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See how much of a pay rise reaches your take-home pay, per month or per paycheck, under each country's own tax and contribution rules. 15 countries.

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Your rise in take-home pay per month

$219.84

Out of $312.50 more gross per month · $2,638.12 a year · 2026 rules

You keep 70%Taken on the rise 29.7%
Where you pay tax
Your rise
$

A year, before tax and deductions.

Rise given as
%
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Where you work
Leave as federal only for a nationwide baseline, or pick a state for the full picture.
Pre-tax deductions

Traditional contributions cut income tax but not Social Security or Medicare.

$

HSA, FSA and health premiums taken before tax, per year.

  • New salary

    $78,750.00

    a year, 5% more

  • New take-home

    $5,352.55

    per month

  • Marginal rate now

    29.6%

    on the next unit of pay

2026, United States rates. An estimate from published rates, confirm current figures with the official source.

Where the rise goes, per month
  • You keep$2,638.1270%
  • Income tax$825.0022%
  • FICA$286.888%

What each line takes from the rise, per month

  • Federal income tax$68.75
  • Social Security (OASDI)$19.38
  • Medicare$4.53
  • Rise in take-home pay$219.84

Before and after, per month

Pay before and after the rise, per month
LineAfter the riseChange
Gross pay$6,562.50$312.50
Federal income tax$707.92$68.75
Social Security (OASDI)$406.88$19.38
Medicare$95.16$4.53
Additional Medicare tax$0.00$0.00
Take-home pay$5,352.55$219.84
How much of a rise you keep, by salary
  • Kept of each 100 of rise
How this was calculated

The United States take-home engine runs twice, on $75,000.00 and on $78,750.00, with every other option the same. The rise in take-home pay is the difference between the two results, not a rate applied to the rise, so a taper or a threshold inside the rise is counted where it falls.

Each line in the table is one deduction before and after. A period figure is the annual figure divided by 12 and rounded to the smallest unit of the currency, as a payroll run spreads it.

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How this is calculated

A pay rise is the top slice of your salary, so it is taxed at your marginal rate, the rate on the next unit of pay, not at the average rate your payslip suggests. The calculator runs your country's own take-home engine twice, once on the current salary and once on the salary after the rise with every other option unchanged, and reports the difference in take-home pay per period, the share of the rise you keep and each deduction's change. In goal mode it searches for the gross rise that brings the extra take-home pay you name.

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Both results come from the tax-year dataset listed under Data sources. The guide works a 5% rise on $75,000 and a £10,000 rise across the British allowance taper.

What this does not include

  • Bonuses, overtime and one-off payments, which payroll can tax differently in the month they are paid.
  • Benefits that change with income, such as means-tested credits, childcare support or student aid.
  • Pension or 401(k) contributions set as a fixed amount; a percentage contribution rises with the salary.
  • City and county income taxes in the United States.
  • When the rise starts: a rise from mid-year is part of one tax year and part of the next.

Questions and answers

Short answers to the questions people bring to this calculator, each with the figures to try and, where one exists, the official source to check.

Because the rise is the top slice of your pay, and the top slice is taxed at your marginal rate, the rate of the highest band you reach plus any contributions charged on it. Your effective rate averages in the lower bands and the tax-free allowance, which the rise does not touch. A single American filer on $75,000 in 2026 pays about 18% of the salary in federal tax and FICA but nearly 30% of a rise.

Pay rises after tax: marginal rates and tapers. Why a rise is taxed at your marginal rate and not your average one, a $75,000 rise worked line by line, and where tapers and cliffs take more.

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Changes to the rules

Everything else for this country, on one page: United States: calculators, rates and tax changes.

Data sources

US federal income tax and FICA, tax year 2026IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 inflation adjustments)Due for a check
US federal income tax and FICA, tax year 2025IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 (2025 inflation adjustments)Past its effective period
UK income tax (rUK and Scotland), Class 1 National Insurance and student loans, 2026/27GOV.UKWithin its effective period
UK income tax (rUK and Scotland), Class 1 National Insurance and student loans, 2025/26GOV.UKPast its effective period
Germany: Lohnsteuer (BMF Programmablaufplan 2026), Solidaritätszuschlag, Kirchensteuer and social insurance 2026BMFDue for a check
Germany: Lohnsteuer (BMF Programmablaufplan 2025), Solidaritätszuschlag, Kirchensteuer and social insurance 2025BMFPast its effective period
Canada: federal and provincial payroll deductions, CPP, CPP2 and EI, 2026CRADue for a check
Canada: federal and provincial payroll deductions, CPP, CPP2 and EI, 2025CRAPast its effective period
Australia: individual income tax, Medicare levy, LITO, HELP and superannuation, 2026-27ATOWithin its effective period
Australia: individual income tax, Medicare levy, LITO, HELP and superannuation, 2025-26ATOPast its effective period
Ireland: income tax, USC and PRSI Class A, 2026RevenueDue for a check
Ireland: income tax, USC and PRSI Class A, 2025RevenuePast its effective period
Netherlands: box 1 wage tax, national insurance and tax credits, 2026BelastingdienstDue for a check
Netherlands: box 1 wage tax, national insurance and tax credits, 2025BelastingdienstPast its effective period
New Zealand: PAYE, ACC earners' levy, KiwiSaver and student loan, 2026-27Inland RevenueWithin its effective period
New Zealand: PAYE, ACC earners' levy, KiwiSaver and student loan, 2025-26Inland RevenuePast its effective period
Sweden: municipal and state income tax, grundavdrag and jobbskatteavdrag, 2026SkatteverketDue for a check
Sweden: municipal and state income tax, grundavdrag and jobbskatteavdrag, 2025SkatteverketPast its effective period
India: income tax under the new and old regimes, EPF and professional tax, FY 2026-27Income Tax DepartmentWithin its effective period
India: income tax under the new and old regimes, EPF and professional tax, FY 2025-26Income Tax DepartmentPast its effective period
Sri Lanka: APIT (PAYE) and EPF, year of assessment 2026/27Inland Revenue DepartmentWithin its effective period
Sri Lanka: APIT (PAYE) and EPF, year of assessment 2025/26Inland Revenue DepartmentPast its effective period
Finland: state and municipal income tax, contributions and the work income credit, 2026Laki vuoden 2026 tuloveroasteikosta 1140/2025Due for a check
Finland: state and municipal income tax, contributions and the work income credit, 2025Laki vuoden 2025 tuloveroasteikosta 701/2024Past its effective period
Japan: income tax, the reconstruction surtax, inhabitant tax and social insurance, 2026National Tax AgencyDue for a check
Japan: income tax, the reconstruction surtax, inhabitant tax and social insurance, 2025National Tax AgencyPast its effective period
France: cotisations salariales, CSG and CRDS, and the 2026 income tax barèmeService-PublicDue for a check
France: cotisations salariales, CSG and CRDS, and the 2025 income tax barèmeBOFiP BOI-IR-LIQ-20-10-20250414Past its effective period
Spain: IRPF state and autonomous scales, social security and the 2026 withholding algorithmAEATDue for a check
Spain: IRPF state and autonomous scales, social security and the 2025 withholding rulesAEATPast its effective period
US state individual income tax and employee payroll contributions, 2026Tax FoundationDue for a check

Every document each dataset was read from, its notes and how the figures were checked are listed in the guide's data sources.

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