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Salary & RatesAugust 4, 2026

Salary and rates: how to calculate your net income in portage salarial

L’équipe Linkao · Editorial team
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How much will you actually take home each month in portage salarial? The answer depends on several factors: the revenue you invoice, management fees, social contributions and your professional expenses.

From your revenue to your net salary

Your umbrella company invoices your work to the client. From that amount, the management fees (usually between 5% and 10%) are deducted, then employer and employee contributions, before arriving at your net salary.

  • Revenue invoiced to the client (excluding VAT).
  • – The umbrella company’s management fees.
  • – Employer and employee social contributions.
  • = Net salary before income tax.

The guaranteed minimum salary

The portage salarial collective agreement sets a minimum monthly pay, revalued every year, for any full-time assignment. Below that threshold, the activity cannot be carried out under standard portage salarial.

Setting your daily rate (TJM)

Your daily rate has to cover not only your target salary, but also the management fees, social contributions, your holidays and your periods without an assignment. A badly calculated rate can significantly reduce your real net income.

Why simulate before you commit

That’s the whole point of a reliable simulation: seeing precisely what you’ll keep in net, with no guesswork. At Linkao, our simulator gives you a transparent estimate of your net income before any signature, so you can commit with confidence.

Consultants comparing pricing documents in a meeting
A day rate is easier to defend when you know what it leaves you in net.

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