EU Average Income Stats
Content
Wages and Taxes for the Average Joe in the EU 27
Gross
Salary²
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria§
Cyprus
Czech Rep.§
Denmark
Estonia§⁴
Finland
France³
Germany
Greece³
Hungary
Ireland³
Italy³
Latvia§
Lithuania§⁵
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands³
Poland³
Portugal
Romania§
Slovakia§
Slovenia⁶
Spain
Sweden³
UK
36,673
37,674
2,198
21,310
8,284
48,307
6,798
34,080
31,464
42,382
21,775
7,840
30,329
23,299
5,210
4,830
43,621
11,669
38,701
7,559
15,930
3,713
7,040
13,492
21,150
35,442
44,496
Social
Security
paid "on
top" by
employer¹
11,291
11,501
464
2,131
2,900
262
2,245
7,446
15,713
8,222
6,110
2,720
2,844
6,957
1,255
1,496
4,995
1,167
6,046
1,407
3,783
1,040
2,478
2,172
6,356
11,490
4,807
"Real"
Gross
Salary
(total
employme
nt cost¹)
47,964
49,175
2,662
23,441
11,184
48,569
9,043
41,526
47,177
50,604
27,885
10,560
33,173
30,256
6,465
6,326
48,616
12,836
44,747
8,966
19,713
4,753
9,518
15,664
27,506
46,932
49,303
Personal Social
income
security
taxes
deducted¹
deducted¹
5,573
10,896
191
93
680
15,641
1,065
7,463
4,374
9,188
1,824
1,919
3,836
3,777
836
1,006
6,042
528
5,237
492
1,709
496
564
1,248
1,529
7,090
7,365
6,574
4,875
286
1,343
1,036
3,985
41
2,101
5,146
8,710
3,484
1,333
2,193
2,036
470
145
5,256
1,167
9,703
1,623
1,752
613
943
2,982
1,343
2,481
4,131
Total
deduction
s from
"real"
gross
Total
deduction
s as % of
"real"
gross
Takehome pay
(net
income)¹
23,438
27,272
941
3,567
4,615
19,888
3,351
17,010
25,233
26,120
11,418
5,971
8,873
12,770
2,561
2,647
16,293
2,862
20,986
3,523
7,244
2,148
3,985
6,402
9,228
21,061
16,304
48.87%
55.46%
35.34%
15.22%
41.26%
40.95%
37.06%
40.96%
53.49%
51.62%
40.95%
56.55%
26.75%
42.21%
39.61%
41.84%
33.51%
22.29%
46.90%
39.29%
36.75%
45.20%
41.87%
40.87%
33.55%
44.88%
33.07%
24,526
21,903
1,721
19,874
6,569
28,681
5,692
24,516
21,944
24,484
16,467
4,589
24,300
17,486
3,905
3,679
32,323
9,974
23,761
5,443
12,469
2,604
5,533
9,262
18,278
25,871
32,999
Estimated In-pocket 2009 VAT
rent (35% after rent Rate
of net
income)
8,584
7,666
602
6,956
2,299
10,038
1,992
8,581
7,680
8,569
5,763
1,606
8,505
6,120
1,367
1,288
11,313
3,491
8,316
1,905
4,364
912
1,936
3,242
6,397
9,055
11,550
15,942
14,237
1,119
12,918
4,270
18,643
3,700
15,935
14,264
15,915
10,704
2,983
15,795
11,366
2,538
2,391
21,010
6,483
15,445
3,538
8,105
1,693
3,596
6,020
11,881
16,816
21,449
Footnotes
§ "Flat Tax" country
¹ Calculated by Ernst & Young from the Gross Salary figures provided
² Unless noted otherwise, figure is 2006 "average gross annual earnings in industry and services" from Eurostat
³ Gross Salary figure from OECD's "Taxing Wages 2005/6"
⁴ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistics Estonia database (pub.stat.ee)
¹
⁵ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistikos Departamentas Prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybés (db1.stat.gov.lt)
⁶ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (stat.si)
all figures in EUR
20.0%
21.0%
20.0%
15.0%
19.0%
25.0%
18.0%
22.0%
19.6%
19.0%
19.0%
20.0%
21.5%
20.0%
21.0%
19.0%
15.0%
18.0%
19.0%
22.0%
20.0%
19.0%
19.0%
20.0%
16.0%
25.0%
15.0%
VAT
applied to
50% of inpocket
Real net
after
payroll
taxes and
VAT
Total
taxes paid
on "real"
gross
Total
taxes paid
as % of
"real"
gross
1,594
1,495
112
969
406
2,330
333
1,753
1,398
1,512
1,017
298
1,698
1,137
266
227
1,576
583
1,467
389
810
161
342
602
950
2,102
1,609
22,932
20,408
1,609
18,905
6,163
26,351
5,359
22,763
20,546
22,972
15,450
4,290
22,602
16,349
3,638
3,452
30,747
9,391
22,294
5,054
11,659
2,444
5,191
8,660
17,328
23,769
31,390
25,032
28,767
1,053
4,536
5,020
22,218
3,684
18,763
26,631
27,632
12,435
6,269
10,571
13,907
2,827
2,874
17,869
3,445
22,453
3,912
8,054
2,309
4,327
7,004
10,178
23,163
17,913
52.2%
58.5%
39.5%
19.4%
44.9%
45.7%
40.7%
45.2%
56.4%
54.6%
44.6%
59.4%
31.9%
46.0%
43.7%
45.4%
36.8%
26.8%
50.2%
43.6%
40.9%
48.6%
45.5%
44.7%
37.0%
49.4%
36.3%
Related Story
(English)
Calendar
days
represent
ed by line
above
Hypotheti
cal "Tax
Freedom
Day"
"Tax
Freedom
Day" rank
(earliest to
latest)
190
10 Jul
214
03 Aug
144
25 May
71
13 Mar
164
14 Jun
167
17 Jun
149
30 May
165
15 Jun
206
26 Jul
199
19 Jul
163
13 June
217 06 August
116
27 Apr
168
18 Jun
160
10 Jun
166
16 Jun
134
15 May
98
09 Apr
183
03 Jul
159
09 Jun
149
30 May
177
27 Jun
166
16 Jun
163
13 Jun
135
16 May
180
30 Jun
133
13 May
23
26
7
1
14
18
8
15
25
24
12
27
3
19
11
16
5
2
22
10
8
20
16
12
6
21
4
version française
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria§
Cyprus
Czech Rep.§
Denmark
Estonia§⁴
Finland
France³
Germany
Greece³
Hungary
Ireland³
Italy³
Latvia§
Lithuania§⁵
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands³
Poland³
Portugal
Romania§
Slovakia§
Slovenia⁶
Spain
Sweden³
UK
Gross
Salary²
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria§
Cyprus
Czech Rep.§
Denmark
Estonia§⁴
Finland
France³
Germany
Greece³
Hungary
Ireland³
Italy³
Latvia§
Lithuania§⁵
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands³
Poland³
Portugal
Romania§
Slovakia§
Slovenia⁶
Spain
Sweden³
UK
36,673
37,674
2,198
21,310
8,284
48,307
6,798
34,080
31,464
42,382
21,775
7,840
30,329
23,299
5,210
4,830
43,621
11,669
38,701
7,559
15,930
3,713
7,040
13,492
21,150
35,442
44,496
Social
Security
paid "on
top" by
employer¹
11,291
11,501
464
2,131
2,900
262
2,245
7,446
15,713
8,222
6,110
2,720
2,844
6,957
1,255
1,496
4,995
1,167
6,046
1,407
3,783
1,040
2,478
2,172
6,356
11,490
4,807
"Real"
Gross
Salary
(total
employme
nt cost¹)
47,964
49,175
2,662
23,441
11,184
48,569
9,043
41,526
47,177
50,604
27,885
10,560
33,173
30,256
6,465
6,326
48,616
12,836
44,747
8,966
19,713
4,753
9,518
15,664
27,506
46,932
49,303
Personal Social
income
security
taxes
deducted¹
deducted¹
5,573
10,896
191
93
680
15,641
1,065
7,463
4,374
9,188
1,824
1,919
3,836
3,777
836
1,006
6,042
528
5,237
492
1,709
496
564
1,248
1,529
7,090
7,365
6,574
4,875
286
1,343
1,036
3,985
41
2,101
5,146
8,710
3,484
1,333
2,193
2,036
470
145
5,256
1,167
9,703
1,623
1,752
613
943
2,982
1,343
2,481
4,131
Total
deduction
s from
"real"
gross
Total
deduction
s as % of
"real"
gross
Takehome pay
(net
income)¹
23,438
27,272
941
3,567
4,615
19,888
3,351
17,010
25,233
26,120
11,418
5,971
8,873
12,770
2,561
2,647
16,293
2,862
20,986
3,523
7,244
2,148
3,985
6,402
9,228
21,061
16,304
48.87%
55.46%
35.34%
15.22%
41.26%
40.95%
37.06%
40.96%
53.49%
51.62%
40.95%
56.55%
26.75%
42.21%
39.61%
41.84%
33.51%
22.29%
46.90%
39.29%
36.75%
45.20%
41.87%
40.87%
33.55%
44.88%
33.07%
24,526
21,903
1,721
19,874
6,569
28,681
5,692
24,516
21,944
24,484
16,467
4,589
24,300
17,486
3,905
3,679
32,323
9,974
23,761
5,443
12,469
2,604
5,533
9,262
18,278
25,871
32,999
Estimated In-pocket 2009 VAT
rent (35% after rent Rate
of net
income)
8,584
7,666
602
6,956
2,299
10,038
1,992
8,581
7,680
8,569
5,763
1,606
8,505
6,120
1,367
1,288
11,313
3,491
8,316
1,905
4,364
912
1,936
3,242
6,397
9,055
11,550
15,942
14,237
1,119
12,918
4,270
18,643
3,700
15,935
14,264
15,915
10,704
2,983
15,795
11,366
2,538
2,391
21,010
6,483
15,445
3,538
8,105
1,693
3,596
6,020
11,881
16,816
21,449
Footnotes
§ "Flat Tax" country
¹ Calculated by Ernst & Young from the Gross Salary figures provided
² Unless noted otherwise, figure is 2006 "average gross annual earnings in industry and services" from Eurostat
³ Gross Salary figure from OECD's "Taxing Wages 2005/6"
⁴ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistics Estonia database (pub.stat.ee)
¹
⁵ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistikos Departamentas Prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybés (db1.stat.gov.lt)
⁶ Average 2006 wage in manufacturing sector from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (stat.si)
all figures in EUR
20.0%
21.0%
20.0%
15.0%
19.0%
25.0%
18.0%
22.0%
19.6%
19.0%
19.0%
20.0%
21.5%
20.0%
21.0%
19.0%
15.0%
18.0%
19.0%
22.0%
20.0%
19.0%
19.0%
20.0%
16.0%
25.0%
15.0%
VAT
applied to
50% of inpocket
Real net
after
payroll
taxes and
VAT
Total
taxes paid
on "real"
gross
Total
taxes paid
as % of
"real"
gross
1,594
1,495
112
969
406
2,330
333
1,753
1,398
1,512
1,017
298
1,698
1,137
266
227
1,576
583
1,467
389
810
161
342
602
950
2,102
1,609
22,932
20,408
1,609
18,905
6,163
26,351
5,359
22,763
20,546
22,972
15,450
4,290
22,602
16,349
3,638
3,452
30,747
9,391
22,294
5,054
11,659
2,444
5,191
8,660
17,328
23,769
31,390
25,032
28,767
1,053
4,536
5,020
22,218
3,684
18,763
26,631
27,632
12,435
6,269
10,571
13,907
2,827
2,874
17,869
3,445
22,453
3,912
8,054
2,309
4,327
7,004
10,178
23,163
17,913
52.2%
58.5%
39.5%
19.4%
44.9%
45.7%
40.7%
45.2%
56.4%
54.6%
44.6%
59.4%
31.9%
46.0%
43.7%
45.4%
36.8%
26.8%
50.2%
43.6%
40.9%
48.6%
45.5%
44.7%
37.0%
49.4%
36.3%
Related Story
(English)
Calendar
days
represent
ed by line
above
Hypotheti
cal "Tax
Freedom
Day"
"Tax
Freedom
Day" rank
(earliest to
latest)
190
10 Jul
214
03 Aug
144
25 May
71
13 Mar
164
14 Jun
167
17 Jun
149
30 May
165
15 Jun
206
26 Jul
199
19 Jul
163
13 June
217 06 August
116
27 Apr
168
18 Jun
160
10 Jun
166
16 Jun
134
15 May
98
09 Apr
183
03 Jul
159
09 Jun
149
30 May
177
27 Jun
166
16 Jun
163
13 Jun
135
16 May
180
30 Jun
133
13 May
23
26
7
1
14
18
8
15
25
24
12
27
3
19
11
16
5
2
22
10
8
20
16
12
6
21
4
version française
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria§
Cyprus
Czech Rep.§
Denmark
Estonia§⁴
Finland
France³
Germany
Greece³
Hungary
Ireland³
Italy³
Latvia§
Lithuania§⁵
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands³
Poland³
Portugal
Romania§
Slovakia§
Slovenia⁶
Spain
Sweden³
UK
