Gross wage ? Enter your salary before taxes and employee social insurance deductions. You can provide it as a monthly or yearly amount. Period ? Choose whether the gross wage is a monthly or yearly amount. The result panel will use the same period. Accounting year ? The calculator uses the tax and social insurance rules for the selected year.

Tax class ? Select your German wage tax class. It strongly affects wage tax withholding and depends on your marital and employment situation. Federal state ? Choose the German state that applies to your payroll. It matters mainly for church tax and some care insurance rules. Subject to church tax ? Choose Yes if you are liable for church tax. The rate is 8% in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg and 9% in the other states. No Yes Year of birth ? Used to determine whether age-based tax relief may apply in the selected tax year. Children ? Enter the number of child allowances that apply to you. Half-child values such as 0.5 can be relevant in shared custody situations. Further tax allowance ? Enter an annual payroll allowance if one is already registered for your wage tax deduction. Leave it at 0 if none applies.

Health insurance ? Choose statutory insurance for the standard employee path, or private insurance if your payroll uses PKV deductions instead. Additional contribution ? Enter your statutory health insurer’s additional contribution rate in percent. Compulsory pension insurance ? Choose Yes for the standard case where your salary is subject to German statutory pension insurance. Compulsory unemployment insurance ? Choose Yes if your salary is subject to German unemployment insurance contributions. Include care insurance ? Choose Yes if your payroll includes German long-term care insurance contributions.