Salary calculator France 2026: salaire brut en net

Figures for a single non-cadre private-sector employee with no children in 2026, statutory contributions only (no mutuelle or prévoyance) and income tax with the latest official barème.

Amounts are rounded to whole units; type any salary into the calculator above for the exact figure and your own options.

French payslips take off employee social contributions first. The largest are the CSG (9.2%) and CRDS (0.5%), charged on almost all of your gross pay, then the state pension (assurance vieillesse) and the AGIRC-ARRCO supplementary pension, which have a lower rate up to the monthly ceiling of €4,005 and a higher one above it. Health and unemployment insurance cost employees nothing: the employer pays them.

What is left is your net pay before income tax (net à payer avant impôt). Your employer then deducts income tax at your personal rate (prélèvement à la source), which gives the net paid into your account.

• Cadres pay the same statutory contributions plus a small APEC contribution (0.024%). Other differences on a real payslip, such as prévoyance, mutuelle or supplementary pension schemes, depend on the employer's contract and are not included here.
• Your net taxable pay (net imposable) is higher than your net pay because the non-deductible part of the CSG (2.4%) and the CRDS are taxed.

Income tax is charged on the household's taxable income. From your net taxable pay a 10% allowance for work expenses is taken off (at most €14,555), the result is divided by the household's parts (1 for a single person, 2 for a couple, plus half a part for each of the first two children and one for each further child), the barème is applied to one part and the tax multiplied back. The saving from children is capped at €1,807 per half part, and small tax bills are reduced by the décote.

The tax on 2026 income will use the barème set by the loi de finances pour 2027, which is not yet known. This calculator uses the latest official barème, the one for 2025 income (nothing up to €11,600 per part, then 11%, 30% and up to 45%). The barème is usually indexed to inflation each year, so the final tax on 2026 income may differ slightly from this estimate.

Net taxable pay (net imposable) adds the non-deductible 2.4% CSG and the CRDS back to your net pay, because they are taxed. Mutuelle and prévoyance contributions depend on your employer's contract and are not included.

The barème applies to taxable income divided by the household's parts, and the result is multiplied back. Taxable salary income is net taxable pay minus a 10% allowance for work expenses (at least €509, at most €14,555 per person). The barème for 2026 income will be set by the loi de finances pour 2027.

The tax saved by children is capped at €1,807 per half-part (€4,262 for the first child of a single parent). A décote reduces small tax bills: €897 (single) or €1,483 (couple) minus 45.25% of the tax, when the tax is under €1,982 or €3,277.

Tax year 2026 (1 January to 31 December 2026). Every rate and threshold on this page was last checked on 23 September 2026 against the official sources below; the calculator, the tables and the figures in the text all come from the same data.

This is an estimate to help you plan, not financial or tax advice. Your employer, your tax authority and your own circumstances decide what you actually pay.

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Sources: Service-Public: cotisations salariales, salarié du secteur privé (checked 2026-09-23); Service-Public: plafond de la sécurité sociale 2026 (checked 2026-09-23); AGIRC-ARRCO: calculer les cotisations de retraite complémentaire (checked 2026-09-23); Service-Public: barème de l'impôt sur le revenu (checked 2026-09-23); economie.gouv.fr: calculer votre impôt d'après le barème (checked 2026-09-23); BOFiP: décote (BOI-IR-LIQ-20-20-30) (checked 2026-09-23); Service-Public: déduction forfaitaire de 10% pour frais professionnels (checked 2026-09-23)

1. Type your gross salary and choose whether it is per year, month or hour (35 hours a week by default).
2. Choose non-cadre or cadre, and your household: single, married or PACS (add your partner's net taxable pay), or single parent, with your number of dependent children.
3. Read your net pay after income tax a year and a month, with the breakdown of contributions and tax; the notes show your net taxable pay (net imposable) and net pay before tax.