax. Where a system is unusually complex, we use a documented annual approximation rather than hiding it inside one number.

Can I compare salaries in different currencies?+

Yes. Enter one amount in your preferred currency. We convert it into each local currency before applying local tax, then translate the result back for a like-for-like comparison.

How can I compare living costs?+

Purchasing power describes what money can buy locally. Our offer comparison lets you enter your own monthly living costs; we do not rank countries using unverified cost indices.

Is my salary data stored?+

No. All calculations run in your browser. The share button puts inputs in a URL only when you choose to create one; there is no account and no salary database.

Can I calculate the gross salary needed for a target net?+

Yes. Switch to Net to gross above. The engine solves progressively until it finds the gross income that produces your requested take-home amount.