Take-home pay comparisons

Side-by-side take-home pay across two jurisdictions at the same gross. Each comparison runs both tax engines using the published 2025/26 rates and shows the exact net delta.

• UK vs California: take-home pay comparison

  Side-by-side comparison of UK vs California take-home pay at common salary levels — tax bands, marginal rates, and net retention.

• UK vs Germany: take-home pay comparison

  How the UK income-tax + NI stack compares to Germany's §32a EStG curve + Sozialversicherung — at the same gross.

• California vs Texas: take-home pay comparison

  How no-state-income-tax Texas compares to California's 1–13.3% progressive state tax — at the same gross.

• New York vs Florida: take-home pay comparison

  New York's 4–10.9% state income tax against Florida's zero — the canonical East-Coast relocation comparison.

• Germany vs France: take-home pay comparison

  Two of the highest-tax EU countries side-by-side — Germany's §32a curve + Sozialversicherung against France's PAS + CSG-CRDS + Agirc-Arrco.

• Spain vs France: take-home pay comparison

  IRPF tramos vs PAS tranches — how the Iberian and Hexagon income-tax stacks compare at the same brut.

• UK vs France: take-home pay comparison

  British PAYE + NI against French PAS + ~22% combined social charges — side-by-side at the same gross.

• California vs New York: take-home pay comparison

  Two of the highest-tax US states head-to-head — California 1–13.3% vs New York 4–10.9% state income tax.

• Texas vs Florida: take-home pay comparison

  Two no-state-income-tax US states — federal + FICA only. Take-home is identical; differentiation is elsewhere.

• Germany vs California: take-home pay comparison

  Germany's §32a curve + Sozialversicherung against California federal + state + FICA — common cross-Atlantic comparison.

• UK vs New York: take-home pay comparison

  UK PAYE + NI against New York federal + state + FICA — finance and tech-sector relocation comparison.

• Spain vs California: take-home pay comparison

  Spain's IRPF + Seguridad Social against California federal + state + FICA — common remote-tech move.

• UK vs Spain: take-home pay comparison

  British PAYE + NI against Spanish IRPF + Seguridad Social — the canonical retire-to-Spain comparison.

• France vs California: take-home pay comparison

  French PAS + CSG-CRDS + ~22% social charges against California federal + state + FICA — Bay Area relocation comparison.

• Illinois vs Florida: take-home pay comparison

  Illinois flat 4.95% state income tax against Florida's zero — Midwest-to-Florida retire comparison.

• UK vs Texas: take-home pay comparison

  How UK income tax + NI compares against Texas's federal-only stack (zero state income tax) at the same gross.

• UK vs Florida: take-home pay comparison

  UK PAYE + NI against the Florida no-state-income-tax stack — common retirement and remote-work corridor.

• Germany vs New York: take-home pay comparison

  Germany §32a + Sozialversicherung against New York federal + state income tax + FICA — common transatlantic transfer corridor.

• France vs New York: take-home pay comparison

  France PAS + CSG-CRDS + Agirc-Arrco against the NY federal + state + FICA stack — same transatlantic finance corridor.

• Spain vs Germany: take-home pay comparison

  Spanish IRPF + Seguridad Social against German §32a + Sozialversicherung — the largest intra-EU labour migration corridor.