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# Take-home pay in Lithuania

The national median gross salary in Lithuania is €1,490 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €17,880 a year, a single person without children pays €2,315 in income tax and €3,487 in employee social contributions and keeps €12,079 a year: €1,007 a month, 67.6% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €28,474 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% | €14,237 | €1,186 | €853 | 71.9% |
| 67% | €19,077 | €1,590 | €1,057 | 66.5% |
| 100% | €28,474 | €2,373 | €1,454 | 61.3% |
| 133% | €37,870 | €3,156 | €1,909 | 60.5% |
| 167% | €47,551 | €3,963 | €2,397 | 60.5% |
| 200% | €56,947 | €4,746 | €2,871 | 60.5% |
| 250% | €71,184 | €5,932 | €3,589 | 60.5% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €14,237 | €1,186 | €1,242 | 104.7% |
| 67% | €19,077 | €1,590 | €1,446 | 91.0% |
| 100% | €28,474 | €2,373 | €1,843 | 77.7% |
| 133% | €37,870 | €3,156 | €2,298 | 72.8% |
| 167% | €47,551 | €3,963 | €2,642 | 66.7% |
| 200% | €56,947 | €4,746 | €3,116 | 65.7% |
| 250% | €71,184 | €5,932 | €3,834 | 64.6% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €14,237 | €1,186 | €1,242 | 104.7% |
| 67% | €19,077 | €1,590 | €1,446 | 91.0% |
| 100% | €28,474 | €2,373 | €1,843 | 77.7% |
| 133% | €37,870 | €3,156 | €2,298 | 72.8% |
| 167% | €47,551 | €3,963 | €2,642 | 66.7% |
| 200% | €56,947 | €4,746 | €3,116 | 65.7% |
| 250% | €71,184 | €5,932 | €3,834 | 64.6% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €83,237 | 20% | — |
| €83,237 – €138,729 | 25% | — |
| above €138,729 | 32% | — |

- Tax-free allowance: €8,964 a year
- Employee social contributions: 12.52% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 21%; reduced 12%, 5%, 0%

## Minimum wage

€6.35 an hour (2025); €13,208 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Lithuania (€14,237 to €71,184 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. Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.vmi.lt/evmi/documents/20142/391008/Nuolatini%C5%B3%2BLietuvos%2Bgyventoj%C5%B3%2Bpajam%C5%B3%2Bapmokestinimo%2Btvarka%2Bnuo%2B2026-01-01.pdf
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=LT

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/lithuania/
- JSON (the model for Lithuania): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/lt.json