List of countries by average wage

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
United States *	61,090	67,217	77,890	80,526
Switzerland *	66,259	74,092	76,117	79,204
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

UNECE statistics

World map of average monthly wage per UNECE statistics

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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.

Country	Gross Average Monthly Wages (USD, at current exchange rates)^[4]	Year
Switzerland *	8,111	2022
Luxembourg *	6,633	2022
United States *	6,455	2022
Iceland *	6,778	2023
Norway *	5,665	2022
Denmark *	5,642	2022
Canada *	5,081	2022
Ireland *	4,642	2022
Netherlands *	4,581	2022
Belgium *	4,560	2022
Austria *	4,312	2022
United Kingdom *	4,179	2022
Finland *	4,090	2022
Germany *	3,984	2022
Sweden *	3,977	2022
France *	3,655	2022
Israel *	3,507	2023
Italy *	2,763	2022
Slovenia *	2,611	2022
Spain *	2,551	2022
Cyprus *	2,316	2022
Portugal *	1,781	2022
Estonia *	1,981	2023
Czech Republic *	1,770	2022
Lithuania *	2,173	2023
Slovakia *	1,512	2022
Greece *	1,417	2022
Poland *	1,416	2022
Croatia *	1,713	2023
Romania *	1,610	2023
Latvia *	1,662	2023
Serbia *	1,252	2024
Hungary *	1,189	2022
Bulgaria *	1,113	2023
Montenegro *	1,067	2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	1,077	2023
North Macedonia *	965	2023
Kazakhstan *	673	2022
Belarus *	621	2022
Armenia *	689	2023
Georgia *	707	2023
Turkey *	607	2023
Moldova *	553	2022
Azerbaijan *	494	2022
Ukraine *	430	2020
Albania *	701	2023
Uzbekistan *	351	2022
Kyrgyzstan *	316	2022