Brazilian employment calculators (CLT)

Which calculator to use

Almost every payroll question in Brazil starts from the gross salary of a worker hired under the CLT (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho, the main labour code). To see what actually lands in the bank account each month, start with the net salary calculator: it deducts social security, income tax and any other deductions you enter. When a job ends — dismissal, resignation, dismissal for cause or a mutual agreement — the severance pay calculator lists every item of the rescisão (final settlement). For time off, the vacation pay calculator includes the constitutional one-third bonus and the option of selling days. At year-end, the 13th salary calculator splits the 13º salário (a mandatory extra month of pay) into its two instalments. The overtime calculator covers extra hours, night work and the knock-on effect on paid weekly rest. If you are hiring, the employee cost calculator shows what an employee really costs per month.

Concepts shared by all of them

Employee INSS (social security) is progressive: each slice of salary pays its own rate, from 7.5% to 14%, and the total stops at the ceiling of R$8,475.55. That is why the effective rate is always lower than the top bracket. IRRF is income tax withheld at source: the base is salary minus INSS, dependants and alimony — or a flat simplified discount, if higher. From 2026, Lei 15.270/2025 reduces the monthly tax, bringing it to zero for income up to R$5,000.00 and phasing the reduction out up to R$7,350.00; the reduction also applies to tax withheld on the 13th salary.

FGTS (the severance fund) is not a deduction: the employer deposits 8% of salary into an account in the worker's name. On dismissal without cause the employer pays a 40% fine on the balance; in a mutual agreement, 20%. Aviso prévio (notice period) starts at 30 days and adds 3 days per full year of service, up to 90.

For working hours, overtime is paid at least 50% above the normal rate, and work between 10 pm and 5 am earns a 20% night premium, with a shortened night hour of 52 minutes and 30 seconds.

Reading the results

Every calculator updates as you type and shows a table of each item with the formula used. The “Copy simulation link” button stores your inputs in the address so you can check them later or send them to someone. Results are estimates: the employer's payroll or an accountant gives the official figure, because collective agreements, averages of variable pay and absences change the outcome. The tables used and their dates are listed under methodology and sources.

After the job ends

Someone dismissed without cause usually needs three figures. The severance calculator covers what the employer pays. The FGTS calculator projects the fund balance with 8% deposits and TR + 3% a year, and shows the yearly birthday withdrawal (saque-aniversário) — bearing in mind that anyone who chooses it cannot take the balance on dismissal, only the fine. The unemployment insurance calculator estimates each seguro-desemprego instalment from the last three salaries and how many you receive. Resignation, dismissal for cause and mutual agreements give no right to it.