Each guide runs one ladder of fourteen salaries through a country's tax system — the local equivalents of US$15,000 to US$300,000 — and shows the income tax, the employee social contributions and the take-home pay on every rung. No averages and no estimates of what people earn: just what a given salary keeps.
UK salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels from £11,500 to £226,000, with income tax and employee National Insurance on every rung.
See the ladder →Ireland salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with income tax, the Universal Social Charge and PRSI on every rung of the ladder.
See the ladder →Germany salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with income tax and the four employee social contributions on every rung of the ladder.
See the ladder →France salary tax guide: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the enacted scale, with income tax and employee social contributions on every rung shown.
See the ladder →Netherlands salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the Box 1 bands. Tax credits are excluded, so results are an upper bound here.
See the ladder →Spain salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the combined state and regional scale, with employee social security on every rung.
See the ladder →Portugal salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the nine mainland bands, with the flat 11% social security charge on every rung.
See the ladder →Italy salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the 23%, 33% and 43% IRPEF bands, with employee INPS contributions on every rung.
See the ladder →Switzerland salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels for federal tax plus Zurich canton and city, with AHV and ALV contributions shown.
See the ladder →US salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels from $15,000 to $300,000, with federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare on every rung.
See the ladder →Canada salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, federal plus Ontario tax with CPP and Employment Insurance contributions on every rung.
See the ladder →Mexico salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the 2026 annual tariff, with blended employee IMSS contributions on every rung.
See the ladder →India salary tax guide for FY 2025-26 under the new regime: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with the Section 87A rebate, 4% cess and EPF on every rung.
See the ladder →Pakistan salary tax guide for FY 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the Finance Act 2026 salaried slabs. No employee social percentage to net.
See the ladder →UAE salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels from AED 55,000 to AED 1,102,000. There is no income tax on salary, so take-home equals it.
See the ladder →Saudi Arabia salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels. Employment income is not taxed, so take-home pay equals gross pay on every rung.
See the ladder →Qatar salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels from QAR 54,500 to QAR 1,092,000. Salaries and wages are not taxed, so take-home is pay.
See the ladder →Singapore salary tax guide for YA 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with resident income tax and the 20% employee CPF contribution on every rung.
See the ladder →Malaysia salary tax guide for YA 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the resident scale, with the 11% employee EPF contribution on every rung.
See the ladder →Thailand salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, after the expense deduction and personal allowance, with SSO contributions included.
See the ladder →Japan salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with national income tax, the flat inhabitant tax and social insurance on every rung.
See the ladder →Australia salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with resident income tax and the 2% Medicare levy included in every rung shown.
See the ladder →New Zealand salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with PAYE and the ACC earners levy included. KiwiSaver is not deducted here.
See the ladder →Brazil salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with income tax and the progressive INSS contribution combined on every rung shown.
See the ladder →South Africa salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with PAYE after the primary rebate and the capped UIF contribution per rung.
See the ladder →Tax is mostly set nationally, so a city guide uses the national model that covers the city and states plainly where a state, provincial or cantonal layer changes the picture — and where the page leaves one out.
London salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the England bands. London has no city income tax on top of the national rates.
See the ladder →New York salary tax guide for 2026, federal layer only: take-home pay at 14 levels. New York State and City tax are not included and would reduce it more.
See the ladder →Toronto salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under federal plus Ontario tax, with CPP and Employment Insurance contributions shown.
See the ladder →Sydney salary tax guide for 2026-27: take-home pay at 14 salary levels. Australia has no state income tax, so the national scale applies in Sydney unchanged.
See the ladder →Berlin salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the national German scale, with the four employee social contributions on each rung.
See the ladder →Amsterdam salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the national Box 1 bands. Credits excluded, so the ladder is an upper bound.
See the ladder →Dublin salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the national Irish system, with income tax, the Universal Social Charge and PRSI.
See the ladder →Lisbon salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the mainland Portugal scale, with the flat 11% social security charge on each rung.
See the ladder →Zurich salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels. The model is federal tax plus Zurich canton and city, exactly the layers Zurich charges.
See the ladder →Singapore salary tax guide for YA 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels, with resident income tax and the 20% employee CPF contribution on every rung.
See the ladder →Dubai salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels from AED 55,000 to AED 1,102,000. No income tax at federal or emirate level is charged.
See the ladder →Bangkok salary tax guide for 2026: take-home pay at 14 salary levels under the national Thai scale. Bangkok charges no city salary tax on top of it at all.
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