This table compares gross minimum and average wages, headline income-tax rates and take-home pay at the average wage across the European markets TrendBite covers. Every figure comes from our own net-salary calculators, each built on the national tax and social-security authorities. Local-currency amounts are shown alongside a euro conversion.
At 2026 tax and contribution rates, monthly net pay on the average wage (annual pay ÷ 12) is highest in Spain (€1,902, as of 8 October 2026) and lowest in Serbia (€1,005, as of 30 September 2026) — a gap of about €897.
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| # | Minimum wage (monthly gross) | Average wage (monthly gross) | Income tax (headline rate) | Net pay at average wage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 1,425 EUR | 2,462 EUR | 19% | 1,902 EUR |
| 2 | Slovenia | 1,482 EUR | 2,630 EUR | 16% | 1,658 EUR |
| 3 | Czechia | 919 EUR22,400 CZK | 2,009 EUR48,967 CZK | 15% | 1,580 EUR38,506 CZK |
| 4 | Poland | 1,096 EUR4,806 PLN | 2,149 EUR9,420 PLN | 12% | 1,540 EUR6,752 PLN |
| 5 | Croatia | 1,050 EUR | 1,993 EUR | 23% | 1,366 EUR |
| 6 | Greece | 1,073 EUR | 1,563 EUR | 9% | 1,233 EUR |
| 7 | Slovakia | 915 EUR | 1,524 EUR | 19% | 1,151 EUR |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 620 EUR | 1,444 EUR | 10% | 1,121 EUR |
| 9 | Romania | 810 EUR4,325 RON | 1,791 EUR9,564 RON | 10% | 1,048 EUR5,595 RON |
| 10 | Serbia | 743 EUR87,207 RSD | 1,392 EUR163,470 RSD | 10% | 1,005 EUR118,014 RSD |
Methodology
Figures are drawn from TrendBite's country net-salary calculators, each verified against the national tax and social-security authority linked for that row. Every monthly amount is the annual amount divided by 12: Greece pays 14 salaries a year, so its per-salary figures are multiplied by 14 and divided by 12, and Spain's annual figures are divided by 12; the other markets pay 12 monthly salaries and are not converted. Net pay is the take-home on the local average wage for an employee without children under each calculator's default settings (for example with the basic taxpayer credit in Czechia and a filed PIT-2 form in Poland); for Spain it is based on the national withholding scale, without the regional part. The income-tax column shows each country's flat rate or entry bracket. Serbia's gross minimum wage is calculated back from its statutory net minimum, Romania's is the level in force since July, and Spain's average wage is the statistics office's (INE) figure for 2024. Euro conversions use ECB reference rates of 9 October 2026 for the Czech koruna, zloty and leu and a daily market rate of 11 October 2026 for the Serbian dinar. Employee social and health contributions are not compared as a single rate because each country bundles them differently.
Sources
- Bulgaria (): nra.bg , mlsp.government.bg
- Czechia (): cssz.gov.cz , financnisprava.gov.cz , mpsv.gov.cz
- Greece (): e-efka.gov.gr , e-nomothesia.gr
- Spain (): boe.es , sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es
- Croatia (): porezna-uprava.gov.hr , mrosp.gov.hr , dzs.gov.hr
- Poland (): zus.pl , podatki.gov.pl
- Romania (): noulcodfiscal.ro , mmuncii.gov.ro , insse.ro
- Slovakia (): socpoist.sk , employment.gov.sk
- Slovenia (): fu.gov.si , stat.si , uradni-list.si
- Serbia (): paragraf.rs , paragraf.rs , stat.gov.rs