Usually you name the salaries before taxes and social security, because what you get payed depends on a lot of other factors. The church tax are 9% (or in Bavar

Usually you name the salaries before taxes and social security, because what you get payed depends on a lot of other factors. The church tax are 9% (or in Bavaria and Baden-Würrtemberg 8%) of the amount of income tax, and they themselves are tax-deductible again (a bit like donations to other charitable causes). Also the churches have to pay a fee of IIRC 3% of that tax to the federal budget. The state basically acts as a service provider. It is also opt-in for the various confessions to make use of that right. Many eligible religions organizations choose not to. The historical reason is that in the 19th century the the still absolutist states in the territory of Germany took away assets from the churches that they used to fund their parishes, but they gave them the right to levy taxes as compensation.