A decision path, not a generic toolbox
PlainGlobalPay Tools
Calculate, compare, and rank international take-home pay. Start with the decision you need to make, then follow the same OECD-backed figures across every step.
The calculator, country comparison, and rankings cover 3,300+ take-home pay scenarios across all 38 OECD countries, 29 salary levels, and 3 family types. The benchmark adds the retained OECD average-wage context for a local annual salary. See the methodology for the full source documentation and PPP conversion factors.
Choose your next question
Move from a salary to a defensible comparison
Each route uses the same OECD source layers. The order below helps keep a headline salary, a country comparison, and a ranking in their proper context.
Start with a salary
Enter a gross salary and country to see income tax, employee social security, and net take-home at market-exchange and PPP-adjusted rates.
Benchmark a local wage
Convert a local annual wage to PPP-adjusted US dollars and compare it with the country’s OECD average-wage benchmark.
Compare two countries
Put two OECD countries side by side at the same gross salary, including take-home pay, employer cost, and purchasing power.
See the full range
Rank all 38 OECD countries by PPP take-home, effective income-tax rate, employee tax-and-SSC deductions, VAT/GST, and employer cost.
Open a country profile
Inspect a country’s tax-and-take-home breakdown across 29 salary levels and 3 family types.
Popular starting points
What you can measure
Each metric is computed for all 38 OECD countries across 29 salary levels and 3 family types, from the same source layers behind every country page, so a number on the calculator matches the same number in a comparison or ranking.