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.

Worked example: with Брутна заплата / месец of 1,300 EUR, this model computes Нето / месец of 1,008.77 EUR. See the full breakdown.

✓ 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

S1 1,300 EUR
Брутна заплата / месец (EUR)1300
Ins Base1300
Осигуровки (13,78%) 179.14
Tax Base1120.86
Данък (10%) 112.09
Нето / месец 1008.77

Every row is computed by the engine from the inputs above. Rows marked ✓ are additionally pinned by a published self-test vector.

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.

Check the arithmetic yourself: how this calculator is verified — the formula behind every derived value, the 2 test cases the engine reproduces, and what the badge does and does not claim. Also available as machine-readable JSON.

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