Alot of guys in Europe (Belgiums esp) are not paying tax....its full of commuters with different situations/scams going so its hard to guage take home....i know E6-6.6K is standard Orly paris take home for SFO after Social security, French pay there taxes at the end of the year, so you need to put some away the tax bill is around 10k for the year but after the accountant in Paris i think had re-done it, its around 3K...not bad for a years tax bill.