Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 35,533
Income Tax
- € 4,316
Health care
- € 1,084
Pension
- € 2,843
Dependency Insurance
- € 400
Total tax
- € 8,642
Net pay
* € 26,891
Marginal tax rate
44.9%
Average tax rate
24.3%
75.7%
Net pay
24.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 26,891
Net pay
€ 5,437
Tax the employer pays
€ 8,642
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 14,079
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 5,437 to pay you € 35,533. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 3.96 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.3% tax rate now rises to 34.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 35,533 a year living in Luxembourg, you will be taxed € 8,642. That means that your net pay will be € 26,891 per year, or € 2,241 per month. Your average tax rate is 24.3% and your marginal tax rate is 44.9%. 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 € 44.85, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 55.15.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 552 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 2,758 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 28,525
19.7%
1
Canada
EUR 25,898
27.1%
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.