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Germany tax calculator

Germany applies progressive income tax. Enter a gross salary in EUR to see what reaches your account.

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How Germany taxes a salary

  1. Rentenversicherung Employee half of the 18.6% total rate. BBG 8,450 EUR/month.
  2. Arbeitslosenversicherung Employee half of the 2.6% total rate. Shares the pension BBG.
  3. Krankenversicherung Employee half of 14.6% general rate plus half of the 2.9% average Zusatzbeitrag. BBG 5,812.50 EUR/month. Zusatzbeitrag varies by Krankenkasse; average used.
  4. Pflegeversicherung Employee half of the 3.6% total rate, assuming at least one child. Childless employees over 23 pay a further 0.6% alone; not modelled.
  5. Vorsorgepauschale
  6. Arbeitnehmer-Pauschbetrag
  7. Sonderausgaben-Pauschbetrag
  8. Einkommensteuer
  9. Solidaritaetszuschlag 5.5% of income tax above a 20,350 EUR Freigrenze, phased in at 11.9% of the excess through the Milderungszone.

Source

Checked against Bundesministerium der Finanzen on 2026-08-17. Amtliches Lohnsteuer-Handbuch 2026, § 32a EStG. View the authority's own page.

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