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Only what's actually needed for the calculation — none of it leaves your device.

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Health insurance

2026 average: 2.9% — the exact figure is on your payslip.

Salary

How is your base pay calculated?

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Base gross / month
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Annual gross
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Surcharges and overtime are added in the next step — this base gross is just the starting value.

Other payments

Holiday pay and a Christmas bonus are usually paid once a year, and a bonus often only once — both are taxed differently from regular monthly pay (annual difference method, §39b(3) EStG) and are therefore shown separately in the result. If a payment is instead a fixed part of every month, choose "monthly".

Working hours & surcharges

Enter shifts with date and time — the calculator detects night, Sunday and public holiday hours itself.

Night work · §3b EStG
Sunday & public holiday

If an hour falls on both a Sunday and a public holiday, it only counts once — enter it under just one of the two categories.

Your surcharge rates

Pre-filled with the statutory maximum rates for tax exemption. If your employer pays less, the whole surcharge stays tax-free — if more, only the portion up to the maximum rate is favored.

Overtime
Custom surcharges

For allowances without a statutory §3b cap (e.g. a hardship or dirt allowance) — you specify yourself whether your employer pays it tax- and contribution-free.

Your net pay this month
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Net
Taxes
Social security
Overview
Effective hourly wage
Breakdown

This calculation is an estimate and does not replace a payslip or tax advice. Your actual pay may differ due to your collective agreement, allowances, and your employer's payroll processing.

Tax and social security figures as of 2026 (official wage tax calculation guide of the German Federal Ministry of Finance). SchichtNetto calculates locally in your browser — your salary data is never sent or stored.

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SchichtNetto – The Net Salary Calculator for Real Shift Workers

Working shifts? Then you know the problem: standard payroll calculators just don't work for you. Night shift pay, Sunday premiums, public holiday pay — they don't get it right. SchichtNetto is different. It was built specifically for shift workers and calculates your real net pay — with every premium, taxes and social security included.

Why SchichtNetto?

Why ordinary net salary calculators fall short

Standard tools ignore what actually matters for you: night and shift premiums, Sunday hours and public-holiday overlaps, overtime and how it's taxed, flexible working hours. The result: numbers that don't match your real payslip.

What makes SchichtNetto different

SchichtNetto was built for people like you — security staff, nurses and care workers, shift workers in production and logistics. It automatically accounts for night shift pay (as a percentage or a fixed amount), Sunday hours, public holiday premiums, overtime pay, every common shift allowance, and the correct split between taxable and tax-free surcharges.

Example: what do you actually take home?

Base salary €2,500 gross, tax class I, Bavaria, 173 standard hours a month, including 80 night hours at a 15% premium and 16 Sunday hours at a 25% premium:

Base salary2.500,00 €
+ Night premium (15% on 80 hrs)173,41 €
+ Sunday premium (25% on 16 hrs)57,80 €
= Total gross2.731,21 €
− Taxes & social security731,08 €
Your net pay2.000,13 €

Calculated with SchichtNetto's real calculation engine (tax year 2026) — try your own numbers above in just a couple of clicks. Amounts shown in German number format (comma as decimal separator), matching your actual German payslip.

Who is SchichtNetto for?

SchichtNetto was built for security staff, nurses and care workers on shift schedules, shift workers in production and logistics, drivers and courier services — anyone working nights, Sundays or public holidays, with a lot of overtime, or with rotating working hours. In short: for anyone whose payslip is more than just a base salary.

Full feature list

The calculator covers what you need: every shift premium and surcharge (night, rotating-shift, hardship allowances and more), all 16 German federal states, tax classes I–VI, church tax and your health fund's additional contribution, child allowances, and holiday pay, Christmas bonus and other bonuses.

Your result shows your exact monthly net pay, annual gross and annual net, your effective hourly wage, and a full breakdown of every tax, social security contribution and premium.

Frequently asked questions
Is SchichtNetto safe to use?
Yes. Your salary data stays private — the app calculates everything locally in your browser and stores nothing. There's no sign-up and no server your entries are sent to.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes, SchichtNetto is fully mobile-friendly and works on all common devices and screen sizes.
Is it kept up to date?
Yes — tax rates, social security figures and allowances are updated as soon as the official values for a new tax year are published by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
Is SchichtNetto a tax advisor?
No — SchichtNetto calculates based on statutory figures and gives you an estimate, not a binding payslip. For specific questions, your employer or a tax advisor can help.

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