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Brutto/Netto Calculator

Estimate your German net salary from gross: income tax (Lohnsteuer), solidarity surcharge, church tax and the four social insurance contributions. Core figures are always in euros.

Your income

Affects the long-term care insurance rate (discount from the 2nd child under 25).
Adds the 0.6% childless surcharge to long-term care insurance.

Your net salary

Gross Brutto
Income tax Lohnsteuer
Solidarity surcharge Soli
Church tax Kirchensteuer
Pension insurance Rentenversicherung
Unemployment insurance Arbeitslosenversicherung
Health insurance Krankenversicherung
Long-term care insurance Pflegeversicherung

Net monthly salary Netto

Enter your gross salary and tax class to see your net.

Add your partner's income optional explore

Optional. Adds your partner's own net and your combined household net. Required for IV mit Faktor, which splits the joint tax by each partner's share of income.

Enter your partner's gross to see their net and your combined household net.

Simplified approximation, not the official Lohnsteuer PAP formula. It uses the same piecewise-linear §32a tax approximation as the pension calculator, applies the Grundfreibetrag per tax class (doubled for III, none for V/VI) and a Vorsorgepauschale approximated by your social insurance contributions. It does not account for the Kinderfreibetrag in the tax calculation itself, private health insurance (PKV), or other individual circumstances. Social insurance uses the 2026 employee rates and ceilings. For planning direction, not payroll or filing accuracy.