Salary calculator for Azerbaijan
Type a monthly salary to see what you take home, each deduction, and what the job costs your employer.
Which sector is my employer in?
- State: public legal entities set up by the state, budget organisations, bodies funded from the state budget or state funds, and companies in which the state directly or indirectly owns 51% or more.
- Oil and gas: SOCAR and the companies in its group, contractors and operating companies under production-sharing and main pipeline agreements, and their subcontractors that earned more than 50% of last year's revenue from them.
- Private non-oil: every other company and individual taxpayer.
The first two groups share one scale: choose “State and oil & gas” in the calculator. The criteria are set by Cabinet of Ministers Decision No 56 of 18 February 2019. Text of the decision
Year
Job
The calculation follows the law texts and is not an official document. Sources and assumptions are on the methodology page.
2,132.50₼
or
85.3% of the gross salary
Show deductions for
Taken from your salary 2026 rules
Total deductions 367.50 ₼
- Income tax 69₼
- Social insurance 236₼
- Unemployment insurance 12.50₼
- Medical insurance 50₼
Where the money goes
Employer's full cost
2,951.50 ₼
Employer pays on top: 451.50 ₼
How it's calculated
We start from the gross salary.
That's the monthly amount in your employment contract, before any deductions.
We set aside the tax-free part.
At your main job the first 200 ₼ is tax-free when pay is up to 2,500 ₼; a personal relief applies at any pay. A second job gets no relief.
We take off tax and insurance.
Income tax and social, unemployment and medical insurance each have their own rate, set by sector and year. What's left is your net pay.
We add the employer's share.
On top of the gross salary, your employer pays its own insurance contributions. Together they make the full cost of the job.
Questions and answers
How much is deducted from a 1,000 ₼ salary?
In the private sector, at your main job, in 2026, 135.00 ₼ is deducted and you take home 865.00 ₼. See the arithmetic.
What is deducted from a salary in Azerbaijan?
Income tax and three insurance contributions: social, unemployment and compulsory medical insurance. The rates depend on the sector and on the size of the salary; all of them are on the salary deductions page.
What is the difference between gross and net salary?
Gross is the amount in the employment contract; net is what reaches you after deductions. A gross salary of 1,000 ₼ leaves 865.00 ₼.
How will my pay change in 2027?
In the private sector the first income tax band becomes 5% in 2027 and 7% in 2028. If today’s other rules stay, take-home pay on 1,000 ₼ would be 849.00 ₼ in 2027 and 833.00 ₼ in 2028 (projected). The other rules follow today’s law.
Why do I sometimes get two gross answers?
Above 2,500 ₼ the 200 ₼ tax-free part ends and take-home pay drops by 5.99 ₼. So take-home amounts from 2,126.51 ₼ to 2,132.50 ₼ match two gross salaries. More on the 2,500 ₼ threshold.