The percentage of income that the average worker pays for income taxes and social security taxes is set forth below for various countries:
- Germany 41.3%
- Austria 32.7%
- Italy 29.3%
- France 27.7%
- United Kingdom 25.3%
- Canada 22.6%
- USA 22.4%
- Japan 20.1%
The US does not look that bad and is far from the highest. These figures were put together by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for the year 2009.
