List of countries by average wage

Last updated September 03, 2024

The average wage is a measure of total income after taxes divided by total number of employees employed. In this article, the average wage is adjusted for living expenses "purchasing power parity" (PPP). This is not to be confused with the average income which is a measure of total income including wage, investment benefit, and other capital gains divided by total number of people in the population including non-working residents. Average wages can differ from median wages; for example, the Social Security Administration estimated that the 2020 average wage in the United States was $53,383, while the 2020 median wage was $34,612.^[1]

OECD statistics

The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) dataset contains data on average annual wages for full-time and full-year equivalent employees in the total economy. Average annual wages per full-time equivalent dependent employee are obtained by dividing the national-accounts-based total wage bill by the average number of employees in the total economy, which is then multiplied by the ratio of average usual weekly hours per full-time employee to average usually weekly hours for all employees.

*Indicates "Economy of [country or territory]" links.

Development of average annual wages 2000–2023 (USD PPP)^[2]
Country	2000	2010	2020	2023
Luxembourg *	67,932	75,124	78,977	85,526
Iceland *	61,066	58,131	75,022	81,378
Switzerland *	66,259	74,092	76,117	79,204
United States *	61,090	67,217	77,890	77,226
Belgium *	64,273	66,769	67,224	69,874
Austria *	60,507	66,074	68,136	67,431
Norway *	46,338	60,434	66,640	67,210
Netherlands *	63,471	70,030	70,641	65,640
Denmark *	52,793	62,462	67,149	65,612
Australia *	52,502	60,585	65,335	63,926
Canada *	50,631	57,084	63,712	63,398
Germany *	54,434	56,096	63,886	62,473
New Zealand *	38,311	46,744	54,196	55,974
France *	46,890	53,577	54,247	55,680
United Kingdom *	44,114	53,791	54,892	55,173
Finland *	46,650	54,056	55,624	55,048
Sweden *	41,636	50,128	56,645	55,041
Ireland *	40,403	56,563	57,512	53,384
Slovenia *	34,742	44,854	50,741	53,296
Spain *	45,544	49,258	46,911	47,772
South Korea *	33,114	40,804	49,599	47,715
Lithuania *	17,821	29,534	46,146	46,818
Italy *	47,555	50,001	46,443	45,987
Japan *	43,063	42,617	43,079	42,118
Poland *	25,649	30,310	40,269	39,300
Latvia *	13,630	22,507	33,725	36,925
Portugal *	34,151	34,827	34,518	35,677
Czech Republic *	21,385	30,524	37,879	35,576
Estonia *	14,678	25,182	35,718	34,525
Hungary *	18,671	24,943	28,691	30,216
Slovakia *	18,686	25,831	30,863	29,838
Greece *	31,276	37,214	29,071	28,727
Mexico *	19,875	18,625	19,093	20,090
Israel *	44,252	41,332	46,366
Turkey *	22,708	26,605	36,989
Chile *	21,687	31,186	32,692
Costa Rica *	23,557	27,373	40,551
Colombia *		25,627	32,535

UNECE statistics

The gross average monthly wage estimates for 2023 are computed by converting national currency figures from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (the CIS, Eurostat, the OECD) official sources. Wages in U.S. dollars are computed by the UNECE Secretariat using purchasing-power-parity dollars.

Gross average monthly wages cover total wages and salaries in cash and in kind, before any tax deduction and before social security contributions. They include wages and salaries, remuneration for time not worked, bonuses and gratuities paid by the employer to the employee. Wages cover the total economy and are expressed per full-time equivalent employee.^[3]

*Indicates "Economy of [country or territory]" links.

109 Number of countries ^[4]

Country	Gross Average Monthly Wages in 2023 (USD, at current exchange rates)^[5]	Country	Gross (USD 2024)	Country	Gross (USD 2024)
Switzerland *	8,111 (2022)	St Kitts and Nevis	16500
Luxembourg *	6,633 (2022)	Trinidad & Tobago	15500
United States *	6,455 (2022)	South Korea	13000
Iceland *	6,778	Barbados	11500
Norway *	5,665 (2022)	Monaco	5000
Denmark *	5,642 (2022)	Jamaica	5000
Canada *	5,081 (2022)	Bhutan	4800
Ireland *	4,642 (2022)	Hong Kong	4700
Netherlands *	4,581 (2022)	Greenland	4500
Belgium *	4,560 (2022)	Singapore	4440
Austria *	4,312 (2022)	Australia	4400
United Kingdom *	4,179 (2022)	Qatar	4300
Finland *	4,090 (2022)	Oman	3400
Germany *	3,984 (2022)	China	3000
Sweden *	3,977 (2022)	Maldives	2800
France *	3,655 (2022)	Thailand	2700
Israel *	3,507	Saudi Arabia	2666	Brunei	2610
Italy *	2,763 (2022)	Japan	2275
Slovenia *	2,611 (2022)	Malta	2200
Spain *	2,551 (2022)	Chile	2000
Cyprus *	2,316 (2022)	Tonga	1900	Taiwan	1900
Portugal *	1,781 (2022)	South Africa	1600
Estonia *	1,981	Malaysia	1415
Czech Republic *	1,770 (2022)	Portugal	1400
Lithuania *	2,173	Tibet	1360	Iraq	1300
Slovakia *	1,512 (2022)	Fiji	1132
Greece *	1,417 (2022)	UAE	900
Poland *	1,416 (2022)	Mexico	880
Croatia *	1,713	Russia	830
Romania *	1,610	Bahrain	800	Mauritius	810
Latvia *	1,662	Iran	712	Vietnam	700
Serbia *	1,252(2024)	Mauritania	690	Nepal	611
Hungary *	1,189 (2022)	Brazil	540	Tunisia	590
Bulgaria *	1,113	Palestine	450	Kenya	525
Montenegro *	1,067	Argentina	425	Burundi	520
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	1,077	Afghanistan	420	Azerbaijan	410
North Macedonia *	965	India	400	Nigeria	400
Kazakhstan *	673 (2022)	Indonesia	315
Belarus *	621 (2022)	Zimbabwe	305
Armenia *	688	Pakistan	300
Georgia *	707	Yemen	300
Turkey *	607	Rwanda	260	Uganda	261
Moldova *	553 (2022)	Libya	200
Azerbaijan *	494 (2022)	Sri Lanka	175	Lesotho	120
Ukraine *	430 (2020)	Cuba	166	Congo	100
Albania *	701	Syria	60
Uzbekistan *	351 (2022)	Lebanon	16
Kyrgyzstan *	316 (2022)	North Korea	10

Continents USD gross per month

Oceania 10000 (2024)
North America 6455 (2024)
South America 4600
Europe 2000 (2024)
Africa 800 (2024)
Asia 550 (2024)

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References

↑ "Average wages, median wages, and wage dispersion".
↑ "OECD.Stat: Average annual wages"
↑ "Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year (2020)". UNECE. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ Dushyant Karani - Applicant for the IMF (2024) was a UN Applicant in 2023 - Google
↑ "Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year", UNECE.org

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[1] "Average wages, median wages, and wage dispersion".

[OECDaaw-2] "OECD.Stat: Average annual wages"

[3] "Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year (2020)". UNECE. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[4] Dushyant Karani - Applicant for the IMF (2024) was a UN Applicant in 2023 - Google

[5] "Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year", UNECE.org

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