Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 19,520
Income Tax
- € 859
Health care
- € 595
Pension
- € 1,562
Dependency Insurance
- € 176
Total tax
- € 3,192
Net pay
* € 16,328
Marginal tax rate
25.4%
Average tax rate
16.4%
83.6%
Net pay
16.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 16,328
Net pay
€ 2,987
Tax the employer pays
€ 3,192
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 6,179
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 2,987 to pay you € 19,520. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.4% tax rate now rises to 27.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 19,520 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 3,192. That means that your net pay will be € 16,328 per year, or € 1,361 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.4% and your marginal tax rate is 25.4%. 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 € 25.35, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 74.65.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 747 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,733 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 16,620
14.9%
1
Canada
EUR 14,506
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
EUR 18,492
5.3%
1
Thailand
EUR 17,656
9.6%
2
Taiwan
EUR 17,644
9.6%
3
Australia
EUR 17,550
10.1%
4
South Korea
EUR 16,636
14.8%
5
New Zealand
EUR 16,381
16.1%
6
Pakistan
EUR 16,290
16.6%
7
Indonesia
EUR 16,042
17.8%
8
Malaysia
EUR 15,934
18.4%
9
Japan
EUR 15,616
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
EUR 15,565
20.3%
11
Singapore
EUR 15,509
20.6%
12
Philippines
EUR 15,210
22.1%
13
Vietnam
EUR 14,551
25.5%
14
China
EUR 13,756
29.5%
15
India
EUR 13,262
32.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
EUR 17,648
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
EUR 17,460
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
EUR 17,458
10.6%
3
Ecuador
EUR 17,100
12.4%
4
Colombia
EUR 16,738
14.3%
5
Panama
EUR 16,318
16.4%
6
Chile
EUR 15,807
19.0%
7
Mexico
EUR 15,524
20.5%
8
Peru
EUR 15,033
23.0%
9
Brazil
EUR 14,679
24.8%
10
Uruguay
EUR 14,373
26.4%
11
Argentina
EUR 12,681
35.0%
12
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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.