Cost estimate

Employee Cost Calculator

See roughly the social-security contributions and total cost of an employee for your business, for a salaried employee or a manual worker.

This covers the common case: Private-sector employee – common case (e-EFKA). It does not cover special insurance categories and does not include income tax.

Type of employee

Salaried employeeManual worker (daily wage)

What amount will you enter?

Final gross payBase pay (add seniority / allowance)

The amount already includes every allowance and seniority. Nothing is added on top.

Final gross monthly salary (€)

Also show annual employer cost

Calculation parameters: version 2026.2, last reviewed 2026-10-04. Overtime, severance, special insurance categories and income tax are not included.

What the calculation includes

Employee and employer e-EFKA contributions for the common case of a private-sector employee, up to a monthly insurable ceiling.
Net before tax = gross pay − employee contributions. Income-tax withholding is not calculated.
Total employer cost = gross pay + employer contributions.
Employees use a monthly salary; manual workers use a daily wage and days worked, with different seniority steps and minimum pay.

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