In France on an income of $100k USD your effective tax rate is 44%. Social security tax in France is significant. In CA you are paying 21%. At $300k USD it is 5

In France on an income of $100k USD your effective tax rate is 44%. Social security tax in France is significant. In CA you are paying 21%. At $300k USD it is 54% to 30%. The sales tax in CA is half the rate in France. Property taxes cannot be directly compared to income, they are based on the location and value of the home. There are large changes to the property tax system in 2018-2020 in France. We can compare overall property tax revenue for the country and divide it per person. In 2015 in France the average property tax revenue per person was $1422 USD. In 2010 in CA it was $1472. CA is higher but not substantially so.