Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 15,231
Income Tax
- € 364
Health care
- € 465
Pension
- € 1,218
Dependency Insurance
- € 116
Total tax
- € 2,163
Net pay
* € 13,068
Marginal tax rate
23.1%
Average tax rate
14.2%
85.8%
Net pay
14.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 13,068
Net pay
€ 2,330
Tax the employer pays
€ 2,163
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 4,493
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 2,330 to pay you € 15,231. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 2.95 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.2% tax rate now rises to 25.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 15,231 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 2,163. That means that your net pay will be € 13,068 per year, or € 1,089 per month. Your average tax rate is 14.2% and your marginal tax rate is 23.2%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of € 100 in your salary will be taxed € 23.15, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 76.85.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 769 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,843 of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Luxembourg, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.