What your first hire in Europe really costs

Your salary offer is the smaller number. Pick a country to see the full yearly cost, and which providers can employ the person for you.

Hiring in Spain on €60,000? You pay €60,000 €79,290 a year.

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One €60,000 salary, five countries

The light part of each bar is the salary, the dark part is what you pay on top. Tap a country for its providers, rules and the cost line by line.

  1. Ireland€67,740+13%
  2. Netherlands€69,366+16%
  3. Poland€72,288+20%
  4. Germany€72,780+21%
  5. Spain€79,290+32%