Taxing Wages 2026

Discover highlights and key findings from this year's publication.

Comparative indicators on labour taxation across the OECD member countries.

Detailed data on the labour taxes paid in OECD member countries.

Data on the average and marginal effective tax burdens for four different household types. The results are displayed for all the earnings levels between 50% and 250% of the average wage for the principal earner in each household type.

Data on personal income statutory and marginal rates, central and sub-central government rates, and average and marginal PIT & SSC by household. They also cover social security contribution rates, and related provisions on the representative case, for the employee, employer and self-employed workers of that country.

Annual report collecting and summarising information on NTCPs paid by both employees and employers across OECD member countries.

Additional country information on the data on central and sub-central rates and threshold for progressive and non-progressive systems, presented on the OECD Data.Explorer.

Additional country information on the data on employer, employee and self-non-employed systems, presented on the OECD Data.Explorer.