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# Take-home pay in Spain

The national median gross salary in Spain is €24,497 a year (2024). At that salary a single person without children pays €3,321 in income tax and €1,587 in employee social contributions and keeps €19,589 a year: €1,632 a month, 80.0% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €32,678 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% | €16,339 | €1,362 | €1,254 | 92.1% |
| 67% | €21,895 | €1,825 | €1,480 | 81.1% |
| 100% | €32,678 | €2,723 | €2,082 | 76.5% |
| 133% | €43,462 | €3,622 | €2,650 | 73.2% |
| 167% | €54,573 | €4,548 | €3,196 | 70.3% |
| 200% | €65,357 | €5,446 | €3,738 | 68.6% |
| 250% | €81,696 | €6,808 | €4,494 | 66.0% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €16,339 | €1,362 | €1,470 | 108.0% |
| 67% | €21,895 | €1,825 | €1,702 | 93.3% |
| 100% | €32,678 | €2,723 | €2,315 | 85.0% |
| 133% | €43,462 | €3,622 | €2,895 | 79.9% |
| 167% | €54,573 | €4,548 | €3,442 | 75.7% |
| 200% | €65,357 | €5,446 | €3,988 | 73.2% |
| 250% | €81,696 | €6,808 | €4,754 | 69.8% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €16,339 | €1,362 | €1,370 | 100.6% |
| 67% | €21,895 | €1,825 | €1,627 | 89.2% |
| 100% | €32,678 | €2,723 | €2,246 | 82.5% |
| 133% | €43,462 | €3,622 | €2,833 | 78.2% |
| 167% | €54,573 | €4,548 | €3,380 | 74.3% |
| 200% | €65,357 | €5,446 | €3,928 | 72.1% |
| 250% | €81,696 | €6,808 | €4,701 | 69.0% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT).

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €12,450 | 9.5% | — |
| €12,450 – €20,200 | 12% | — |
| €20,200 – €35,200 | 15% | — |
| €35,200 – €60,000 | 18.5% | — |
| €60,000 – €300,000 | 22.5% | — |
| above €300,000 | 24.5% | — |

- Tax-free allowance: €5,550 a year
- Employee social contributions: 6.5% of pay (common contingencies 4.7%, unemployment, permanent contract 1.55%, unemployment, fixed-term contract 1.6%, intergenerational equity (MEI) 0.15%, vocational training 0.1%)
- Standard VAT rate: 21%; reduced 10%, 4%

## Minimum wage

€9.26 an hour (2025); €19,261 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, and €16,360 after income tax and employee contributions (€1,363 a month).

## 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. Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT), Income tax schedule 2026. https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/ayuda/manuales-videos-folletos/manuales-practicos/irpf-2025/c15-calculo-impuesto-determinacion-cuotas-integras/introduccion/general.html
3. INE Encuesta Anual de Estructura Salarial, INE Encuesta Anual de Estructura Salarial — 2024 median gross annual earnings. https://servicios.ine.es/wstempus/js/es/DATOS_TABLA/28191?tip=AM

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/spain/
- JSON (the model for Spain): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/es.json