To attract top tech talent you need to offer 200k per year at least.
A salary like this in Western Europe pays 70% of taxes (UK is the most favorable one with "only" 50%)
A salary like this in Western Europe pays 70% of taxes (UK is the most favorable one with "only" 50%)
As someone who pays tax in one of these countries and manages/recruits people across all Europe (as well as Americas and Asia) I can confirm these calculators are very accurate.
Taxes (incl. pension + unemployment + health insurance and other social contributions) for 200K euros annual salary, for a single, no-dependents employee (the most unfavourable situation)
Spain (1):
Taxes: 81,915 EUR
as % of income: 40.96%
Taxes: 87866.28 EUR
as % of income: 43.94%
Taxes: 86,439.33 EUR
as % of income: 43.22%
(2) https://www.urssaf.fr/portail/home/utile-et-pratique/estimat...
(3) https://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/gehalt/gross_net_calcu...
Quoting fantasy numbers with an air of authority, without sources and using an aggressive/dismissive tone throughout all your comments strikes me as pretty pathetic but, who knows, it might convince others.
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