Tax, work and everyday law, answered for your country

TrendBite covers the tax, work, benefits and family questions people run into in real life. Each country has its own guides, calculators and downloadable templates, written in the local language and checked against official sources. 10 countries so far.

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Czechia
44 guides · 14 tools · 2 templates
Čeština English
Poland
19 guides · 11 tools · 10 templates
Polski English
Slovakia
13 guides · 11 tools · 8 templates
Slovenčina
Croatia
8 guides · 11 tools · 5 templates
Hrvatski English
Romania
10 guides · 10 tools · 8 templates
Română
Spain
12 guides · 11 tools · 5 templates
Español English
Serbia
5 guides · 6 tools · 7 templates
Srpski
Slovenia
7 guides · 7 tools · 4 templates
Slovenščina
Bulgaria
5 guides · 7 tools · 6 templates
Български English
Greece
8 guides · 5 tools · 5 templates
Ελληνικά English

How countries compare

The same figures side by side across the countries we cover, taken from official national and EU sources. Each row shows when its figure was last checked.

Net salary across Europe: minimum, average and take-home pay compared

At 2026 tax rates, net take-home pay on the average wage is highest in Spain (€1,852) and lowest in Serbia (€1,005) — a gap of about €847, with non-euro figures converted to euro at mid-September 2026 reference rates.

Country	Minimum wage (monthly gross)	Average wage (monthly gross)	Income tax (headline rate)	Net pay at average wage	Updated
Bulgaria	620 EUR	1,444 EUR	10%	1,121 EUR	8 Sep 2026
Croatia	1,050 EUR	1,993 EUR	23%	1,366 EUR	12 Sep 2026
Czechia	920 EUR 22,400 CZK	2,012 EUR 48,967 CZK	15%	1,582 EUR 38,506 CZK	20 Sep 2026
Greece	920 EUR	1,340 EUR	9%	1,057 EUR	6 Sep 2026
Poland	1,101 EUR 4,806 PLN	2,159 EUR 9,420 PLN	12%	1,547 EUR 6,752 PLN	13 Sep 2026
Romania	822 EUR 4,325 RON	1,817 EUR 9,564 RON	10%	1,063 EUR 5,595 RON	8 Sep 2026
Serbia	743 EUR 87,207 RSD	1,392 EUR 163,470 RSD	10%	1,005 EUR 118,014 RSD	10 Sep 2026
Slovakia	915 EUR	1,524 EUR	19%	1,151 EUR	6 Sep 2026
Slovenia	1,482 EUR	2,630 EUR	16%	1,658 EUR	14 Sep 2026
Spain	1,425 EUR	2,462 EUR	19%	1,852 EUR	4 Sep 2026

Sources

Bulgaria (8 Sep 2026): nra.bg , mlsp.government.bg
Croatia (12 Sep 2026): porezna-uprava.gov.hr , mrosp.gov.hr , dzs.gov.hr
Czechia (20 Sep 2026): cssz.cz , financnisprava.gov.cz , mpsv.gov.cz
Greece (6 Sep 2026): e-efka.gov.gr , e-nomothesia.gr
Poland (13 Sep 2026): zus.pl , podatki.gov.pl
Romania (8 Sep 2026): noulcodfiscal.ro , mmuncii.gov.ro , insse.ro
Serbia (10 Sep 2026): paragraf.rs , paragraf.rs , stat.gov.rs
Slovakia (6 Sep 2026): socpoist.sk , employment.gov.sk
Slovenia (14 Sep 2026): fu.gov.si , stat.si , uradni-list.si
Spain (4 Sep 2026): boe.es , sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es

Notice Period by Country — Cross-Border Comparison

As of September 2026, the longest one-year notice is in Czechia and Slovakia (60 days) and the shortest in Serbia (8 days) — a 52-day gap.

Country	Notice at 1 year (days)	Notice at 5 years (days)	Notice at 10 years (days)	Updated
Bulgaria	30	30	30	4 Sep 2026
Croatia	30	60	74	4 Sep 2026
Czechia	60	60	60	4 Sep 2026
Greece	30	90	120	4 Sep 2026
Poland	30	90	90	4 Sep 2026
Romania	28	28	28	4 Sep 2026
Serbia	8	8	8	4 Sep 2026
Slovakia	60	60	60	4 Sep 2026
Slovenia	30	40	50	4 Sep 2026
Spain	15	15	15	4 Sep 2026

Sources

Bulgaria (4 Sep 2026): gpk.caselaw.bg , mlsp.government.bg
Croatia (4 Sep 2026): zakon.hr , gov.hr
Czechia (4 Sep 2026): mpsv.gov.cz , zakonyprolidi.cz
Greece (4 Sep 2026): ypergasias.gov.gr , lawspot.gr
Poland (4 Sep 2026): lexlege.pl , isap.sejm.gov.pl
Romania (4 Sep 2026): legislatie.just.ro
Serbia (4 Sep 2026): paragraf.rs , pio.rs
Slovakia (4 Sep 2026): slov-lex.sk
Slovenia (4 Sep 2026): pisrs.si
Spain (4 Sep 2026): boe.es

Severance Pay Across Europe: Country Comparison

By months of pay, a worker made redundant after 10 years on the average wage receives the most in Spain — about 6.6 months (€16,186) — and the least in Bulgaria, just 1 month (€1,407), a gap of 5.6 months, as of September 2026.

Country	Average monthly wage (gross)	Severance after 10 years	Severance in months of pay	Updated
Bulgaria	1,407 EUR	1,407 EUR	1	23 Sep 2026
Croatia	2,184 EUR	7,280 EUR	3.3	23 Sep 2026
Czechia	2,131 EUR 51,966 CZK	6,394 EUR 155,898 CZK	3	23 Sep 2026
Greece	1,589 EUR	9,534 EUR	6	23 Sep 2026
Poland	2,185 EUR 9,563 PLN	6,555 EUR 28,689 PLN	3	23 Sep 2026
Serbia	1,415 EUR 166,123 RSD	4,718 EUR 553,743 RSD	3.3	23 Sep 2026
Slovakia	1,620 EUR	4,860 EUR	3	23 Sep 2026
Slovenia	2,536 EUR	5,072 EUR	2	23 Sep 2026
Spain	2,462 EUR	16,186 EUR	6.6	23 Sep 2026

Sources

Bulgaria (23 Sep 2026): mlsp.government.bg , nsi.bg
Croatia (23 Sep 2026): zakon.hr , dzs.gov.hr
Czechia (23 Sep 2026): zakonyprolidi.cz , csu.gov.cz
Greece (23 Sep 2026): hli.gov.gr , kepea.gr
Poland (23 Sep 2026): isap.sejm.gov.pl , stat.gov.pl
Serbia (23 Sep 2026): paragraf.rs , stat.gov.rs
Slovakia (23 Sep 2026): static.slov-lex.sk , slovak.statistics.sk
Slovenia (23 Sep 2026): pisrs.si , stat.si
Spain (23 Sep 2026): boe.es , ine.es

Sick pay across Europe — replacement rates by country

Under the rules in force in 2026, ordinary sickness pays the highest share of the reference wage in Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia (80%) and the lowest in Greece (50%) — a gap of 30 percentage points.

Country	Ordinary sickness (2–4 weeks)	Long-term sickness	Unpaid waiting days	Updated
Bulgaria	80%	80%	0	8 Sep 2026
Croatia	70%	80%	0	31 Aug 2026
Czechia	60%	72%	0	3 Sep 2026
Greece	50%	50%	3	12 Sep 2026
Poland	80%	80%	0	13 Sep 2026
Romania	75%	75%	1	13 Mar 2026
Serbia	65%	65%	0	11 Sep 2026
Slovakia	55%	55%	0	9 Sep 2026
Slovenia	80%	90%	0	24 Aug 2026
Spain	60%	75%	3	11 Sep 2026

Sources

Bulgaria (8 Sep 2026): nssi.bg
Croatia (31 Aug 2026): hzzo.hr , zakon.hr
Czechia (3 Sep 2026): cssz.cz , zakonyprolidi.cz
Greece (12 Sep 2026): taxheaven.gr , e-efka.gov.gr
Poland (13 Sep 2026): zus.pl
Romania (13 Mar 2026): legislatie.just.ro
Serbia (11 Sep 2026): paragraf.rs
Slovakia (9 Sep 2026): socpoist.sk , socpoist.sk
Slovenia (24 Aug 2026): zavarovanec.zzzs.si
Spain (11 Sep 2026): seg-social.es , boe.es

Labour Market Tightness Across the EU

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Cyprus had the highest job vacancy rate in the EU at 3.4%, and Romania the lowest at 0.6% — a gap of 2.8 percentage points.

Country	Job vacancy rate	Job vacancies	Occupied posts	Updated
Bulgaria	0.9%	17,432	1,958,520	31 Dec 2025
Croatia	1.4%	15,294	1,108,310	31 Dec 2025
Czechia	1.9%	68,757	3,532,921	31 Dec 2025
Greece	1.2%	25,821	2,113,706	31 Dec 2025
Romania	0.6%	28,733	4,644,892	31 Dec 2025
Slovakia	1.2%	16,677	1,365,943	31 Dec 2025
Slovenia	1.8%	11,642	650,832	31 Dec 2025
Spain	0.9%	131,282	13,869,687	31 Dec 2025

Sources

Bulgaria (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Croatia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Czechia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Greece (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Romania (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Slovakia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Slovenia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Spain (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu

Net Salary Across European Countries

Net earnings are highest in Switzerland (€82,060 a year, 2023) and lowest in Turkey (€8,768, 2023), a gap of €73,292.

Country	Net annual earnings (EUR)	Net monthly earnings (EUR)	Updated
Bulgaria	14,450 EUR	1,204 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Croatia	16,892 EUR	1,408 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Czechia	20,901 EUR	1,742 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Greece	21,498 EUR	1,792 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Poland	19,086 EUR	1,591 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Romania	13,877 EUR	1,156 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Slovakia	18,097 EUR	1,508 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Slovenia	24,276 EUR	2,023 EUR	31 Dec 2025
Spain	27,041 EUR	2,253 EUR	31 Dec 2025

Sources

Bulgaria (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Croatia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Czechia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Greece (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Poland (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Romania (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Slovakia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Slovenia (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu
Spain (31 Dec 2025): ec.europa.eu