Enter your desired take-home pay and instantly find out the gross salary required — with a full breakdown of every deduction at 2025/26 KRA rates.
Whether you're hiring, job-hunting, or planning compensation — this tool gives you the gross figure that delivers the net pay you need.
Been offered a job? Work backwards from the net salary you need to live comfortably and know exactly what gross to ask for in negotiations.
Planning to offer a specific take-home to attract talent? Find the gross salary and total cost of employment before making the offer.
Budgeting for new headcount? Reverse-calculate gross salaries from net targets to produce accurate payroll cost projections.
Enter your desired monthly take-home pay and we'll work backwards to find the exact gross salary needed — using current 2025/26 statutory rates.
Enter your desired take-home pay on the left and click Calculate to find the required gross salary.
Why this is harder than a simple Net Pay calculation — and how we solve it.
Deductions like NSSF are tiered — they change rate at different income levels, so you can't just "add back" a flat percentage to get gross.
We use an iterative solver that narrows down the gross salary until the resulting net pay matches your target to within KES 1.
Every result is verified — we show you the full forward calculation so you can confirm the net pay matches your target exactly.
Export the full computation as a PDF or Excel file — useful for salary proposals, budgets, and employment offer letters.