Single, childless Americans in the United States pay an income-tax rate of 16.9 percent, which ranks as the eighth highest in the world, MarketWatch reported.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked 35 member countries, evaluating marginal tax rates on labor costs for eight different household types.
While the overall tax burden for the United States is below the OECD average at 31.7 percent, the income tax rate for singles with no children is higher than the OECD average at 13.4 percent.
Families with children fare better in the United States as their tax rate is less than the OECD average.
"Thanks to the tax exemptions and deductions families qualify for in the U.S., an American family with one breadwinner and two children pays an income-tax rate of just 6 percent on average, below the OECD average of 8.8 percent," the article states.
