Interactive tools
These interactive calculation tools show how salary, taxes, employment structures, and cost of living interact in practice. Each tool focuses on a specific part of the system, helping you understand how these elements connect and affect real outcomes.
How income becomes net
Understand how gross salary turns into take‑home income, including taxes and contributions.
Calculate income
Estimate net income from gross salary. This provides a starting point for comparing outcomes across contexts.
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Compare salaries →Tax Composition
Eplore how gross salary is distributed. Tool illustrates how gross income is distributed across the tax system
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Why the same job pays differently across EU →How the system behaves
Explore how income changes as salary increases and how taxes evolve across levels.
Income Curve
Explore how net income and effective taxation change as gross salary increases.
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Calculate net income →Income retention
Explore how an increase in gross income is distributed between net income, taxes, and contributions
Income retention calculation →
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Calculate net income →What income means in real life
Compare where your salary goes further, then see exactly where the money goes.
Real purchasing power
Quickly compare how far your salary goes across countries using cost-of-living adjustment.
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See detailed breakdown → Compare nominal salaries →Your Salary in Real Life
Explore how your income is spent across housing, food, and everyday costs — and what actually remains.
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Start with quick purchasing power comparison →Compare across countries
Compare salary outcomes between countries and employment types.
Compare salaries
Compare income levels across countries using consistent assumptions, highlighting variation between systems.
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Adjust for real value →Work and cost structure
Understand how employment types and employer costs affect total income.
Employer cost
Explore how total employer cost relates to gross and net income, including contributions and structural overhead.
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Compare work structure →Contractor vs Employee
Compare employment and contracting frameworks and how they affect net outcomes and cost structures.
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View employer cost →How the tools relate
Each tool focuses on a specific part of the system. Used together, they provide a clearer view of how income, employment structures, and cost environments interact across contexts.
Results are based on simplified models and are intended to illustrate relationships rather than provide precise or personalised outcomes.