Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 21,750
Income Tax
- € 1,200
Health care
- € 663
Pension
- € 1,740
Dependency Insurance
- € 207
Total tax
- € 3,811
Net pay
* € 17,939
Marginal tax rate
28.4%
Average tax rate
17.5%
82.5%
Net pay
17.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 17,939
Net pay
€ 3,328
Tax the employer pays
€ 3,811
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 7,138
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 3,328 to pay you € 21,750. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.5% tax rate now rises to 28.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 21,750 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 3,811. That means that your net pay will be € 17,939 per year, or € 1,495 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.5% and your marginal tax rate is 28.4%. 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 € 28.39, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 71.61.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 716 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,581 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.