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Where in Europe are workers losing ground as taxes rise faster than wages?

Among the 27 European countries covered in the OECD’s Taxing Wages 2025 report, seven recorded a decline in real post-tax income in 2024 compared to 2023 for the average single worker without children.

This measure reflects the amount of money left to spend or save after taxes are deducted and inflation is taken into account. The countries affected were Italy, Estonia, Czechia, France, Greece, Belgium, and Spain.

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