Tax comparison
🇫🇷France vs 🇮🇹Italy
At €80,000 gross, the net annual salary is €52,707 in France and €47,393 in Italy, a gap of €5,314 per year. Once each side is put at its own price level, the order reverses: about €53,000 of purchasing power in France against €57,000 in Italy. EXPATRIATION.IO comparison, 2026 tax scales: adjust the gross salary and the household below.
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Comparing taxes: France and Italy
France (country) and Italy (country) have distinct approaches to taxing employment income. On a gross salary of €80,000, the effective total deduction rate is 34.1% in France compared to 40.8% in Italy. That translates to a difference of roughly €5,313 per year in favor of France.
In France, income tax amounts to €10,891 and social contributions add €16,403. In Italy, income tax is €25,255 and social contributions are €7,352.
The net annual take-home is €52,707 in France and €47,393 in Italy. These figures assume a single filer with no children or special deductions. Actual results vary based on household composition, deductions, and specific tax credits available in each jurisdiction.
Equivalent gross and tipping point
At €80,000 gross in France, about €90,700 gross is needed in Italy to reach the same net salary.
That figure answers the same net. For the gross that gives back the same purchasing power, restated at each side's price level, the two answers sit side by side.
Over the €30,000 to €250,000 gross range the ranking reverses at around €238,500: below that level France leaves the higher net salary, above it Italy does.
These figures use the default profile. The Expat Package Report runs the same calculation on your own two salaries and household, and quantifies the gap in euros.
Detailed comparison at €80,000 gross
| France | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross annual salary | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| Income tax (national or federal) | €10,891 | €25,255 |
| Social contributions | €16,403 | €7,352 |
| Total deductions | €27,293 | €32,607 |
| Net annual salary | €52,707 | €47,393 |
| Net monthly salary | €4,392 | €3,949 |
| Effective deduction rate | 34.1% | 40.8% |
Pay compared
On pay itself, the 2022 European Structure of Earnings Survey gives, on one definition for both sides, full-time gross annual earnings averaging €40,603 in France and €38,665 in Italy. The medians, less sensitive to very high salaries, are €33,809 and €31,811. Scope: enterprises with 10 or more employees, public administration excluded. The survey is quadrennial and 2022 is its latest edition.
Breakdown of social contributions
France
| CSG, deductible (6.8%) | €5,345 |
|---|---|
| CSG, non-deductible (2.4%) | €1,886 |
| CRDS (0.5%) | €393 |
| Old-age, uncapped (0.4%) | €320 |
| Old-age, capped (6.9%) | €3,316 |
| AGIRC-ARRCO T1 (4.01%) | €1,927 |
| AGIRC-ARRCO T2 (9.72%) | €3,103 |
| AGIRC-ARRCO CET (0.14%) | €112 |
| Total contributions | €16,403 |
Italy
| INPS (social security) | €7,352 |
|---|---|
| Total contributions | €7,352 |
Examples at several salary levels
| Gross (EUR) | Rate France | Net France | Rate Italy | Net Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €45,000 | 27.7% | €32,554 | 35.2% | €29,158 |
| €80,000 | 34.1% | €52,707 | 40.8% | €47,393 |
| €120,000 | 37.2% | €75,314 | 44.0% | €67,207 |
| €250,000 | 45.3% | €136,732 | 44.8% | €138,057 |
These figures assume a single filer with no children; the tool above lets you adjust the salary and the household configuration (married, 1 to 3 children).
Cost of living
Consolidated cost-of-living index (Paris = 100): Paris 100, Italy 83. This index is derived from official household price levels (Eurostat, World Bank, and the BEA regional price parities), published on a New York base and restated here against Paris. On a gross salary of €80,000, the net amounts adjusted to this index correspond to a purchasing power on the order of €53,000 for Paris and €57,000 for Italy, at Paris price levels.
To go further: the cost-of-living comparison and the city budget calculator.
Sources: France: impots.gouv.fr (DGFiP), tax year 2026 · Italy: agenziaentrate.gov.it, tax year 2026
This tool provides estimates based on public datasets. It is not the opinion of a tax lawyer. Consult a tax lawyer, a chartered accountant or a licensed financial professional before making relocation or employment decisions.
Common questions
This tool provides estimates based on public datasets. It is not the opinion of a tax lawyer. Consult a tax lawyer, a chartered accountant or a licensed financial professional before making relocation or employment decisions.