🇧🇬 Bulgaria net salary calculator (чиста заплата)
Your Bulgarian net salary is gross minus 13.78% employee insurance (on a capped base) and a flat 10% income tax.
✓ Verified against 2 self-test cases Updated for 2026 · sources checked 2026-08-02
How чиста заплата in Bulgaria is calculated
Bulgaria pairs a modest social system with the EU's lowest flat tax. Employee insurance is 13.78% of gross, capped at a monthly ceiling, covering pension, health, unemployment and sickness. Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026, so all figures here are in euro.
Income tax is a flat 10% on the amount after insurance, so take-home is easy to compute. Child relief is applied as an annual refund. Estimate, not tax advice.
Worked example
| grossMonthly | 1300 |
|---|---|
| insurance | 179.14 |
| tax | 112.09 |
| netMonthly | 1008.77 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the net pay for 1,300 EUR in Bulgaria?
Insurance of 13.78% (179.14 EUR) comes off, then 10% tax on 1,120.86 is 112.09, leaving about 1,009 EUR net.
Is there an income-tax-free amount?
No standard personal allowance for the flat tax, but families claim an annual child relief as a year-end refund.
What happens above the insurance ceiling?
Insurance is only charged up to the monthly maximum base (2,300 EUR from 1 August 2026), so higher earners pay a smaller effective insurance rate.
Sources
Estimate. Not tax advice. The verification badge means the model reproduces the stated formula through 2 self-test cases; the sources support that the formula matches the rules.
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