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Sorted by total mandatory employer on-costs at the average wage (2025): social security plus non-tax compulsory payments such as pension schemes.

  • OECD Taxing Wages 2025 · PwC Tax Summaries · World Bank
  • Updated Oct 23, 2026
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CountryEmployer SSCMandatory non-tax paymentsTotal on-costsTax wedgePages
Slovak Republic32.2%4.6%36.8%42.7%cost · net pay
France36.3%—36.3%47.2%cost · net pay
Czechia33.8%—33.8%41.2%cost · net pay
Estonia33.8%—33.8%42.6%cost · net pay
Italy31.6%—31.6%45.8%cost · net pay
Sweden31.4%—31.4%41.1%cost · net pay
Spain30.6%—30.6%41.4%cost · net pay
Netherlands12.6%16.8%29.4%35.9%cost · net pay
Austria27.6%—27.6%47.1%cost · net pay
Belgium27.2%—27.2%52.5%cost · net pay
Costa Rica24.6%—24.6%27.7%cost · net pay
Mexico10.8%13.4%24.2%21.7%cost · net pay
Portugal23.8%—23.8%39.3%cost · net pay
Latvia23.6%—23.6%40.1%cost · net pay
Greece21.8%—21.8%39.3%cost · net pay
Germany20.9%—20.9%49.3%cost · net pay
Finland20.5%—20.5%42.5%cost · net pay
Poland16.3%3.6%19.9%35.0%cost · net pay
Türkiye18.5%—18.5%40.3%cost · net pay
Iceland6.3%11.5%17.9%31.5%cost · net pay
Australia6.1%11.5%17.6%27.9%cost · net pay
Slovenia16.6%—16.6%45.3%cost · net pay
Israel6.3%9.5%15.8%26.1%cost · net pay
Japan15.7%—15.7%33.1%cost · net pay
Switzerland6.4%8.8%15.2%23.0%cost · net pay
Norway13.0%1.7%14.7%36.4%cost · net pay
Luxembourg13.7%0.0%13.7%40.2%cost · net pay
United Kingdom13.7%—13.7%32.4%cost · net pay
Hungary13.0%—13.0%41.2%cost · net pay
Colombia0.0%12.5%12.5%0.0%cost · net pay
Ireland11.2%—11.2%32.6%cost · net pay
Korea11.1%—11.1%24.8%cost · net pay
Canada9.6%—9.6%32.1%cost · net pay
United States8.1%—8.1%30.0%cost · net pay
Chile0.4%5.0%5.3%7.5%cost · net pay
Lithuania1.8%—1.8%39.8%cost · net pay
Denmark0.7%1.1%1.7%35.8%cost · net pay
New Zealand0.0%—0.0%20.8%cost · net pay

69 more countries (PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries)

Employer contributions at a salary of 2× GDP per person (World Bank). Each country links to its line-item page with caps, notes and source date. Take-home pay is not modelled for these countries.

CountryEmployer on-costsData statusReviewedPage
Brazil28.0%Partial23 September 2026cost
Argentina26.4%Verified16 June 2026cost
China (Shanghai)25.7%Partial22 July 2026cost
Moldova24.0%Verified24 June 2026cost
Ukraine22.0%Verified30 June 2026cost
Vietnam21.5%Partial23 September 2026cost
Nicaragua21.5%Partial04 August 2026cost
Morocco19.5%Verified30 April 2026cost
Bulgaria18.9%Verified02 August 2026cost
Madagascar18.0%Partial18 November 2025cost
El Salvador17.2%Verified27 September 2026cost
Tunisia17.1%Partial29 June 2026cost
Albania16.7%Verified22 July 2026cost
Croatia16.5%Verified27 August 2026cost
Paraguay16.5%Verified19 October 2026cost
Dominican Republic16.4%Verified25 August 2026cost
Azerbaijan15.7%Partial28 September 2026cost
Serbia15.2%Verified07 August 2026cost
Panama14.8%Partial04 August 2026cost
Cyprus14.7%Verified04 August 2026cost
Jordan14.2%Verified05 July 2026cost
Tanzania13.5%Partial09 September 2026cost
Malaysia13.1%Verified16 June 2026cost
Ghana13.0%Verified11 March 2026cost
Barbados13.0%Verified09 October 2026cost
Guatemala12.7%Verified09 June 2026cost
Uruguay12.6%Verified02 September 2026cost
Jamaica12.5%Verified29 September 2026cost
Kazakhstan12.5%Verified23 July 2026cost
Egypt12.3%Verified17 August 2026cost
Ecuador12.2%Verified23 July 2026cost
Iraq12.0%Verified24 June 2026cost
Philippines11.8%Verified01 August 2026cost
Kuwait11.5%Verified22 July 2026cost
Mauritius10.0%Verified15 June 2026cost
Nigeria10.0%Partial29 May 2026cost
Uganda10.0%Verified22 October 2026cost
Indonesia9.4%Verified11 June 2026cost
Peru9.0%Verified13 July 2026cost
Brunei8.5%Verified03 August 2026cost
Papua New Guinea8.4%Verified23 September 2026cost
Guyana8.4%Verified02 June 2026cost
Angola8.0%Verified24 June 2026cost
Lebanon8.0%Partial01 July 2026cost
Côte d'Ivoire7.7%Partial09 September 2026cost
Kenya7.5%Verified17 July 2026cost
Guernsey7.1%Verified21 September 2026cost
Jersey6.5%Verified22 July 2026cost
Singapore6.3%Verified02 July 2026cost
Laos6.0%Verified07 August 2026cost
Cambodia5.4%Verified02 April 2026cost
Kosovo5.0%Verified07 August 2026cost
Bosnia and Herzegovina5.0%Verified23 September 2026cost
India4.6%Partial12 May 2026cost
Mozambique4.0%Verified11 August 2026cost
Malta3.4%Verified30 September 2026cost
Bahrain3.0%Verified26 July 2026cost
Oman3.0%Verified07 July 2026cost
Romania2.2%Verified25 September 2026cost
Hong Kong SAR2.0%Verified22 July 2026cost
Georgia2.0%Verified02 September 2026cost
Saudi Arabia2.0%Verified29 July 2026cost
Thailand2.0%Verified24 August 2026cost
South Africa1.9%Verified29 May 2026cost
Myanmar1.7%Verified09 September 2026cost
Montenegro0.5%Partial07 August 2026cost
Macau SAR0.1%Verified02 June 2026cost
North Macedonia0.0%Verified23 July 2026cost
United Arab Emirates0.0%Verified09 September 2026cost

Not added yet, because we only publish rates we could confirm in the source: Armenia (no employer social contribution stated); Bangladesh (provident fund is not universally mandatory); Bolivia (employer contribution rates not stated on the page); Honduras (employer IHSS rates not stated on the page); Pakistan (PwC describes contributions only as "nominal" with no rate); Qatar (rate for Qatari nationals not stated; none for expatriates); Rwanda (rates only on a page not yet parsed); Sri Lanka (PwC page did not load); Taiwan (PwC page names the programmes but not the employer rates); Zambia (PwC page names NAPSA/NHIS without rates).

Sources: OECD Taxing Wages 2025, comparative indicators (single worker, no children; average wage as defined by the OECD for each country) and OECD, Non-tax compulsory payments as an additional burden on labour income in 2025 (Tables 5 and 6) for mandatory pension and insurance payments that are not classed as taxes, such as Australian superannuation. Model estimates: voluntary benefits, local caps and sector-specific schemes are not included.