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# Take-home pay in Latvia

The national median gross salary in Latvia is €1,238 a month (2024). Over twelve months, €14,856 a year, a single person without children pays €1,830 in income tax and €1,560 in employee social contributions and keeps €11,466 a year: €956 a month, 77.2% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €21,321 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% | €10,660 | €888 | €722 | 81.3% |
| 67% | €14,285 | €1,190 | €924 | 77.6% |
| 100% | €21,321 | €1,777 | €1,315 | 74.0% |
| 133% | €28,357 | €2,363 | €1,706 | 72.2% |
| 167% | €35,606 | €2,967 | €2,108 | 71.1% |
| 200% | €42,642 | €3,553 | €2,499 | 70.3% |
| 250% | €53,302 | €4,442 | €3,092 | 69.6% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €10,660 | €888 | €895 | 100.8% |
| 67% | €14,285 | €1,190 | €1,151 | 96.7% |
| 100% | €21,321 | €1,777 | €1,542 | 86.8% |
| 133% | €28,357 | €2,363 | €1,933 | 81.8% |
| 167% | €35,606 | €2,967 | €2,336 | 78.7% |
| 200% | €42,642 | €3,553 | €2,727 | 76.7% |
| 250% | €53,302 | €4,442 | €3,319 | 74.7% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €10,660 | €888 | €895 | 100.8% |
| 67% | €14,285 | €1,190 | €1,151 | 96.7% |
| 100% | €21,321 | €1,777 | €1,542 | 86.8% |
| 133% | €28,357 | €2,363 | €1,933 | 81.8% |
| 167% | €35,606 | €2,967 | €2,336 | 78.7% |
| 200% | €42,642 | €3,553 | €2,727 | 76.7% |
| 250% | €53,302 | €4,442 | €3,319 | 74.7% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by State Revenue Service of Latvia (VID).

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €105,300 | 25.5% | annual taxable income and business income |
| above €105,300 | 33% | annual taxable income and business income |
| above €200,000 | 3% on top | additional PIT rate on annual income above EUR 200,000 |

- Non-taxable minimum: €6,600 a year
- Employee social contributions: 10.5% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 21%; reduced 12%, 5%

## Minimum wage

€780.00 an hour (2026-01-01); €1,622,400 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Latvia (€10,660 to €53,302 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. State Revenue Service of Latvia (VID), Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.vid.gov.lv/en/personal-income-tax-rates
3. CSB Latvia RIG110, CSB Latvia RIG110 — Latvia monthly gross median wages, 2024. https://api.stat.gov.lv/api/v2/tables/RIG110/data?lang=en&valueCodes%5BGRS_NET%5D=GRS&valueCodes%5BINDICATOR%5D=MDWAG_M&valueCodes%5BAllAreaLV%5D=LV%2CLV0001000&valueCodes%5BContentsCode%5D=RIG110&valueCodes%5BTIME%5D=2024&outputFormat=csv&outputFormatParams=SeparatorSemicolon

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/latvia/
- JSON (the model for Latvia): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/lv.json