Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 21,880
Income Tax
- € 1,221
Health care
- € 667
Pension
- € 1,750
Dependency Insurance
- € 209
Total tax
- € 3,848
Net pay
* € 18,032
Marginal tax rate
28.4%
Average tax rate
17.6%
82.4%
Net pay
17.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 18,032
Net pay
€ 3,348
Tax the employer pays
€ 3,848
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 7,195
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 3,348 to pay you € 21,880. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.29 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.6% tax rate now rises to 28.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 21,880 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 3,848. That means that your net pay will be € 18,032 per year, or € 1,503 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.6% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
EUR 19,962
8.8%
1
Ireland
EUR 19,949
8.8%
2
United Kingdom
EUR 19,651
10.2%
3
Russia
EUR 19,036
13.0%
4
France
EUR 18,717
14.5%
5
Norway
EUR 18,364
16.1%
6
Luxembourg
EUR 18,032
17.6%
7
Austria
EUR 17,919
18.1%
8
Hungary
EUR 17,832
18.5%
9
Spain
EUR 17,703
19.1%
10
Ukraine
EUR 17,613
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
EUR 17,407
20.4%
12
Italy
EUR 16,270
25.6%
13
Germany
EUR 16,103
26.4%
14
Greece
EUR 15,923
27.2%
15
Sweden
EUR 15,874
27.5%
16
Poland
EUR 15,142
30.8%
17
Denmark
EUR 14,664
33.0%
18
Finland
EUR 14,562
33.5%
19
Portugal
EUR 14,318
34.6%
20
Netherlands
EUR 13,769
37.1%
21
Belgium
EUR 13,466
38.5%
22
Romania
EUR 12,800
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 18,400
15.9%
1
Canada
EUR 16,255
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
EUR 20,681
5.5%
1
Taiwan
EUR 19,685
10.0%
2
Thailand
EUR 19,602
10.4%
3
Australia
EUR 19,415
11.3%
4
South Korea
EUR 18,481
15.5%
5
New Zealand
EUR 18,295
16.4%
6
Pakistan
EUR 17,955
17.9%
7
Indonesia
EUR 17,759
18.8%
8
Malaysia
EUR 17,553
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
EUR 17,477
20.1%
10
Japan
EUR 17,431
20.3%
11
Singapore
EUR 17,337
20.8%
12
Philippines
EUR 16,803
23.2%
13
Vietnam
EUR 16,135
26.3%
14
China
EUR 15,402
29.6%
15
India
EUR 14,602
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
EUR 19,782
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
EUR 19,525
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
EUR 19,473
11.0%
3
Ecuador
EUR 18,966
13.3%
4
Colombia
EUR 18,465
15.6%
5
Panama
EUR 18,103
17.3%
6
Chile
EUR 17,674
19.2%
7
Mexico
EUR 17,264
21.1%
8
Peru
EUR 16,809
23.2%
9
Brazil
EUR 16,390
25.1%
10
Uruguay
EUR 15,976
27.0%
11
Argentina
EUR 14,215
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
EUR 17,704
19.1%
1
Mozambique
EUR 16,246
25.8%
2
Angola
EUR 16,080
26.5%
3
Kenya
EUR 15,792
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
EUR 15,419
29.5%
5
Ghana
EUR 15,410
29.6%
6
Morocco
EUR 15,381
29.7%
7
Nigeria
EUR 14,999
31.5%
8
Uganda
EUR 14,498
33.7%
9
Cameroon
EUR 14,479
33.8%
10
Senegal
EUR 14,193
35.1%
11
Zambia
EUR 13,730
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
EUR 20,786
5.0%
1
Qatar
EUR 20,786
5.0%
2
Bahrain
EUR 20,130
8.0%
3
Oman
EUR 20,130
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
EUR 19,692
10.0%
5
Kuwait
EUR 19,473
11.0%
6
Israel
EUR 18,723
14.4%
7
Egypt
EUR 16,669
23.8%
8
Lebanon
EUR 16,588
24.2%
9
Turkey
EUR 12,813
41.4%
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.