{
  "ok": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "DE",
    "name": "Germany",
    "flag": "🇩🇪"
  },
  "wage": {
    "grossAnnualUsd": 60000,
    "grossMonthlyUsd": 5000,
    "basis": "input"
  },
  "employer": {
    "sscRate": 0.2086,
    "sscAnnualUsd": 12516,
    "totalCostAnnualUsd": 72516,
    "loadingPct": 20.9
  },
  "employee": {
    "sscRate": 0.2146,
    "incomeTaxRate": 0.1722
  },
  "taxWedge": 0.4926,
  "oecd": {
    "year": 2025,
    "averageWageUsdPpp": 93985
  },
  "caveats": [
    "OECD's employer contribution rate is for a single earner with no children at 100% of the average wage, applied here as a flat rate. Countries with contribution ceilings (Germany, the US among them) overstate the cost at high pay and understate it below the ceiling.",
    "Excludes mandatory private schemes, 13th-month pay, benefits in kind, payroll levies outside social security, and any collective-agreement obligations. Not legal or payroll advice.",
    "Employer contribution rates are published by OECD for 37 of the 41 countries on this site; the rest return NO_DATA rather than an estimate."
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "oecd-taxing-wages",
        "label": "OECD Taxing Wages",
        "attribution": "Employer social security contributions as a share of gross wage for a single earner with no children at 100% of the average wage, from OECD Taxing Wages (public SDMX API). Applied here as a flat rate to the chosen gross wage. OECD (Taxing Wages) — https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/tax-wedge.html",
        "updated": "2026-09-02",
        "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/taxing-wages.html"
      }
    ],
    "citation": "Geo-Parity — Employer Cost of a Hire. Data: OECD Taxing Wages. https://geo-parity.com/business/?tab=hire",
    "permalink": "https://geo-parity.com/business/?tab=hire",
    "terms": "Free to use and quote with attribution. Figures are estimates for orientation, not advice."
  }
}