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# Take-home pay in Austria

The national median gross salary in Austria is €36,313 a year (2023). At that salary a single person without children pays €2,186 in income tax and €6,510 in employee social contributions and keeps €27,617 a year: €2,301 a month, 76.1% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €63,054 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €31,527 | €2,627 | €2,117 | 80.6% |
| 67% | €42,246 | €3,521 | €2,573 | 73.1% |
| 100% | €63,054 | €5,254 | €3,548 | 67.5% |
| 133% | €83,862 | €6,988 | €4,472 | 64.0% |
| 167% | €105,300 | €8,775 | €5,522 | 62.9% |
| 200% | €126,108 | €10,509 | €6,527 | 62.1% |
| 250% | €157,635 | €13,136 | €8,021 | 61.1% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €31,527 | €2,627 | €2,869 | 109.2% |
| 67% | €42,246 | €3,521 | €3,497 | 99.3% |
| 100% | €63,054 | €5,254 | €4,472 | 85.1% |
| 133% | €83,862 | €6,988 | €5,395 | 77.2% |
| 167% | €105,300 | €8,775 | €6,446 | 73.5% |
| 200% | €126,108 | €10,509 | €7,451 | 70.9% |
| 250% | €157,635 | €13,136 | €8,945 | 68.1% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €31,527 | €2,627 | €2,869 | 109.2% |
| 67% | €42,246 | €3,521 | €3,497 | 99.3% |
| 100% | €63,054 | €5,254 | €4,472 | 85.1% |
| 133% | €83,862 | €6,988 | €5,395 | 77.2% |
| 167% | €105,300 | €8,775 | €6,446 | 73.5% |
| 200% | €126,108 | €10,509 | €7,451 | 70.9% |
| 250% | €157,635 | €13,136 | €8,945 | 68.1% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €13,539 | 0% | — |
| €13,539 – €21,992 | 20% | — |
| €21,992 – €36,458 | 30% | — |
| €36,458 – €70,365 | 40% | — |
| €70,365 – €104,859 | 48% | — |
| €104,859 – €1,000,000 | 50% | — |
| above €1,000,000 | 55% | — |

- Tax-free allowance: €13,539 a year
- Employee social contributions: 18.07% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 20%; reduced 10%, 4.9%

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database, Income tax schedule 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tedb/rest-api/tax/generic?taxId=19&versionDate=1767222000&isEuro=false
3. Statistics Austria, Statistics Austria — General Income Report 2024, Austria median gross annual employee income 2023. https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/publications/AEB-2024_gesamt-barrierefrei_mit-Schlussklausel.pdf

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/austria/
- JSON (the model for Austria): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/at.json