Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
720 lei
Income Tax
- 46.80 lei
Pension
- 180 lei
Health Insurance
- 72 lei
Total tax
- 299 lei
Net pay
* 421 lei
Marginal tax rate
41.5%
Average tax rate
41.5%
58.5%
Net pay
41.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
421 lei
Net pay
16.20 lei
Tax the employer pays
299 lei
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
315 lei
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 16.20 lei to pay you 720 lei. In other words, every time you spend 10 lei of your hard-earned money, 4.38 lei goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.5% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,640 lei a year living in Romania, you will be taxed 3,586 lei. That means that your net pay will be 5,054 lei per year, or 421 lei per month. Your average tax rate is 41.5% and your marginal tax rate is 41.5%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 lei in your salary will be taxed 41.50 lei, hence, your net pay will only increase by 58.50 lei.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 lei bonus will generate an extra 585 lei of net incomes. A 5,000 lei bonus will generate an extra 2,925 lei of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
RON 7892
8.7%
1
Canada
RON 7875
8.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
RON 8640
0.0%
1
Singapore
RON 8640
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
RON 8640
0.0%
3
Pakistan
RON 8588
0.6%
4
Thailand
RON 8208
5.0%
5
Philippines
RON 8106
6.2%
6
Indonesia
RON 7928
8.2%
7
Taiwan
RON 7875
8.9%
8
South Korea
RON 7717
10.7%
9
New Zealand
RON 7613
11.9%
10
Malaysia
RON 7612
11.9%
11
India
RON 7603
12.0%
12
China
RON 7501
13.2%
13
Vietnam
RON 7346
15.0%
14
Japan
RON 7021
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
RON 6843
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
RON 8435
2.4%
1
Brazil
RON 7992
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
RON 7953
8.0%
3
Colombia
RON 7949
8.0%
4
Ecuador
RON 7824
9.5%
5
Guatemala
RON 7812
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
RON 7733
10.5%
7
Panama
RON 7690
11.0%
8
Peru
RON 7560
12.5%
9
Argentina
RON 7171
17.0%
10
Chile
RON 7119
17.6%
11
Uruguay
RON 7076
18.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Romania, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.