Germany vs United Kingdom
German social contributions sit 10-15 points above UK National Insurance through most of the range, though the gap tightens sharply past €100,000.
Compare take-home pay →Compare take-home pay between countries
Same role, same gross salary, two different countries, and often a very different amount left over. Every figure here runs through this site's own tax engine for each country.
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Put in your own salary and pit any two of the 22 countries against each other, converted at market rates and run through both tax systems.
France vs Germany
France's high-tax name is misleading; French workers usually keep more than German ones at the same gross, right up to about €120,000.
Compare take-home pay →New Zealand vs Australia
Australia pays more and taxes less at every level, the real force behind the trans-Tasman brain drain.
Compare take-home pay →Netherlands vs Belgium
Belgium carries one of the OECD's heaviest tax wedges, so the Netherlands wins comfortably everywhere, all the more with the 30% ruling.
Compare take-home pay →United Kingdom vs Ireland
Ireland leads at lower salaries on its tax credits, but USC lets the UK pull ahead above roughly €70,000.
Compare take-home pay →United States vs United Kingdom
On federal tax the US looks far better than the UK, but state income tax can rewrite it and close the gap.
Compare take-home pay →United States vs Canada
Both figures are federal-only, so the real winner rides on the US state and Canadian province you choose.
Compare take-home pay →United Kingdom vs Canada
Canada's federal-only figures look strong, but provincial tax, Quebec against Alberta especially, moves the answer a lot.
Compare take-home pay →United Kingdom vs Australia
Australia wins clearly at every level, one of the genuine money reasons behind UK-to-Australia skilled migration.
Compare take-home pay →Germany vs Austria
Near twins on paper, until Austria's 13th and 14th salary treatment quietly nudges it ahead over a full year.
Compare take-home pay →Denmark vs Sweden
Denmark wears the world's-highest-tax reputation, yet Sweden actually keeps more at every level shown here.
Compare take-home pay →Norway vs Sweden
Norway's oil-fund-backed system leaves noticeably more than Sweden at every level; here is why.
Compare take-home pay →Italy vs Germany
Italy keeps more take-home than Germany at every level, despite Germany's more efficient reputation.
Compare take-home pay →Ireland vs United States
On federal tax the US looks higher, but Irish USC and US state income tax both muddy the picture.
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