Sure, but the social security contributions and tax rates vary wildly based on who your employer is, etc. so it's misleading to claim it's 88% without specifying the specific conditions. Also, according to the WikiPedia page, none of the Social Security Contribution rates are exactly 35%. Would you care to share the exact conditions? I don't read this the same way: can you point to which "Social Security Regime" on the WikiPedia page you believe this falls under?