Gross is the number in the conversation. Net is the number you live on. Put a Malta salary through the deductions, test a pay rise, then decide what the offer means for your life.
Start with annual basic pay. Bonuses and allowances go in separately, so the same money is never counted twice.
Simple explanations, visible assumptions and no black-box verdict.
Confirm whether statutory bonuses, variable pay and the current COLA are included in the quoted amount. Add only what is genuinely outside it. A headline package and a basic salary are not interchangeable.
Annual net divided by twelve is useful for a household budget. Actual monthly withholding and the timing of bonuses can differ. A 53-week contribution year, changing pay or tax credits can also affect payroll.
The new child-related rates have child-age, custody and nationality or long-term-residence conditions. Standard married computation is not automatically the right calculation for each spouse separately. Read the MTCA tables or ask payroll.
Compare the extra gross with the extra take-home pay. Then compare the role itself: scope, location, working hours and progression. There is no single salary that makes every Malta lifestyle affordable.
Full-year, 52 contribution-week planning estimate, not an FSS payslip. Class 1 is calculated on basic pay, with weekly contributions rounded to cents. Ordinary tax applies to the selected chargeable-income amount. No non-resident, self-employed, part-year, student, pension-age, preferential overtime or special tax-scheme computation.
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The headline shows employee take-home pay. Employer social security and Maternity Fund contributions belong to the employer budget, not a deduction from your net salary. Use the Employee Cost calculator for that view.
Most current salary figures already include the current cost-of-living adjustment. Adding it again overstates income. Use the checkbox only when your basic figure excludes it.
Only if the applicable legal conditions are met. The official tables describe eligibility and the interaction of married and individual computations. This tool does not determine eligibility or optimise a couple's tax return.
The calculator code runs in your browser and does not save or transmit the values you enter. Normal website analytics may operate separately, but this calculator does not put your financial inputs into analytics events or links.
These are dated references, not a live rule feed. Check the latest official documents and your individual circumstances.
FreeMalta provides independent information and scenario tools, not personalised tax, pension, investment, employment or mortgage advice. Results are estimates, not payslips, benefit awards, lending approvals or guaranteed returns. Model snapshot: 4 October 2026. A future budget announcement does not automatically update this calculation.
