> I don't know anyone who calls take-home (net) pay gross salary in Europe. I have lived and worked in multiple countries.
That is not what I am saying...
There are basically 3 stages of income in Europe: employer gross -> employee gross -> employee net.
Most Europeans refer to employee gross as simply “gross”. There are still the employee contribution part to be deducted before the net, but the whole employer contribution has completely been removed already.
Payslips as well as employment contracts usually display the employee gross. That is why the real total compensation including the employer contribution is rarely displayed anywhere in Europe and people forget about it, thus creating the incompréhension of this whole comment thread, where people compare incomparable incomes.
That is not what I am saying...
There are basically 3 stages of income in Europe: employer gross -> employee gross -> employee net.
Most Europeans refer to employee gross as simply “gross”. There are still the employee contribution part to be deducted before the net, but the whole employer contribution has completely been removed already.
Payslips as well as employment contracts usually display the employee gross. That is why the real total compensation including the employer contribution is rarely displayed anywhere in Europe and people forget about it, thus creating the incompréhension of this whole comment thread, where people compare incomparable incomes.