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by AhtiK 1956 days ago
Which EU countries have net salary in their employment contracts?

Employment contracts in Germany have gross salary (Bruttogehalt), all the social security, healthcare and taxes will be deducted from that amount.

Estonian employment contracts are a bit of a mix: the amount listed is gross (brutopalk), but the employer pays an additional 33+% on top of that gross salary for social security etc.

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That's not completely true, part of the German social security is paid directly by the employer and not deducted from the Bruttogehalt. It's about 15-20% in total.
I used to have when I worked in Poland. Was really surprised, after moving to Germany, people don't seem to care about their net salaries.
Probably because if you maximize the pre-tax salary, except for a few edge cases, the net salary will be maximized too. The difference between the two is largely out of one's control.