Guides: the numbers behind every European move
Six practical guides built from official sources and an independent cross-check, covering all 29 Schengen countries. Click a guide, sort the table, and find your country.
Minimum salary for the Blue Card in every Schengen country, with official sources and honest labels.
Read the guide → 💼Take-home pay at €50k, €60k, €70kWhat you keep after tax and social contributions in 29 countries, plus calculators.
Read the guide → 🧓Pensions for migrantsRetirement age, typical pension and what India social security agreements mean for you.
Read the guide → ⚖️Work–life balance by countryWorking hours, paid leave, public holidays and parental leave side by side.
Read the guide → 🧭Job-seeker visas & post-study permitsThe Chancenkarte and every other route to look for work — who really qualifies.
Read the guide → 🛂Skilled vs low-skilled work visasSoftware engineer or restaurant worker: which doors are open, which are closed, and scams to avoid.
Read the guide →Calculators
Type a salary and see what you keep in every Schengen country, ranked.
Open calculator → 🇩🇪Germany net salary calculatorExact 2026 calculation with tax class, children, church tax and health insurance.
Open calculator →Last verified 2026-10-04. Research method: official-source collection for all 29 Schengen countries, then an independent cross-check with Perplexity. Where the two disagreed we used the official source; anything we could not confirm is labelled. See our editorial standards.