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# Take-home pay in Estonia

The national median gross salary in Estonia is €1,792 a month (2025). Over twelve months, €21,504 a year, a single person without children pays €4,064 in income tax and €344 in employee social contributions and keeps €17,096 a year: €1,425 a month, 79.5% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €25,603 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% | €12,802 | €1,067 | €963 | 90.2% |
| 67% | €17,154 | €1,430 | €1,204 | 84.3% |
| 100% | €25,603 | €2,134 | €1,638 | 76.8% |
| 133% | €34,052 | €2,838 | €2,178 | 76.8% |
| 167% | €42,757 | €3,563 | €2,735 | 76.8% |
| 200% | €51,206 | €4,267 | €3,275 | 76.8% |
| 250% | €64,008 | €5,334 | €4,094 | 76.8% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €12,802 | €1,067 | €1,283 | 120.2% |
| 67% | €17,154 | €1,430 | €1,524 | 106.6% |
| 100% | €25,603 | €2,134 | €1,958 | 91.8% |
| 133% | €34,052 | €2,838 | €2,498 | 88.0% |
| 167% | €42,757 | €3,563 | €3,055 | 85.7% |
| 200% | €51,206 | €4,267 | €3,595 | 84.3% |
| 250% | €64,008 | €5,334 | €4,414 | 82.8% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €12,802 | €1,067 | €1,123 | 105.2% |
| 67% | €17,154 | €1,430 | €1,364 | 95.4% |
| 100% | €25,603 | €2,134 | €1,798 | 84.3% |
| 133% | €34,052 | €2,838 | €2,338 | 82.4% |
| 167% | €42,757 | €3,563 | €2,895 | 81.2% |
| 200% | €51,206 | €4,267 | €3,435 | 80.5% |
| 250% | €64,008 | €5,334 | €4,254 | 79.8% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA).

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €8,400 | 0% | basic exemption |
| above €8,400 | 22% | withheld personal income tax |

- Employee social contributions: unemployment insurance 1.6%
- Standard VAT rate: 24%; reduced 13%, 9%

## Minimum wage

€5.31 an hour (2025); €11,045 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Estonia (€12,802 to €64,008 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. Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA), Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.emta.ee/en/business-client/taxes-and-payment/income-and-social-taxes/tax-rates
3. Statistics Estonia PA117, Statistics Estonia PA117 — median monthly gross wages by administrative unit. https://andmed.stat.ee/api/v1/en/stat/majandus/palk-ja-toojeukulu/palk/luhiajastatistika/PA117.PX

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/estonia/
- JSON (the model for Estonia): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/ee.json