Domestic worker payslip calculator (Spain, 2026)
Enter the agreed salary and we return the month's pay receipt: earnings, the contribution deducted from the worker, the net pay she actually receives and the extra payment when it is due, plus what you pay to Social Security. At the full-time minimum wage (€1,221/month over 14 payments) net pay is around €1,129.83 and the employer's contribution €317.24. You can download the payslip as a PDF, free and without leaving your details.
CALCULATOR
Work out this month's payslip
Pick the arrangement, type the agreed salary and set the month. The result is instant and computed in your browser: nothing is sent to a server.
Agreed monthly salary; the worker does not live in the home.
What you agreed in writing, before deductions.
With 12 payments the extras are spread over every month; with 14 they are paid in June and December.
Decides whether the receipt carries an extra payment (June and December).
Replaces the 20% reduction with the 45% rebate on common contingencies.
More options (in kind, on-call, days, advances, income tax)
Only if your case needs them: by default the payslip is calculated without them.
Accommodation and meals valued in money. Capped at 30% of the total salary.
Time on hand without working; it is agreed and paid separately.
30 for a full month. Fewer if the worker started or left mid-month.
Amounts already handed over on account during the month.
0 by default: a private household employer is not required to withhold (RD 439/2007, art. 76.1). Only if agreed.
Details for the PDF (optional)
Leave them blank and the PDF prints dotted lines to fill in by hand.
The worker's pay receipt
What she signs every month: what is earned, what is deducted and what she takes home.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Earnings | |
| Base salary | €1,221.00 |
| Total earnings | €1,221.00 |
| Deductions | |
| Social Security: common contingencies4.70% on €1,424.50 | − €66.95 |
| Social Security: MEI0.15% on €1,424.50 | − €2.14 |
| Social Security: unemployment1.55% on €1,424.50 | − €22.08 |
| Income tax withholding (IRPF) | − €0.00 |
| Total deductions | − €91.17 |
| Net payThis is what is handed over in cash or by transfer. | €1,129.83 |
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What you pay to Social Security
The employer's contribution is not taken out of the salary: it is added on top. The worker's share is already above, under deductions.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Common contingencies23.60% on €1,424.50, less a 20.00% reduction | €268.95 |
| Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (MEI)0.75% on €1,424.50 | €10.68 |
| Occupational contingencies1.50% on €1,424.50 | €21.37 |
| Unemployment5.50% on €1,424.50, less a 80.00% reduction | €15.67 |
| Wage Guarantee Fund (FOGASA)0.20% on €1,424.50, less a 80.00% reduction | €0.57 |
| Employer's contributionBracket 8 · contribution base €1,424.50 | €317.24 |
| Without reductions or rebates | €449.43 |
| Saved through reductionsThey apply automatically when the contribution is debited: nothing to request. | − €132.19 |
| Total cost for the monthThe worker's earnings plus your Social Security contribution. | €1,538.24 |
Benefits applied
- 20% reduction on common contingencies
- 80% rebate on unemployment and the wage-guarantee fund
An indicative calculation using the official 2026 figures. It does not replace employment advice: cases such as multiple employers or an ongoing sick leave need review. Official figures in force from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026.
ITEM BY ITEM
What a domestic worker's payslip must contain
The pay receipt is your proof that you paid. These are the blocks that cannot be missing, in the order they appear in the PDF.
- 1
Both parties and the period
Full name of the employer and of the worker, and the month being settled. Without a period, the receipt does not prove which month was paid.
- 2
Base salary
The cash salary agreed for the month or for the hours worked. It can never fall below the minimum wage pro rata to the hours, and the minimum wage is always paid in cash.
- 3
Extra payment
Two a year, at the end of each half-year (June and December) and in proportion to the time worked, unless you agree to spread them over the twelve months. With an hourly rate they are already included.
- 4
On-call hours
Time spent on hand without working is agreed separately and paid separately: it is not part of the base salary and appears as its own line.
- 5
Salary in kind
Accommodation or meals valued in money. Capped at 30% of the total salary. It is added under earnings and subtracted under deductions, because it is not handed over in cash.
- 6
The worker's contribution
Common contingencies, the intergenerational equity mechanism (MEI) and unemployment: her share of the contribution, deducted from her salary and paid in by you together with yours.
- 7
Income tax and advances
A private employer is not required to withhold income tax, so that line is normally zero. Any advances already handed over during the month are deducted at the end.
- 8
Net pay and signatures
Earnings minus deductions: what is handed over. Below it, the signature of both parties and the date. Keep a copy; it is the proof of payment.
HOW IT IS CALCULATED
Where each figure on the payslip comes from
A domestic worker's payslip has two halves that are best kept apart. The first is the worker's receipt: earnings are added up (base salary, the extra payment if the month carries one, on-call hours and salary in kind) and her deductions are taken off — her share of the Social Security contribution, 4.70% for common contingencies, 0.15% for the MEI and 1.55% for unemployment on an indefinite contract or 1.60% on a fixed-term one — plus income tax if withholding was agreed and any advances already handed over. What is left is the net pay, the amount you transfer. The second half is yours: the employer's contribution, which is not deducted from her salary but added to the cost of the month.
Both halves are computed on the contribution base, and that base is neither the net pay nor always the month's salary. You start from the monthly pay with the extra payments spread out, add the salary in kind and the on-call hours, and take that figure into the bracket table of the contribution Order: seven brackets with a fixed base and, above the last one, the actual pay up to the ceiling. That is why the minimum wage over twelve payments (€1,424.50) already falls into the actual-pay bracket. If the month was incomplete because the worker started or left, the base is pro-rated by calendar days over 30, which is how the Treasury does it; the extra payment, by contrast, is not pro-rated by days, because it accrues every six months.
In the hourly arrangement one thing changes: the hourly rate already includes the proportional part of the extra payments and the holiday, so there is no separate extra payment even if the contract mentions fourteen. And to decide the bracket, an hour counts at least at the household hourly minimum wage (€9.55 in 2026) even if less is paid: contributions are computed on that floor. The 20% reduction on common contingencies and the 80% rebate on unemployment and the wage-guarantee fund apply automatically to the employer's contribution; if the household is a large family, the 45% rebate replaces the 20% one and is compatible with the 80%. There is nothing to apply for: they are discounted when the contribution is debited.
Official sources
Every figure in this calculator has been read in the Spanish official gazette (BOE). If a rule changes mid-year, the year's file is updated and the whole calculator moves with it.
- Real Decreto 126/2026, por el que se fija el salario mínimo interprofesional para 2026BOE-A-2026-3815
- Orden PJC/297/2026, normas de cotización a la Seguridad Social para 2026 (art. 15: Sistema Especial de Empleados de Hogar)BOE-A-2026-7296
- Real Decreto-ley 16/2022, para la mejora de las condiciones de trabajo y de Seguridad Social de las personas trabajadoras al servicio del hogarBOE-A-2022-14680
- Real Decreto 1620/2011, relación laboral de carácter especial del servicio del hogar familiar (texto consolidado; arts. 8, 9 y 11)BOE-A-2011-17975
- Estatuto de los Trabajadores (texto refundido, RDL 2/2015; arts. 49, 55 y 56)BOE-A-2015-11430
- Ley General de la Seguridad Social (texto refundido, RDL 8/2015; arts. 147, 266-270 y D.A. 61.ª tarifa de primas CP)BOE-A-2015-11724
- Reglamento del IRPF, RD 439/2007, art. 76.1: el particular empleador de hogar no está obligado a retenerBOE-A-2007-6820
- Real Decreto 643/2026: plazo de 6 días naturales para comunicar la baja en la TGSSBOE-A-2026-16557
- Real Decreto-ley 1/2023, D.A. 3.ª bis: bonificación del 45 % en contingencias comunes para familias numerosasBOE-A-2023-625
FAQ
Questions about a domestic worker's payslip
- Is a payslip compulsory for a domestic worker in Spain?
- Yes. Every worker is entitled to an individual receipt evidencing payment of wages, and domestic service is no exception. It is the document that proves how much was paid and when, and the one that protects you if there is a later claim for unpaid amounts. It must be issued every month and kept signed by both parties.
- Who produces the payslip, the family or a payroll adviser?
- The employer does, as the party obliged to pay the salary and remit the contribution. You can produce it yourself with this calculator and the PDF it generates, or hand it to a payroll adviser if you would rather delegate. What cannot happen is that it does not exist: paying cash with no receipt leaves both sides without proof.
- Is the employer's contribution deducted from the payslip?
- No. Only the worker's share is deducted (common contingencies, MEI and unemployment, around 6.4% of the base). The employer's contribution is an added cost: it is on top of the salary, not taken out of it. Social Security debits both together from your account, but only one of them came out of the salary.
- What if the worker is paid by the hour?
- The hourly rate in domestic service already includes the proportional part of the extra payments and the holiday, so no extra payment is added in June and December. In 2026 that rate cannot fall below €9.55 per hour actually worked. For contributions, an hour always counts at that floor even if less is paid, and registration is mandatory from the first hour.
- Do you have to withhold income tax on a domestic worker's payslip?
- No, unless agreed. The income-tax regulation (RD 439/2007, art. 76.1) does not list private household employers among those required to withhold, so the payslip comes out with zero withholding and the worker declares that income in her own tax return. If both parties agree on a voluntary percentage to avoid a surprise at tax time, that is allowed: which is why the calculator lets you type a rate.
Does the payslip add up?
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