The tax burden for employees in Germany is significantly higher than in other countries.
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Berlin Germany ranks second among the industrialized countries when it comes to the burden of taxes and social security contributions on labor income. Only in Belgium does an average earner have to pay higher taxes and duties than in this country. This is the result of a study by the industrialized countries’ organization OECD, which compares the tax burden among its member states every year.
From the average earnings of a single person, 48.1 percent of their salary was lost in the form of taxes and social security contributions in the previous year. Although that is 0.3 percentage points less than in 2021, it still means the second highest burden among all countries. For comparison: the OECD average was 34.6 percent.
This information includes the income tax to be paid and the social security contributions that employees and employers pay. If one only considers income tax and employee contributions, the burden changes little. Even then, Germany is in second place behind Belgium.
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