Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 17,355
Income Tax
- € 596
Health care
- € 529
Pension
- € 1,388
Dependency Insurance
- € 146
Total tax
- € 2,659
Net pay
* € 14,696
Marginal tax rate
24.1%
Average tax rate
15.3%
84.7%
Net pay
15.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 14,696
Net pay
€ 2,655
Tax the employer pays
€ 2,659
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 5,314
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 2,655 to pay you € 17,355. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.3% tax rate now rises to 26.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 17,355 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 2,659. That means that your net pay will be € 14,696 per year, or € 1,225 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.3% and your marginal tax rate is 24.2%. 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 € 24.15, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 75.85.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 759 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,793 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.