High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Taxes > Taxes on the average worker > Taxes on the average worker

DEFINITION: The taxes included in the measure are personal income taxes, employees’ social security contributions and employers’ social security contributions. For the few countries that have them, it also includes payroll taxes. The amount of these taxes paid in relation to the employment of one average worker is expressed as a percentage of their labour cost (gross wage plus employers’ social security contributions and payroll tax).

An average worker is defined as somebody who earns the average income of full-time workers of the country concerned in sectors C-K of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). The average worker is single, meaning that he or she does not receive any tax relief in respect of a spouse, unmarried partner or child.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Belgium	55.51%	2009
2	Germany	52.23%	2009
3	France	49.15%	2009
4	Austria	48.54%	2009
5	Italy	45.87%	2009
6	Sweden	45.35%	2009
7	Netherlands	44.03%	2009
8	Finland	43.66%	2009
9	Czech Republic	42.87%	2009
10	Poland	42.81%	2009
11	Greece	42.28%	2009
12	Denmark	41.32%	2009
13	Spain	38.87%	2009
14	Slovakia	38.52%	2009
15	Luxembourg	37.54%	2009
16	Norway	37.53%	2009
17	Portugal	37.41%	2009
18	United Kingdom	34.11%	2009
19	Canada	31.32%	2009
20	United States	29.98%	2009
21	Switzerland	29.6%	2009
22	Japan	29.26%	2009
23	Iceland	28.26%	2009
24	Australia	27.72%	2009
25	Ireland	22.28%	2009
26	New Zealand	21.54%	2009
27	South Korea	19.56%	2009

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