Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 1,615
Health care
- € 49.26
Pension
- € 129
Total tax
- € 178
Net pay
* € 1,437
Marginal tax rate
11.1%
Average tax rate
11.1%
88.9%
Net pay
11.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 1,437
Net pay
€ 247
Tax the employer pays
€ 178
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 426
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 247 to pay you € 1,615. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 2.64 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.1% tax rate now rises to 22.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 1,615 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 178. That means that your net pay will be € 1,437 per year, or € 120 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.1% and your marginal tax rate is 11.1%. 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 € 11.05, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 88.95.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 890 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 4,448 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
EUR 1,481
8.3%
1
USA
EUR 1,475
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
EUR 1,577
2.4%
1
Brazil
EUR 1,494
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
EUR 1,487
8.0%
3
Colombia
EUR 1,486
8.0%
4
Ecuador
EUR 1,462
9.5%
5
Guatemala
EUR 1,460
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
EUR 1,445
10.5%
7
Panama
EUR 1,437
11.0%
8
Peru
EUR 1,413
12.5%
9
Argentina
EUR 1,340
17.0%
10
Chile
EUR 1,331
17.6%
11
Uruguay
EUR 1,323
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
EUR 1,599
1.0%
1
Zambia
EUR 1,518
6.0%
2
Morocco
EUR 1,506
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
EUR 1,422
11.9%
4
Kenya
EUR 1,410
12.7%
5
Cameroon
EUR 1,363
15.6%
6
Mozambique
EUR 1,347
16.6%
7
Uganda
EUR 1,342
16.9%
8
Senegal
EUR 1,339
17.1%
9
Ghana
EUR 1,319
18.3%
10
Angola
EUR 1,260
22.0%
11
Nigeria
EUR 1,205
25.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
EUR 1,615
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
EUR 1,534
5.0%
2
Qatar
EUR 1,534
5.0%
3
Bahrain
EUR 1,486
8.0%
4
Oman
EUR 1,486
8.0%
5
Kuwait
EUR 1,437
11.0%
6
Israel
EUR 1,403
13.2%
7
Lebanon
EUR 1,359
15.9%
8
Egypt
EUR 1,300
19.5%
9
Turkey
EUR 1,168
27.7%
10
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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.