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Net income per year
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- Net income: €20,51178.9%
- Seguridad Social: €1,6906.5%
- IRPF, state: €1,9027.3%
- IRPF, Cataluña: €1,8977.3%
Compared with a saved calculation
| Current | Saved | Difference |
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The saved inputs are recalculated with the current rates.
Savings per year
Your cost of living is higher than your net income.
Seguridad Social
- Gross salary per monthSpread over 12 months, including any extra payments
- €2,166.67
- Contribution baseLimited to €5,101.20 a month
- €2,166.67
- Your contributions per month6.50% of the base
- €140.83
- Seguridad Social per year
- €1,690.00
What the 6.50% pays for, per month
- Contingencias comunes (4.70%)
- €101.83
- Desempleo (1.55%)
- €33.58
- Formación profesional (0.10%)
- €2.17
- MEI (0.15%)
- €3.25
IRPF taxable base
- Gross salary
- €26,000.00
- Seguridad Social
- −€1,690.00
- Other expensesGeneral deduction of €2,000
- −€2,000.00
- Taxable base
- €22,310.00
When you pay it
- Approximate retenciónYour employer withholds this from each payment
- 14.61%
- Withheld per monthSpread over 12 months
- €316.61
IRPF by bracket
| Taxable band | State | Cataluña | Combined | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €0 to €12,450 | 9.50% | 9.50% | 19.00% | €2,365.50 |
| €12,450 to €12,500 | 12.00% | 9.50% | 21.50% | €10.75 |
| €12,500 to €20,200 | 12.00% | 12.50% | 24.50% | €1,886.50 |
| €20,200 to €22,000 | 15.00% | 12.50% | 27.50% | €495.00 |
| €22,000 to €33,000 | 15.00% | 16.00% | 31.00% | €96.10 |
- Tax on the full base
- €4,853.85
- Less mínimo personal y familiar
- −€1,054.50
- IRPF to pay
- €3,799.35
Your mínimo personal y familiar is €5,550.00. The tax on that amount is credited back, using the same scales.
What this assumes
- You pay the cuota at the minimum base of your tramo. You can choose a higher base up to the tramo's maximum, which costs more and raises your future benefits.
- The cuota is deducted in full from IRPF. The 5% gastos de difícil justificación (max €2,000) applies in estimación directa simplificada and reduces tax only, so no cash leaves.
- Profile changes adjust the minimum and family amounts and the joint return reduction. Regional deductions and deductions for mothers, large families and disability are not included.
- Navarra, Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa use their own tax systems, calculated here for individual returns only. In Álava, the extras for small municipalities and for children aged 6 to 15 are not applied.
- In Ceuta and Melilla, all income is treated as earned there and gets the 60% deduction. The 2026 emergency measures for Ceuta are not applied.
- This income is your only income. Savings, rent or a payroll job would change the IRPF.
- Figures are for a full year, without credits for rent, pension plans or the first two profitable years of a new activity.
- The tarifa plana for new autónomos is not applied.
- IVA is left out because you collect it for Hacienda. The cuota de solidaridad applies to payroll employees, so it does not appear here.
- You work full time for one employer for the full year.
- Contributions stop growing at the maximum base of €5,101.20 a month. Pay above it adds the cuota de solidaridad, of which your share is 0.19% to 0.24%.
- Outside Navarra and the País Vasco, IRPF uses the general €2,000 deduction for other expenses. The extra amounts for moving for work or for disability are not applied.
- Below €20,048.45 of gross salary, the SMI deduction of up to €590.89 is applied, except in Navarra and the País Vasco.
- Profile changes adjust the minimum and family amounts and the joint return reduction. Regional deductions and deductions for mothers, large families and disability are not included.
- Navarra, Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa use their own tax systems, calculated here for individual returns only. In Álava, the extras for small municipalities and for children aged 6 to 15 are not applied.
- In Ceuta and Melilla, all income is treated as earned there and gets the 60% deduction. The 2026 emergency measures for Ceuta are not applied.
- All pay is cash salary, and this is your only income. Benefits in kind, savings or rent would change the IRPF.
- Your employer pays its own contributions on top of your gross salary. So a gross figure does not cost a company the same as the same amount invoiced by an autónomo.
Sources
- UPTA summary of Orden PJC/297/2026: tramos and 31.5% rate
- Agencia Tributaria: casillas 0224 and 0186 for computable income
- Ministerio de Hacienda, 2026: which regional scales and minimums changed
- Ministerio de Hacienda, 2025: scales and minimums by region
- Taxdown: regional scales, Ceuta and Melilla
- Guía Fiscal, Navarra and País Vasco: foral scales and credits
- BBVA and Garrigues: Basque work bonus and simplified regime
- Guía Fiscal: state scale and 2026 validity of the Catalan scale
- Billeo: 5% and €2,000 limit
- Guía Fiscal, Renta de autónomos: reduction for income under €12,000
- Supercontable: 2026 employee contribution rates
- BBVA Mi Jubilación: cuota de solidaridad bands and shares
- Agencia Tributaria: reduction for work income
- Laboral Social: 2026 SMI deduction
- Agencia Tributaria: mínimo personal y familiar
- Agencia Tributaria: joint return reduction
€26,000 gross in each region
An employee with a permanent contract, single and without children, takes home between €20,493 and €22,788 a year from €26,000 gross, depending on the region. As an autónomo with no deductible costs, the same amount leaves between €18,178 and €20,142.
€26,000 gross is €2,167 a month in 12 payments, or €1,857 in 14.
| Region | Employee, net per year | Employee, per payment (14) | Autónomo, net per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceuta | €22,788 | €1,628 | €20,142 |
| Melilla | €22,788 | €1,628 | €20,142 |
| Navarra | €21,289 | €1,521 | €18,775 |
| Álava | €20,862 | €1,490 | €19,867 |
| Bizkaia | €20,862 | €1,490 | €19,867 |
| Gipuzkoa | €20,862 | €1,490 | €19,867 |
| Extremadura | €20,780 | €1,484 | €18,505 |
| Comunidad de Madrid | €20,752 | €1,482 | €18,414 |
| La Rioja | €20,748 | €1,482 | €18,425 |
| Cantabria | €20,705 | €1,479 | €18,378 |
| Comunitat Valenciana | €20,674 | €1,477 | €18,324 |
| Galicia | €20,634 | €1,474 | €18,314 |
| Canarias | €20,618 | €1,473 | €18,304 |
| Región de Murcia | €20,604 | €1,472 | €18,276 |
| Andalucía | €20,570 | €1,469 | €18,252 |
| Asturias | €20,562 | €1,469 | €18,247 |
| Castilla y León | €20,562 | €1,469 | €18,247 |
| Aragón | €20,552 | €1,468 | €18,231 |
| Cataluña | €20,511 | €1,465 | €18,178 |
| Castilla-La Mancha | €20,506 | €1,465 | €18,211 |
| Illes Balears | €20,493 | €1,464 | €18,184 |