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A €70,000 gross salary in Austria goes up to €107,476 when you add all mandatory employer costs. In Romania, it rises to just €72,975. Yes, the difference can be that striking. Our 2026 report breaks down total employer cost, net pay, and every contribution across 36 European countries. Get the full picture before you commit to new hire

On a €70,000 salary, take-home pay across Europe runs from €33,645 to €60,935. Same contract, nearly €27,000 apart depending on the country. Our 2026 report shows what employees actually take home in 36 EU countries, and what it costs your company to get them there.

On a €70,000 salary, take-home pay across Europe runs from €33,645 to €60,935. Same contract, nearly €27,000 apart depending on the country. Our 2026 report shows what employees actually take home in 36 EU countries, and what it costs your company to get them there.

A $78,257 gross salary becomes $120,150 in Austria once employer taxes are added. In Romania, it's $81,568. Same gross number, but different country, and therefore a different story. Our 2026 report breaks down total employer cost, net pay, and every contribution across 36 European countries. Download the full report and start planning better for your next hires.

We just published our 2026 report on employment costs in APAC. Something that has emerged from the data: the markets that are most attractive for distributed teams are not always the ones that look most attractive on a salary benchmark. Take Vietnam. The employer contribution rate at local developer salary is 22.9% — second highest in the region after China. But because contributions are capped, the same rate drops to 13.8% on a $40,000 harmonised salary. The cap means the more you pay someone, the lower your effective contribution rate. Senior hires get proportionally less expensive as the salary rises. Hong Kong does the same thing. On a local developer salary of $70,398, the employers MPF rate is 3.8%. Below the cap, the full 5.5% applies. So a market that looks like a high-cost headquarters hub is actually one of the most structurally efficient places in the region to employ senior technical talent. This is the kind of thing that doesn't show up in a cost-of-living comparison or a salary guide. It only shows up when you model the full employment cost — what you actually pay, not just what you offer. This kind of data is key for making strategic decisions on where to hire. We have covered 18 APAC markets in the report. The full breakdown is free to read – link in comments. I’ll be sharing findings from comparisons to our European report in coming weeks.

Comparing markets one browser tab at a time is nobody's idea of planning season. We did that part for you. Total cost, employer contributions, deductions, real take-home pay, and how much you spend for every euro an individual actually receives, across 36 European countries, benchmarked for 2026. A single reference to plan next year's roles around.