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CHART 4.3 |
Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2004 |
- For a single production worker, the combined employer-employee tax burden was lower in the U.S. than in all but one of the European countries.
- The combined employer-employee tax burden was higher in the U.S. than in all non-European countries except Canada.

NOTE: Data refer to a single worker who earns the income of the average production worker.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.