Enter a Romanian salary and this calculator applies the flat 10% income tax and the two employee contributions, pension (CAS) at 25% and health (CASS) at 10%. It shows each deduction and the monthly take-home figure.
Income tax and employee contributions, 2026 rates.
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Estimates for a single employee with standard allowances, calculated in your browser. Rates checked October 2026. Not tax advice.
Romania keeps its salary tax simple on paper: a flat 10% with no bands. In law the 10% applies to what is left after your pension and health contributions and a personal deduction. This calculator applies the 10% to the full gross salary, so treat the income tax figure as an upper bound; the real payroll figure is lower.
The heavy deductions are the contributions, and in Romania the employee pays them: CAS pension at 25% of gross pay and CASS health at 10%, 35% combined, with no ceiling on either. The personal deduction that payroll applies depends on your income and dependants and phases out as pay rises; it is worth up to roughly RON 600 a month at low pay and is not modelled here, which also pushes the modelled tax up at lower salaries. Your employer pays a separate 2.25% work insurance contribution (CAM) on top of your salary; it does not come out of your pay.
| Taxable income band | Rate |
|---|---|
| Up to lei0 | 10% |
Bands apply to taxable income — what is left after any allowance.
| Gross salary | Income tax | Social | Take-home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lei120,000 | lei12,000 | lei42,000 | lei66,000 | 45.0% |
| lei240,000 | lei24,000 | lei84,000 | lei132,000 | 45.0% |
| lei480,000 | lei48,000 | lei168,000 | lei264,000 | 45.0% |
| lei960,000 | lei96,000 | lei336,000 | lei528,000 | 45.0% |
On lei240,000 a year, take-home pay in Romania is lei132,000 — about lei11,000 a month — after lei24,000 in income tax and lei84,000 in social contributions. Salary levels are the local equivalents of US$25,000 / $50,000 / $100,000 / $200,000 at the ECB reference rate of 28 October 2026, rounded.
| Contribution | Rate | Applies from | Applies up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pension contribution (CAS) | 25% | First lei0 | No cap |
| Health contribution (CASS) | 10% | First lei0 | No cap |
Employee side only. Employer contributions, where a country charges them, do not come out of your pay and are not in these results.
The same salary under both tax systems, worked through at several income levels.
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