Employment Cost Calculator for Greece

Thinking of employing someone in Greece? As with every country, there are costs on top of the gross salary you offer. In Greece, the main one is social insurance contributions, which the employer pays to the Electronic National Social Security Fund (e-EFKA) at a combined 21.79% of gross salary for a standard private-sector employee. That covers the main pension, the supplementary pension, healthcare, and contributions collected for the Public Employment Service (DYPA), which include unemployment insurance. Contributions are worked out on gross monthly earnings up to a ceiling, which is reset each year. For 2026, the ceiling is €7,761.94 a month, so nothing is due on the part of a monthly salary above it, which makes senior hires proportionally cheaper to insure than the headline rate suggests.

Use our interactive employment cost calculator to see the total salary costs in Greece set out above. You can also download a detailed cost breakdown in PDF, which shows the employee’s take-home pay.

In Greece, employees pay social insurance contributions of 13.37% of gross salary, deducted by the employer through payroll and subject to the same monthly ceiling of €7,761.94 for 2026. Income tax on employment income is progressive, from 9% to 44% on the 2026 scale. Lower rates apply to employees with dependent children and to employees aged 30 or under on income up to €20,000. The tax due is then reduced by an annual tax credit of €777 for an employee with no dependent children, which tapers off as income rises above €12,000. The employer withholds income tax from each salary payment. Employees still file an annual income tax return, usually pre-filled by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), where the tax withheld is set against their final liability.