estimate_employer_cost
Employer cost of a hire, by country
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What a hire actually costs the employer: the gross wage plus the employer's own social security contributions at the rate OECD Taxing Wages publishes (single earner, no children, 100% of the average wage), applied as a flat rate — the figure employer-of-record services quote for a fee. Pass gross (annual USD) for your own figure; without it the wage is the pay-range midpoint for the occupation and seniority, and basis says whether that wage is measured (ILOSTAT) or modelled. Employee-side rates and OECD's tax wedge are returned for context and never applied. Without country, ranks the spine by employer contribution rate. Coverage is the 25 spine countries OECD measures; the other sixteen return NO_DATA, never a 0% rate (New Zealand's 0% is real: it has no employer contributions). Every response carries caveats — contribution ceilings, excluded schemes — and it is not payroll or legal advice.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | no | ISO alpha-2 code (e.g. "DE"). Omit for a ranking. |
| gross | number | no | Gross annual wage in USD. When omitted, the pay-range midpoint is used. |
| occupation | string | no | ISCO-08 major group id for the default wage (default `total`). Ignored when `gross` is given. |
| seniority | string | no | Seniority for the default wage (default `mid`). Ignored when `gross` is given. |
| sort | string | no | Ranking direction. Ignored when `country` is given. |
| limit | number | no | Return at most this many countries in a ranking. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO alpha-2 code (e.g. \"DE\"). Omit for a ranking."
},
"gross": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Gross annual wage in USD. When omitted, the pay-range midpoint is used."
},
"occupation": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISCO-08 major group id for the default wage (default `total`). Ignored when `gross` is given."
},
"seniority": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"entry",
"mid",
"senior",
"lead"
],
"description": "Seniority for the default wage (default `mid`). Ignored when `gross` is given."
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"highest",
"lowest"
],
"default": "highest",
"description": "Ranking direction. Ignored when `country` is given."
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Return at most this many countries in a ranking."
}
}
}