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# Take-home pay in Belgium

The national median gross salary in Belgium is €3,728 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €44,736 a year, a single person without children pays €8,665 in income tax and €6,125 in employee social contributions and keeps €29,945 a year: €2,495 a month, 66.9% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €62,348 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% | €31,174 | €2,598 | €2,120 | 81.6% |
| 67% | €41,773 | €3,481 | €2,385 | 68.5% |
| 100% | €62,348 | €5,196 | €3,141 | 60.5% |
| 133% | €82,923 | €6,910 | €3,839 | 55.6% |
| 167% | €104,121 | €8,677 | €4,565 | 52.6% |
| 200% | €124,696 | €10,391 | €5,270 | 50.7% |
| 250% | €155,870 | €12,989 | €6,337 | 48.8% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €31,174 | €2,598 | €2,871 | 110.5% |
| 67% | €41,773 | €3,481 | €3,137 | 90.1% |
| 100% | €62,348 | €5,196 | €3,756 | 72.3% |
| 133% | €82,923 | €6,910 | €4,446 | 64.3% |
| 167% | €104,121 | €8,677 | €5,172 | 59.6% |
| 200% | €124,696 | €10,391 | €5,876 | 56.5% |
| 250% | €155,870 | €12,989 | €6,944 | 53.5% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €31,174 | €2,598 | €3,086 | 118.8% |
| 67% | €41,773 | €3,481 | €3,433 | 98.6% |
| 100% | €62,348 | €5,196 | €4,174 | 80.3% |
| 133% | €82,923 | €6,910 | €4,923 | 71.2% |
| 167% | €104,121 | €8,677 | €5,640 | 65.0% |
| 200% | €124,696 | €10,391 | €6,345 | 61.1% |
| 250% | €155,870 | €12,989 | €7,412 | 57.1% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by FPS Finance, Belgium.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| €0 – €16,710 | 26.75% | — |
| €16,710 – €29,500 | 42.8% | — |
| €29,500 – €51,050 | 48.15% | — |
| above €51,050 | 53.5% | — |

- Tax-exempt amount: €11,170 a year
- Standard VAT rate: 21%; reduced 12%, 6%

## Minimum wage

€13.56 an hour (2026-07); €28,214 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Belgium (€31,174 to €155,870 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here.

## 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. FPS Finance, Belgium, Income tax schedule 2026. https://finances.belgium.be/fr/entreprises/personnel_et_remuneration/precompte_professionnel/calcul
3. statbel.fgov.be, statbel.fgov.be. https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/work-training/wages-and-labourcost/overview-belgian-wages-and-salaries

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/belgium/
- JSON (the model for Belgium): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/be.json