This is not the whole truth. You'll get actively punished the higher your salary is. At the 100k Euro mark you will lose all government subsidies and the worst part is that the government will stop paying for elderly care for your parents. Instead, you will be forced to. Independent of your relationships with them. 100k sounds like a lot but you'll be left with 55-60k Euro after taxis, with elderly care being above 3000 euro a month for one parent only.