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 rates, net take-home pay on the average wage is highest in Spain (€1,852) and lowest in Serbia (€1,005) — a gap of about €847, with non-euro figures converted to euro at mid-September 2026 reference rates.
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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% | 1,852 EUR |
| 2 | Slovenia | 1,482 EUR | 2,630 EUR | 16% | 1,658 EUR |
| 3 | Czechia | 920 EUR22,400 CZK | 2,012 EUR48,967 CZK | 15% | 1,582 EUR38,506 CZK |
| 4 | Poland | 1,101 EUR4,806 PLN | 2,159 EUR9,420 PLN | 12% | 1,547 EUR6,752 PLN |
| 5 | Croatia | 1,050 EUR | 1,993 EUR | 23% | 1,366 EUR |
| 6 | Slovakia | 915 EUR | 1,524 EUR | 19% | 1,151 EUR |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 620 EUR | 1,444 EUR | 10% | 1,121 EUR |
| 8 | Romania | 822 EUR4,325 RON | 1,817 EUR9,564 RON | 10% | 1,063 EUR5,595 RON |
| 9 | Greece | 920 EUR | 1,340 EUR | 9% | 1,057 EUR |
| 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. Euro conversions use ECB-referenced daily reference rates from the date shown. The income-tax column shows each country's flat rate or entry bracket; net pay is the monthly take-home on the local average wage where our calculator provides it. Spain's statutory annual figures are divided by 12 for a monthly comparison. 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.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