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🇦🇷 ArgentinaEmployer on-costs ~34–40%🇧🇷 BrazilEmployer on-costs ~47–70%🇨🇦 CanadaEmployer on-costs ~5–13%🇨🇱 ChileEmployer on-costs ~6.8–9%🇨🇴 ColombiaEmployer on-costs ~38–52%🇨🇷 Costa RicaEmployer on-costs ~26.83–35.2%🇫🇷 FranceEmployer on-costs ~5–45%🇩🇪 GermanyEmployer on-costs ~21–25%🇮🇳 IndiaEmployer on-costs ~5–10%🇮🇩 IndonesiaEmployer on-costs ~10.2–11.7%🇮🇪 IrelandEmployer on-costs ~11.4–12.9%🇮🇹 ItalyEmployer on-costs ~30–45%🇯🇵 JapanEmployer on-costs ~15.3–16.2%🇰🇪 KenyaEmployer on-costs ~7.5%🇲🇾 MalaysiaEmployer on-costs ~13.95–15.95%🇲🇽 MexicoEmployer on-costs ~27–36%🇳🇱 NetherlandsEmployer on-costs ~16–23%🇳🇬 NigeriaEmployer on-costs ~11–12%🇵🇪 PeruEmployer on-costs ~9–37%🇵🇭 PhilippinesEmployer on-costs ~14–22%🇵🇱 PolandEmployer on-costs ~19.5–22.1%🇵🇹 PortugalEmployer on-costs ~24–27%🇷🇴 RomaniaEmployer on-costs approx. 2.25%🇸🇬 SingaporeEmployer on-costs ~0.25–17.25%🇿🇦 South AfricaEmployer on-costs approx. 2%🇪🇸 SpainEmployer on-costs ~31–34%🇹🇭 ThailandEmployer on-costs ~2–6%🇹🇷 TurkeyEmployer on-costs ~18.75–23.75%🇺🇦 UkraineEmployer on-costs ~22%🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesEmployer on-costs ~5.75–12.5%🇬🇧 United KingdomEmployer on-costs ~14–18%🇻🇳 VietnamEmployer on-costs ~21.5–23.5%
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