Part-Time Salary Calculator by Rechnerzentrale

Full-time gross pay per month

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Your part-time hours per week

Out of 40 full-time hours. Tap to type · drag sideways to adjust.

Full time is hours per week. Tax class , living in , church tax, children.

More details30 years

Age

years

Without children you pay a long-term care surcharge from age 23.

Your part-time net pay

per month

€1,476.84

With 20 instead of 40 hours (50% of the working time) you keep 56.7% of your net pay: €1,476.84 instead of €2,605.50.

Full time (40 hrs)Part time (20 hrs)Gross per month€4,000€2,000Net per month€2,606€1,477Net per hour€15.04€17.05

Net per hour compared with full time+€2.01

Because the tax rate falls with income, part-time work often pays more net per hour.

Part-time gross

€2,000

Income tax and solidarity surcharge

− €88

Social contributions

− €435

Net pay

€1,477

Net pay by weekly hours

The dashed line shows net pay falling exactly in proportion to the hours. Drag the point.

proportionalNet payWhere the curve lies above the dashed line, your net pay falls less than your working time.

What you can do

Working time −50%, net pay only −43.3%
Thanks to tax progression your net pay falls 6.7 percentage points less than your working time.
Transition zone up to €2,000: reduced social contributions – already included here
Go to the Midijob calculator
Less gross pay also means a lower pension
Lower pension insurance contributions lead to a lower statutory pension entitlement.

How this was calculated

Part-time gross pay is calculated from the full-time salary in proportion to the hours.
Tax class and allowances stay the same in part-time work – only taxable income falls.
Net per hour = net pay ÷ (weekly hours × 4.33).