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Taxing Wages 2023

Indexation of Labour Taxation and Benefits in OECD Countries

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This annual publication provides details of taxes paid on wages in OECD countries. This year’s edition focuses on the impact of recent inflation on labour taxation in the OECD and how countries adjust their tax systems in response. For the year 2022, the report also examines personal income taxes and social security contributions paid by employees, social security contributions and payroll taxes paid by employers, and cash benefits received by workers. It illustrates how these taxes and benefits are calculated in each member country and examines how they impact household incomes. The results also enable quantitative cross-country comparisons of labour cost levels and the overall tax and benefit position of single persons and families on different levels of earnings. The publication shows average and marginal effective tax rates on labour costs for eight different household types, which vary by income level and household composition (single persons, single parents, one or two earner couples with or without children). The average tax rates measure the part of gross wage earnings or labour costs taken in tax and social security contributions, both before and after cash benefits, and the marginal tax rates the part of a small increase of gross earnings or labour costs that is paid in these levies.

English Also available in: French

Foreword

Taxing Wages Earlier editions were published under the title The Tax/Benefit Position of Employees (1996 – 1998 editions) and The Tax/Benefit Position of Production Workers (editions published before 1996). is an annual publication that provides details of taxes paid on wages in the 38 member countries of the OECD. The information contained in the Report covers the personal income tax and social security contributions paid by employees, the social security contributions and payroll taxes paid by their employers and cash benefits received by families. The objective of the Report is to illustrate how personal income taxes, social security contributions and payroll taxes are calculated and to examine how these levies and family benefits impact on net household incomes. The results also allow quantitative cross-country comparisons of labour costs and of the overall tax and benefit position of different household types.

English Also available in: French

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