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# Take-home pay in Greece

The national median gross salary in Greece is €1,274 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €15,288 a year, a single person without children pays €862 in income tax and €2,044 in employee social contributions and keeps €12,382 a year: €1,032 a month, 81.0% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €26,563 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% | €13,281 | €1,107 | €921 | 83.2% |
| 67% | €17,797 | €1,483 | €1,170 | 78.9% |
| 100% | €26,563 | €2,214 | €1,635 | 73.9% |
| 133% | €35,328 | €2,944 | €2,074 | 70.5% |
| 167% | €44,360 | €3,697 | €2,479 | 67.0% |
| 200% | €53,125 | €4,427 | €2,831 | 63.9% |
| 250% | €66,406 | €5,534 | €3,360 | 60.7% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €13,281 | €1,107 | €1,034 | 93.4% |
| 67% | €17,797 | €1,483 | €1,282 | 86.4% |
| 100% | €26,563 | €2,214 | €1,720 | 77.7% |
| 133% | €35,328 | €2,944 | €2,103 | 71.4% |
| 167% | €44,360 | €3,697 | €2,507 | 67.8% |
| 200% | €53,125 | €4,427 | €2,859 | 64.6% |
| 250% | €66,406 | €5,534 | €3,377 | 61.0% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €14,609 | €1,217 | €1,107 | 90.9% |
| 67% | €19,577 | €1,631 | €1,380 | 84.6% |
| 100% | €29,219 | €2,435 | €1,854 | 76.2% |
| 133% | €38,861 | €3,238 | €2,261 | 69.8% |
| 167% | €48,795 | €4,066 | €2,691 | 66.2% |
| 200% | €58,438 | €4,870 | €3,066 | 63.0% |
| 250% | €73,047 | €6,087 | €3,636 | 59.7% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece; the rates apply to employment and pension income, no dependent children.

| Taxable income | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| up to €10,000 | 9% |
| €10,000 – €20,000 | 20% |
| €20,000 – €30,000 | 26% |
| €30,000 – €40,000 | 34% |
| €40,000 – €60,000 | 39% |
| above €60,000 | 44% |

- Standard VAT rate: 24%; reduced 13%, 6%

## Minimum wage

€920.00 an hour (2026-04-01); €1,913,600 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Greece (€13,281 to €66,406 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. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece, Income tax schedule 2026. https://minfin.gov.gr/en/tax-policy/tax-guide/income-taxation/
3. Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly), Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses_monthly?format=JSON&lang=EN&freq=A&indic_se=MED_E_EUR&worktime=FT&age=TOTAL&sex=T&isco08=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&time=2022&geo=EL

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/greece/
- JSON (the model for Greece): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/gr.json