SalaryReal helps expats and professionals understand their finances across Europe. We build free, accurate salary calculators, compare investment brokers, and create tools that help people make smarter financial decisions.
Moving to a new country is exciting but financially confusing. Tax systems are complex, broker fees are opaque, and finding reliable information in English is surprisingly difficult. SalaryReal exists to solve this. We verify every tax formula against official government sources, compare broker fees using published fee schedules, and present everything in interactive tools that give you clear, personalized answers.
Every calculator on SalaryReal is built using official tax rates, social contribution tables, and deduction rules published by each country's tax authority. We cross-reference our results against multiple external calculators and real payslips. Our calculators are updated whenever tax rates change, typically at the start of each fiscal year.
Countries we currently cover: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Austria, and Belgium.
Sources include: HMRC (UK), Bundesfinanzministerium (Germany), Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (France), Belastingdienst (Netherlands), Agencia Tributaria (Spain), Agenzia delle Entrate (Italy), and equivalent authorities for all other countries.
Our broker comparisons are based on publicly available fee schedules, regulatory information, and product offerings. We evaluate brokers on trading fees (commissions, spreads, FX conversion costs), platform usability, available investments (ETFs, stocks, bonds, crypto), regulatory status and safety, and suitability for European investors.
We do not accept payment from brokers for favorable reviews or rankings. Our recommendations are based on objective fee data and features. Some links on our site are affiliate links — see our affiliate disclosure for full details.
SalaryReal is independently operated. While we earn revenue through affiliate partnerships with some of the brokers and services we recommend, this never influences our rankings, reviews, or calculator results. We recommend products we believe are genuinely best for our users. If a product with no affiliate program is the better option, we'll still recommend it.
We take accuracy seriously. Our salary calculators are verified against official tax tables and cross-checked with multiple sources. If you find an error in any of our calculators or content, please let us know at [email protected] and we'll investigate and correct it promptly.
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