Cost calculator
What does the role really cost, all‑in?
Gross salary, employer contributions and our fee, line by line. Compared with the full cost of the same role in Germany. No form, no email required.
All-in per month
€5,128
- Local gross salary €3,636 – €5,417
- €4,526
- Employer contributions 2.25%
- €102
- Adeo fee Managed Team
- €500
- Total per month
- €5,128
Germany, same role
- Gross salary median
- €5,425
- Employer contributions 21.31%
- €1,156
- Full cost per month
- €6,581
Saving 22% · €17,436 per year
Salary band: Paylab Rumänien – Tehnologia informației (2026) · Reliability: low · Germany: StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Senior-Software-Entwickler/in
As of November 2026 · retrieved 6 Nov 2026 · Indicative figures for orientation, to be reviewed case by case. All amounts are total employer cost, not gross salary alone.
Breakdown
What is in the number.
And what is not, so your plan holds no surprises.
- Local gross salary
- The person’s monthly salary, based on the published salary band of the chosen market.
- Employer contributions
- Statutory social contributions in the target country with contribution ceilings: around 2% in Romania, 15% in Serbia and 32% in Spain.
- Adeo fee
- €300 for Employment & Payroll, €500 for Managed Team, each per employee per month.
- Not included: equipment
- Laptop, monitor and peripherals are passed on at cost.
- Not included: software licences
- Your tools, your licences, your contracts.
- Not included: bonus and variable pay
- Passed through if you grant them.
- Not included: travel
- Visits to your headquarters or clients as incurred.
How we calculate
Method, contributions, sources.
Local gross salary: position within the published salary band of the market (lower end, middle, upper end). Serbian survey values are collected net and converted to gross. Germany comparison: median for the role according to StepStone 2026 (where no median is published, the middle of the range) plus statutory employer contributions with contribution ceilings. Saving = 1 − all-in / German employer cost.
- Romania
- CAM 2.25%, no ceiling
- Serbia
- 15.15% (pension 10%, health 5.15%) on the contribution base, min. RSD 51,297, max. RSD 732,820 per month
- Spain
- 32.15% up to the maximum base of €5,101.20, solidarity contribution of 0.96–1.22% above (AT/EP for IT, CNAE 62)
- Germany
- 21.3% statutory (pension, unemployment, insolvency levy up to €8,450; health and care up to €5,812.50), excluding U1/U2 levies and accident insurance
- Exchange rates
- 1 EUR = 5.3385 RON (ECB), 1 EUR = 117.58 RSD (market rate), as of 5/6 Nov 2026
All 43 sources with retrieval date
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries – Romania, Individual, Other taxes (geprüft 25.09.2026) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Boundless – Payroll guide Romania 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-06
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries – Serbia, Individual, Other taxes (geprüft 07.08.2026) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries – Serbia, Taxes on personal income · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Boundless – Payroll guide Serbia 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Biznis.rs, 01.12.2025 – Osnovice za doprinose 2026 (51.297 / 732.820 RSD) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Biznis.rs, 16.01.2026 – Neoporezivi iznos 34.221 RSD · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Biznis.rs, 02.03.2026 – Godišnji porez na dohodak (Einkommen 2025) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Cuatrecasas – Claves de la Orden de Cotización 2026 (Orden PJC/297/2026, BOE 31.03.2026) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Asepeyo (Mutua) – Bases y tipos de cotización 2026 (PDF) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Conversor CNAE – Tarifa AT/EP CNAE 62 (1,50 %) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- TaxDown – Tabla y tramos IRPF 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-06
- lohn-info.de – Sozialversicherungsbeiträge 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-06
- EZB Referenzkurse (EUR/RON 5,3385 am 05.11.2026) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- open.er-api.com (EUR/RSD 117,58 am 06.11.2026) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Rumänien – Tehnologia informației · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Rumänien – Comerț · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Rumänien – Asistență pentru clienți · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Rumänien – Economie, finanțe, contabilitate · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Levels.fyi – Software Engineer Bucharest (aktualisiert 06.11.2026, n=232) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Blog 'Tech Salaries: Romania vs Western Europe in 2026' (Sekundärquelle, schwach) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Undelucram – Stellenanzeige Customer Support German, Bukarest, 7.200 RON netto · retrieved 2026-11-06
- InfoPlate.rs (Paylab Serbien) – Informacione tehnologije (netto) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- InfoPlate.rs – Trgovina (netto) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- InfoPlate.rs – Podrška klijentima i korisnički servisi (netto) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- InfoPlate.rs – Ekonomija, finansije, računovodstvo (netto) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Biznis.rs, 02.02.2026 – IT-Gehälter Serbien 2025 (Fishingbooker-Umfrage, n=4.840) · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Manfred – Salary Guide 2026, Tech-Gehälter Spanien · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Spanien – Information Technology · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Spanien – Commerce · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Spanien – Customer Support · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Spanien – Economy, Finance, Accountancy · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Senior-Software-Entwickler/in · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Software Developer · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – QA Engineer · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – DevOps Engineer · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Data Engineer · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – UX Designer · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Account Executive · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Customer Support · retrieved 2026-11-06
- StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Buchhalter/in · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Paylab Deutschland – Commerce · retrieved 2026-11-06
- Adeo Kostenrechner (Live-Seite, Stand 'September 2026') · retrieved 2026-11-06
Frequently asked
Questions about the calculation.
Ask us anything else. We reply within one business day.
Where do the salary figures come from?
From publicly available salary reports and databases, retrieved on 6 Nov 2026: including Paylab Romania and Spain, InfoPlate (Serbia), Manfred Salary Guide 2026 (Spain) and StepStone Gehalt 2026 (Germany). For every selection we show the source and its reliability. For your specific role we give you the current range from our placements in the first call.
How is the Germany comparison calculated?
We take the German median for the same role according to StepStone 2026 (where no median is published, the middle of the range) and add statutory employer contributions of 21.3% with contribution ceilings. We compare all-in against all-in, not gross against gross. The comparison is deliberately conservative: we do not include German recruiting, office or equipment costs.
Why does senior engineering save less than support?
Good engineers in Bucharest and Belgrade are in international demand; salaries are closer to Germany. For support, back office and accounting the gap is larger. The calculator shows this honestly: for some combinations the saving is in single digits, and then time zone, availability and speed speak for the market, not price.
Is the fee linked to salary?
No. The monthly fee is a fixed amount per seat, independent of salary. Salary and statutory employer contributions are passed through without markup.
Next step
Tell us the roles.
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