Wage tax statistics

Taxpayers
2021
7 124 270
Gone up +1.4 % vs. 2020
Sum of gross salaries
2021
225.6 bn euro
Gone up +4.7 % vs. 2020
Wage tax revenue
2021
30.8 bn euro
Gone up +8.0 % vs. 2020

Wage tax statistics, which are published annually in December of the year following the year of assessment, are a complete survey with secondary statistical character, as data from the tax authorities is evaluated. Wage tax is the tax on wages and salaries of employed persons and on pension payments, which is withheld by every employer or pension-paying agency and paid directly to the tax authorities. Wage tax statistics provide information on the income of employed persons and pensioners. Other important characteristics are the social security contributions paid and the wage tax withheld.

The aim of wage tax statistics is to show the distribution of income and tax revenue from employment and pensions.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, wage tax statistics 2021. Created on 2 December 2022.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, wage tax statistics 2021. Created on 2 December 2022.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, wage tax statistics 2021. Created on 2 December 2022.

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