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# Take-home pay in Luxembourg

The national median gross salary in Luxembourg is €58,126 a year (2022). At that salary a single person without children pays €7,680 in income tax and €7,124 in employee social contributions and keeps €43,322 a year: €3,610 a month, 74.5% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €77,844 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% | €38,922 | €3,244 | €2,723 | 83.9% |
| 67% | €52,156 | €4,346 | €3,344 | 76.9% |
| 100% | €77,844 | €6,487 | €4,412 | 68.0% |
| 133% | €103,533 | €8,628 | €5,488 | 63.6% |
| 167% | €130,000 | €10,833 | €6,600 | 60.9% |
| 200% | €155,689 | €12,974 | €7,662 | 59.1% |
| 250% | €194,611 | €16,218 | €9,349 | 57.6% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €38,922 | €3,244 | €3,836 | 118.3% |
| 67% | €52,156 | €4,346 | €4,502 | 103.6% |
| 100% | €77,844 | €6,487 | €5,476 | 84.4% |
| 133% | €103,533 | €8,628 | €6,421 | 74.4% |
| 167% | €130,000 | €10,833 | €7,525 | 69.5% |
| 200% | €155,689 | €12,974 | €8,587 | 66.2% |
| 250% | €194,611 | €16,218 | €10,278 | 63.4% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €38,922 | €3,244 | €3,566 | 109.9% |
| 67% | €52,156 | €4,346 | €4,354 | 100.2% |
| 100% | €77,844 | €6,487 | €5,847 | 90.1% |
| 133% | €103,533 | €8,628 | €7,177 | 83.2% |
| 167% | €130,000 | €10,833 | €8,347 | 77.0% |
| 200% | €155,689 | €12,974 | €9,427 | 72.7% |
| 250% | €194,611 | €16,218 | €11,243 | 69.3% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Administration des contributions directes, Luxembourg.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €13,230 | 0% | — |
| €13,230 – €15,435 | 8% | — |
| €15,435 – €17,640 | 9% | — |
| €17,640 – €19,845 | 10% | — |
| €19,845 – €22,050 | 11% | — |
| €22,050 – €24,255 | 12% | — |
| €24,255 – €26,550 | 14% | — |
| €26,550 – €28,845 | 16% | — |
| €28,845 – €31,140 | 18% | — |
| €31,140 – €33,435 | 20% | — |
| €33,435 – €35,730 | 22% | — |
| €35,730 – €38,025 | 24% | — |
| €38,025 – €40,320 | 26% | — |
| €40,320 – €42,615 | 28% | — |
| €42,615 – €44,910 | 30% | — |
| €44,910 – €47,205 | 32% | — |
| €47,205 – €49,500 | 34% | — |
| €49,500 – €51,795 | 36% | — |
| €51,795 – €54,090 | 38% | — |
| €54,090 – €117,450 | 39% | — |
| €117,450 – €176,160 | 40% | — |
| €176,160 – €234,870 | 41% | — |
| above €234,870 | 42% | — |

- Employee social contributions: 12.95% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 17%; reduced 14%, 8%, 3%

## Minimum wage

€15.50 an hour (2025); €32,240 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Luxembourg (€38,922 to €194,611 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. Administration des contributions directes, Luxembourg, Income tax schedule 2026. https://impotsdirects.public.lu/fr/legislation/LIR.html
3. STATEC Regards 09/24, STATEC Regards 09/24 — Luxembourg national median gross salary. https://statistiques.public.lu/dam-assets/catalogue-publications/regards/2024/regards-09-24.pdf

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/luxembourg/
- JSON (the model for Luxembourg): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/lu.json