NEW YORK: The average, unmarried U.S. worker without children paid an average tax rate of 31.5 percent in 2014, according to new data released.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group of 34 advanced economies, said the rate for childless workers in the United States is lower than in many other industrialized nations.
The 31.5 average is the 11th lowest rate among OECD countries, putting the U.S. just behind Canada and the United Kingdom. The average rate throughout the OECD is 36 percent, a figure driven up rates in Belgium (55.3 percent), Austria (49.4 percent), Germany (49.3 percent) and Hungary (49 percent).
Chile, New Zealand, Mexico and Israel had the lowest average rates for single workers among OECD countries. Roughly two-thirds of the OECD’s members are in Europe, and emerging economies like Brazil, China and India aren’t members.
