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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by Gwypaas on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:16AM (#29105292)
Don't forget the 31.42% payroll tax that's hidden from your salary but a tax right on it.

A salary of 50k SEK costs the employer 65.7k SEK on their books, which is what actually matters. The actual marginal taxrate flowing from your employers books at that level is somewhere up at 75%-80%, not even counting sales tax when you use the money.

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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by nivenkos on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:43AM (#29105448)
Yeah, but even considering that, the gross salaries are still much lower.

Taxes are too high (on income), and wages are too low.

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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by maxerickson on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:57AM (#29105536)
The US has a 7.5% employer side payroll tax up to some limit.

Effective marginal tax rates in the US are higher than they look at a glance.

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