Real data on what workers take home after tax — in 22 countries. No filler, no averages without context.
We ran the same €60,000 salary through all 22 tax systems on this site. The spread: €3,071/month in Belgium versus €4,131 in a no-tax US state — €12,700 a year apart. And the Nordics land nowhere near the bottom.
Read guide →A NZ nurse on NZD 75,000 takes home NZD 4,720/month. An Australian nurse on AUD 80,000 takes home AUD 5,580/month. The gap is real — and the tax systems aren't different enough to close it. Here's the honest Oceania comparison.
Read guide →Finland's gaming cluster (Supercell, Rovio, Remedy) pays 20–30% above the general tech baseline. A senior game engineer on €90,000 in Helsinki takes home ~€4,400/month after TyEL and income tax. Real 2026 figures.
Read guide →Luxembourg's SSM sits at €2,570/month for qualified workers — the EU floor. A software engineer median nets €4,365/month. Cross-border frontaliers, EU institution salaries, and the fund industry premium — the full picture.
Read guide →An Israeli senior engineer on ₪400,000 gross takes home ₪20,375/month. Add section 102 RSUs taxed at 25% capital gains and the picture changes dramatically. Real 2026 mas hachnasa + bituach leumi breakdown.
Read guide →A Tokyo senior engineer on ¥10,000,000 converts to €62,500 at 2026 rates — down from €83,333 in 2020. After shakai hoken and taxes, take-home is ~€2,615/month. The yen has reshaped Japan's talent competitiveness.
Read guide →Italy's impatriati law exempts 50% of employment income from tax for up to 5 years. On €80,000 gross, qualifying workers net €4,680/month vs €3,640 without the regime. Who qualifies in 2026 — and what's changed.
Read guide →A Spanish nurse in Madrid earns €28,000–€34,000 gross — €1,620/month net. The same nurse in Frankfurt earns €49,000 gross — €2,780/month net. The gap drives Spain's growing healthcare talent exodus.
Read guide →Denmark's top marginal rate reaches 55.9%. A software engineer on DKK 700,000 takes home DKK 28,630/month — about €3,840. Here's what the AM-bidrag + state + municipal system actually takes, and what it buys.
Read guide →Norway's sovereign wealth fund exceeds $1.7 trillion. Norwegian salaries are among Europe's highest. Yet a nurse on NOK 600,000 nets NOK 31,800/month — €2,720. High costs and trygdeavgift together explain the paradox.
Read guide →A Singaporean on SGD 120,000 contributes 20% to CPF — leaving SGD 6,897/month cash. An EP-holding expat on the same salary takes home SGD 8,618/month. The CPF gap is the single biggest local vs expat pay difference in Singapore.
Read guide →On €80,000 gross, a French employee takes home about €3,970/month and a German earner €4,045. Both high-tax reputations hide a near-tie — and a crossover at €70,000 that most people get backwards.
Read guide →On CHF 120,000, a Zug resident takes home CHF 7,910/month. A Geneva resident takes home CHF 6,468/month. Same salary, same job, different canton — a gap that compounds to CHF 17,000 every year.
Read guide →Sweden's top marginal rate is 52.3%. But the effective rate for most Stockholm professionals is 25–34%. Here's what a software engineer, nurse, and senior manager actually net each month — and why the marginal number misleads.
Read guide →The Dutch 30% ruling can save expat professionals €958/month in Phase 1. But 2024 reforms phased it down to 30%→20%→10% over 60 months. Here's exactly what qualifying workers gain in 2026.
Read guide →The USC isn't just another tax bracket. On a €100,000 Irish salary, PAYE, USC, and PRSI together take €36,174 — leaving €5,319/month. We break down every band, the pension planning quirk, and the MNC salary reality in Dublin.
Read guide →A Band 5 NHS nurse on £32,073 takes home £2,154/month — not the £2,673 you'd get dividing gross by 12. We break down every deduction, what the pension really costs, and why London weighting doesn't go as far as it looks.
Read guide →Between £100,000 and £125,140, the UK government takes 60p from every extra pound you earn. It's not a glitch — it's the personal allowance taper. Here's how it works and how pension salary sacrifice neutralises it.
Read guide →At similar gross salaries, UK workers take home roughly 13% more per month than German equivalents. The reason isn't income tax — it's social contributions. We compare software engineers, nurses, and high earners in both systems.
Read guide →Singapore's income tax tops out at 24%. The UK's hits 45% before National Insurance. For mid-to-high earners, the monthly take-home gap can be extraordinary — but CPF, housing costs, and what you give up matter too.
Read guide →Belgium's OECD tax wedge hit 52.7% in 2025. A worker on €60,000 gross takes home around €3,071/month after ONSS and income tax. We explain why the top rate kicks in at €46,000 and what Belgium actually gives you in return.
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