Employees in Romania surrender 41.5% of gross salary to state, highest tax burden in EU
Employees without children in Romania keep the smallest share of their gross salary in the EU after paying mandatory taxes and social contributions, according to a Euronews analysis. Roughly 41.5% of gross earnings go to the state, the…
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
· Updated · 2 min read

Employees without children in Romania keep the smallest share of their gross salary in the EU after paying mandatory taxes and social contributions, according to a Euronews analysis. Roughly 41.5% of gross earnings go to the state, the highest percentage in the European Union.
On average across the European Union, taxes and social contributions account for 29.1% of gross salary.


