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CHART 4.3

Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2006

  • For the average single worker, the combined employer-employee tax burden was lower in the United States than in all European countries except Ireland.
  • The combined employer-employee tax burden was higher in the United States than in all non-European countries except Canada.

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Chart of Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2006

NOTE: Data refer to single persons without children at the income of the average worker.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.


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