Average net wages by country: Switzerland: $58,864 Luxembourg: $46,593 U.S.: $39,211
When it comes to the take-home pay of the average worker, the United States barely cracks the top 10, trailing several of the European countries that tend to pop up on any number of “most desirable” lists.
According to data extracted from the 35-member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Switzerland owns the top spot with after-tax earnings of $58,864 per worker. The U.S. is way down the list at $39,211. Cost-estimating website HowMuch.net used the numbers to create a pie-chart for some perspective. The overall size of each slice refers to the level of gross earnings, and the green portion represents net income after taxes. The difference between these two figures is shown with dark red for income-tax rates and pink for Social Security taxes.
“The combination of high earnings with low taxation is hard to beat,” says HowMuch.net’s Raul Amoros, referring to Switzerland’s spot on the list.The average net earnings across the entire OECD is $32,624.
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