Your payslip, explained · 2026

Czech net salary calculator

How much of your gross salary reaches your bank account? Enter your salary and tax credits to see your take-home pay, deductions and the cost of your work to the company.

HPP · 2026

Set up your salary

Gross base salary / monthKč Regular gross bonus / monthKč Hours worked / monthh

The bonus is added to every monthly salary. Do not average a one-off annual bonus here: actual deductions depend on the payment month.

I have signed the taxpayer declarationBasic tax credit of CZK 2,570 per month, at only one employer at a time.

My monthly tax credits Number of children I claimchildren

Uses first, second and further-child credits in that order, without disabled-child enhancement. The other parent must not claim the same children.

Disability tax credit I hold a ZTP/P disability cardTax credit of CZK 1,345 per month.

Health insurance and exemptions

I am exempt from the health insurance minimumFor example, someone insured by the state for the whole month. Otherwise salaries below CZK 22,400 include the employee’s top-up to minimum health insurance.

Take-home pay / month

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After insurance, income tax and applicable credits.

Net hourly pay—

Net MD · 8 hours—

A clear breakdown

From gross to net

Gross salary including bonus: —
− Social insurance (7.1%): —
− Health insurance (4.5% + any top-up): —
Of which: health insurance minimum top-up: —
Tax before credits (15% / 23%): —
Personal tax credits used: —
Child credit used against tax: —
− Tax after credits: —
+ Child tax bonus paid: —

The other side of the payslip

What your work costs the company

Total / month—

Employer social insurance (24.8%): —
Employer health insurance (9%): —
Company cost / hour worked: —
Company cost / MD (8 hours): —

The same salary all year

A 12-month projection

January to December at one employer with unchanged inputs, including the annual social insurance cap. Before any annual income tax settlement.

Take-home pay / year—

Company cost / year—

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An estimate for standard insured Czech employment of a Czech tax resident for a full calendar month in 2026. The monthly view assumes no earlier use of the annual social cap; the annual projection applies it month by month. Total health insurance, social contributions and tax advances are rounded up to whole crowns. Company cost estimates one employee and excludes benefits and accident insurance.

Excludes work agreements, small-scale employment, withholding tax on undeclared pay below CZK 4,500, sickness pay, garnishments, non-cash benefits, working pensioners’ insurance discounts, special occupational rates and annual tax deductions. Monthly child bonuses require at least CZK 50 and gross pay of CZK 11,200. Compare housing and commuting in the offer comparison calculator.

2026 rates checked on 16 September 2026: Finanční správa · ČSSZ · Social insurance cap · VZP · Health insurance minimum