Net to Gross Income Calculator
Most calculators start with your salary and tell you what is left. This one runs the other way. Tell it the take-home pay you actually need, and it works backward to the gross salary that gets you there after tax, CPP, and EI.
The Take-Home You Need
Enter the amount you want to keep after deductions. This is the number that lands in your account and pays the bills.
Assumes ordinary employment income (T4). The gross figure carries federal and provincial tax, CPP or QPP, EI, the CPP and EI credits every employee claims, the enhanced CPP deduction, the $1,501 Canada employment amount, and the Ontario Health Premium where it applies. It leaves out refundable credits (the GST/HST credit, the Canada Workers Benefit, the Ontario Trillium and LIFT credits), the pension, age and spousal amounts, alternative minimum tax, Quebec-only credits, RRSP deductions, dividends, and self-employment income. For a full picture, use the tax calculator.
The Salary You Need
Where Your Gross Income Goes
Every dollar of the gross salary you need, drawn to scale, split into what you keep and what goes to tax, CPP, and EI.
Where the Gap Goes
The difference between gross and take-home, line by line, for the year.
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The Same Salary, Different Pay Periods
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Hourly assumes 2,080 working hours a year (40 hours a week, 52 weeks). Your real hourly will differ with overtime, unpaid weeks, or part-time hours.