Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 16,875
Income Tax
- € 541
Health care
- € 515
Pension
- € 1,350
Dependency Insurance
- € 139
Total tax
- € 2,544
Net pay
* € 14,331
Marginal tax rate
23.3%
Average tax rate
15.1%
84.9%
Net pay
15.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 14,331
Net pay
€ 2,582
Tax the employer pays
€ 2,544
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 5,126
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 2,582 to pay you € 16,875. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.04 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.1% tax rate now rises to 26.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 16,875 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 2,544. That means that your net pay will be € 14,331 per year, or € 1,194 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.1% and your marginal tax rate is 23.3%. 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 € 23.25, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 76.75.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 768 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,838 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 14,594
13.5%
1
Canada
EUR 12,545
25.7%
2
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.