Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
€ 1,514
Income Tax
- € 178
Social Security
- € 214
Total tax
- € 391
Net pay
* € 1,123
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
25.9%
74.1%
Net pay
25.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
€ 1,123
Net pay
€ 341
Tax the employer pays
€ 391
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
€ 733
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 341 to pay you € 1,514. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 4.84 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.9% tax rate now rises to 39.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make € 18,168 a year living in Greece, you will be taxed € 4,698. That means that your net pay will be € 13,470 per year, or € 1,123 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of € 100 in your salary will be taxed € 33.01, hence, your net pay will only increase by € 66.99.
Bonus Example
A € 1,000 bonus will generate an extra € 670 of net incomes. A € 5,000 bonus will generate an extra € 3,350 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
EUR 15592
14.2%
1
Canada
EUR 13503
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
EUR 17234
5.1%
1
Thailand
EUR 16521
9.1%
2
Australia
EUR 16502
9.2%
3
Taiwan
EUR 16471
9.3%
4
South Korea
EUR 15579
14.3%
5
Pakistan
EUR 15290
15.8%
6
New Zealand
EUR 15284
15.9%
7
Indonesia
EUR 15058
17.1%
8
Malaysia
EUR 14995
17.5%
9
Japan
EUR 14577
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
EUR 14470
20.4%
11
Singapore
EUR 14457
20.4%
12
Philippines
EUR 14297
21.3%
13
Vietnam
EUR 13643
24.9%
14
China
EUR 12813
29.5%
15
India
EUR 12494
31.2%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
EUR 17260
5.0%
1
Qatar
EUR 17260
5.0%
2
Bahrain
EUR 16715
8.0%
3
Oman
EUR 16715
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
EUR 16351
10.0%
5
Kuwait
EUR 16170
11.0%
6
Israel
EUR 15779
13.2%
7
Egypt
EUR 13885
23.6%
8
Lebanon
EUR 13804
24.0%
9
Turkey
EUR 10465
42.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Greece, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.