Minimum wage 2026
Minimum wage in Bulgaria 2026
The statutory minimum wage in Bulgaria is €620.20 gross per month. A single employee without children takes home €481.27; the employer pays €737.54 in total.
Minimum wage in Bulgaria 2026
Minimum wage, gross
€620.20per monthTake-home pay
€481.2777.60% · per monthCost to the employer
€737.54per month€7,442.40 a year
Where the minimum wage goes
- Gross salary
- €620.20
- Employee contributions
- − €85.46 · 13.78%
- Income tax
- − €53.47 · 8.62%
- Net take-home
- €481.27 · 77.60%
- Employer contributions
- + €117.34 · 18.92%
- Employer cost
- €737.54
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Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in Bulgaria in 2026?
€620.20 gross per month, or €7,442.40 a year, for full-time work.
How much is the minimum wage in Bulgaria after tax?
A single employee without children takes home €481.27 per month: €85.46 in employee contributions and €53.47 in income tax are deducted.
How much does a minimum-wage employee cost the employer in Bulgaria?
€737.54 per month: the gross wage plus €117.34 in employer contributions.
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Salary calculator Bulgaria 2026
Gross, net or the total cost?
Type any one of the three and we fill in the other two, for all 27 member states, under each country’s 2026 rules. Every line names its legal rate, its source and how far it was checked.
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Bulgaria, per month
Of every 100 of gross salary
Of the next 100 of gross, 77.52 reaches the employee. Headline top income-tax rate in Bulgaria: Flat 10%. Marginal and effective rates differ from it.
Where the employer’s €738 goes
Rules for 2026-10: insurable income capped at €2,300.00 a month (was €2,111.64 until 31 July 2026).
Guaranteed Receivables Fund: 0% (kept at zero in 2026).
Not included: Relief for the employee's own disability (50% or more reduced working capacity); Minimum insurable income by occupation and activity (Appendix 1A); Seniority supplement (at least 0.6% of base pay per year of service): include it in the gross; Voluntary pension and insurance contributions deductible from the tax base; Civil servants and judicial employees: a different employer/employee split of contributions from 1 August 2026.
A calculation under general rules, not individual tax advice.
The same gross elsewhere, single, per month
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Bulgaria payroll in 2026 at a glance
- Currency
- EUR
- Salary payments a year
- 12
- Statutory minimum wage (full-time, monthly)
- €620.20
- Headline top income-tax rate
- Flat 10%
- Calculation complexity
- Low
Questions that change the result
- Dependent children
- Children with a disability of 50% or more
- Born before 1 January 1960
- Employer's work-accident fund rate (by economic activity)
Frequently asked questions
How much is €3,000 gross a month in Bulgaria after tax?
A single employee with no children earning €3,000 gross a month in Bulgaria takes home about €2,415 net under 2026 rules: €317 goes to employee social contributions and €268 to income tax. The employer pays €435 on top, so the total employer cost is €3,435.
How much does an employee cost an employer in Bulgaria?
On a gross salary of €3,000 a month the employer pays €435 in contributions, 14.51% of gross, for a total cost of €3,435.
Which gross salary gives €2,000 net in Bulgaria?
For €2,000 net a month a single employee needs about €2,539 gross, which costs the employer €2,974.
Are these figures exact?
They follow the general 2026 rules for Bulgaria, with every legal rate and its source shown line by line. Personal circumstances, collective agreements and employer-specific rates can change the result, so treat them as a careful estimate, not individual tax advice.