Minimum wage 2026
Minimum wage in Lithuania 2026
The statutory minimum wage in Lithuania is €1,153 gross per month. A single employee without children takes home €846.97; the employer pays €1,173.41 in total.
Minimum wage in Lithuania 2026
Minimum wage, gross
€1,153per monthTake-home pay
€846.9773.46% · per monthCost to the employer
€1,173.41per month€13,836 a year
Where the minimum wage goes
- Gross salary
- €1,153
- Employee contributions
- − €224.84 · 19.50%
- Income tax
- − €81.20 · 7.04%
- Net take-home
- €846.97 · 73.46%
- Employer contributions
- + €20.41 · 1.77%
- Employer cost
- €1,173.41
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Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage in Lithuania in 2026?
€1,153 gross per month, or €13,836 a year, for full-time work.
How much is the minimum wage in Lithuania after tax?
A single employee without children takes home €846.97 per month: €224.84 in employee contributions and €81.20 in income tax are deducted.
How much does a minimum-wage employee cost the employer in Lithuania?
€1,173.41 per month: the gross wage plus €20.41 in employer contributions.
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Salary calculator Lithuania 2026
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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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Lithuania, per month
Of every 100 of gross salary
Of the next 100 of gross, 50.70 reaches the employee. Headline top income-tax rate in Lithuania: 32% above 60 average wages (€138,729). Marginal and effective rates differ from it.
Where the employer’s €1,173 goes
The 25% and 32% rates apply to aggregated annual income and are settled in the annual return; employers withhold 20% unless you ask them to apply the higher rates during the year.
Not included: Higher NPD for people with reduced working capacity (disability); Minimum contribution base of one minimum wage (€1,153) for part-time pay below it, and its exceptions; Child-related tax relief announced from 2027 (not in force in 2026).
A calculation under general rules, not individual tax advice.
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Lithuania payroll in 2026 at a glance
- Currency
- EUR
- Salary payments a year
- 12
- Statutory minimum wage (full-time, monthly)
- €1,153
- Headline top income-tax rate
- 32% above 60 average wages (€138,729)
- Calculation complexity
- Low
Questions that change the result
- I pay into the 2nd-pillar pension fund (3%)
- Employment contract
- Employer's accident-insurance group
Frequently asked questions
How much is €3,000 gross a month in Lithuania after tax?
A single employee with no children earning €3,000 gross a month in Lithuania takes home about €1,815 net under 2026 rules: €585 goes to employee social contributions and €600 to income tax. The employer pays €53 on top, so the total employer cost is €3,053.
How much does an employee cost an employer in Lithuania?
On a gross salary of €3,000 a month the employer pays €53 in contributions, 1.77% of gross, for a total cost of €3,053.
Which gross salary gives €2,000 net in Lithuania?
For €2,000 net a month a single employee needs about €3,306 gross, which costs the employer €3,364.
Are these figures exact?
They follow the general 2026 rules for Lithuania, 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.