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# Take-home pay in Slovakia

The national median gross salary in Slovakia is €1,281 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €15,372 a year, a single person without children pays €1,436 in income tax and €2,060 in employee social contributions and keeps €11,876 a year: €990 a month, 77.3% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €19,590 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% | €9,795 | €816 | €664 | 81.3% |
| 67% | €13,126 | €1,094 | €858 | 78.5% |
| 100% | €19,590 | €1,633 | €1,236 | 75.7% |
| 133% | €26,055 | €2,171 | €1,614 | 74.3% |
| 167% | €32,716 | €2,726 | €1,992 | 73.1% |
| 200% | €39,181 | €3,265 | €2,348 | 71.9% |
| 250% | €48,976 | €4,081 | €2,887 | 70.7% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €9,795 | €816 | €984 | 120.5% |
| 67% | €13,126 | €1,094 | €1,178 | 107.7% |
| 100% | €19,590 | €1,633 | €1,556 | 95.3% |
| 133% | €26,055 | €2,171 | €1,934 | 89.1% |
| 167% | €32,716 | €2,726 | €2,269 | 83.2% |
| 200% | €39,181 | €3,265 | €2,531 | 77.5% |
| 250% | €48,976 | €4,081 | €3,007 | 73.7% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €9,795 | €816 | €1,027 | 125.8% |
| 67% | €13,126 | €1,094 | €1,262 | 115.3% |
| 100% | €19,590 | €1,633 | €1,640 | 100.4% |
| 133% | €26,055 | €2,171 | €2,017 | 92.9% |
| 167% | €32,716 | €2,726 | €2,352 | 86.3% |
| 200% | €39,181 | €3,265 | €2,615 | 80.1% |
| 250% | €48,976 | €4,081 | €3,090 | 75.7% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Financial Administration / Sociálna poisťovňa.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €43,983 | 19% | — |
| €43,983 – €60,349 | 25% | — |
| €60,349 – €75,010 | 30% | — |
| above €75,010 | 35% | — |

- Non-taxable part of the tax base: €5,966.73 a year
- Standard VAT rate: 23%; reduced 19%, 5%

## Minimum wage

€5.26 an hour (2026-01-01); €10,939 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, and €8,766 after income tax and employee contributions (€731 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. Financial Administration / Sociálna poisťovňa, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.financnasprava.sk/sk/podnikatelia/dane/dan-z-prijmov/fyzicke-osoby/informovanie-dan-prijem-fo
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=SK

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/slovakia/
- JSON (the model for Slovakia): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/sk.json