Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 31,893
Income Tax
- € 3,303
Health care
- € 973
Pension
- € 2,551
Dependency Insurance
- € 349
Total tax
- € 7,176
Net pay
* € 24,717
Marginal tax rate
39.5%
Average tax rate
22.5%
77.5%
Net pay
22.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 24,717
Net pay
€ 4,880
Tax the employer pays
€ 7,176
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 12,056
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 4,880 to pay you € 31,893. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.78 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.5% tax rate now rises to 32.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 31,893 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 7,176. That means that your net pay will be € 24,717 per year, or € 2,060 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.5% and your marginal tax rate is 39.5%. 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 € 39.49, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 60.51.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 605 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,026 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 25,832
19.0%
1
Canada
EUR 23,481
26.4%
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.