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Payroll calculator
Estimate a monthly pay stub from an annual salary, a tax rate and benefit deductions.
Payroll calculator
Enter your values below and press Calculate to see your result instantly.
Payroll is where an agreed salary becomes three different numbers: what the employee earns (gross), what they receive (net), and what the employer actually spends (total cost). This calculator works all three from salary, tax and deduction rates, for a pay period or a full year.
How to use this calculator
- Enter the gross salary (hourly rate and hours, or a fixed period salary).
- Enter the employee's deduction rates: income tax and any social contributions or pension.
- Enter the employer's contribution rates to see the true employment cost.
- Press calculate to see gross, deductions, net pay and total employer cost.
The wedge between cost and take-home
Employer contributions mean a company often spends 10 to 30% above gross salary, while employee deductions pull net pay below it — the gap between what a job costs and what it pays is mostly taxes and social insurance doing their work. Seeing all three figures at once, as here, is how both sides negotiate with the same facts.