Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
Labor Cost Lab’s cross-country payroll ledger
A bilingual observatory models how national contribution and tax rules turn employer labor costs into take-home pay.
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- Readers comparing payroll-tax structures across countries
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- Country modules distinguish completed work from prototypes; Sweden and Italy use conventional reference wages because they have no legal minimum wage.
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The interface groups country modules under Europe, the Americas, and Asia, then names tax and contribution components: France includes RGDU and marginal-return calculations, while the UK entry specifies PAYE outside Scotland and Class 1 National Insurance. Several entries carry a “Prototype” label; Sweden and Italy identify conventional reference wages because neither has a legal minimum wage.
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