The “low wage trap” indicator shows the difference in net earnings of employed persons at moving to a higher paid job (from 33% to 67% of average worker’s gross earnings) due to higher taxes and social contributions and lower social transfers than at the previous lower paid job with lower taxes and social contributions and higher social transfers.
Kazalnik past nizkih plač prikazuje razmerje v neto dohodkih zaposlene osebe pri prehodu na višje plačano delovno mesto (s 33 % na 67 % bruto plače povprečne zaposlene osebe) zaradi višjih davkov in socialnih prispevkov ter nižjih pripadajočih socialnih transferjev glede na prejšnje nižje dohodke, posledično nižje davke in socialne prispevke in višje pripadajoče socialne transferje.