Average wages in European countries

April 18, 2024

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Average wages in European countries

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This is a map and list of countries containing monthly (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages in Europe in their local currency and in euros. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers. The salary distribution is right-skewed, therefore more than 50% of people earn less than the average gross salary. These figures will shrink after income tax is applied. In less developed markets, actual incomes may exceed those listed in the table due to the existence of grey economies. In some countries, social security, contributions for pensions, public schools, and health are included in these taxes.

Map

The countries and territories in purple on the map have net average monthly salaries in excess of €3,000, in blue – in the range of €1,500–€2,999, in green – €600 to €1,499, in yellow – €400 to €599, in red — below €400.

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National sources

State	net (est.)	gross	ex.rate to €	date	gross €	net €	net annual €	net annual $
Albania	ALL 50,000	ALL 54,000	0.0074	2015	400	370	4,440	4,720
Andorra	€2,230	€2,230	1	2012-12	2,230	2,230	26,760	29,640
Armenia	AMD 171,000	AMD 196,000	0.002	2016-07	385	335	4,020	4,270
Austria	€2,009	€2,555	1	2014	2,555	2,009	24,108	26,708
Azerbaijan	AZN 407	AZN 490	0.56	2016-05	273	227	2,724	2,943
Belarus	BYN 642	BYN 746	0.48	2016-07	360	310	3,720	3,940
Belgium	€2,091	€3,261	1	2013	3,261	2,091	25,092	28,103
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BAM 837	BAM 1,293	0.511	2016-06	661	427	5,100	5,712
Bulgaria	BGN 748	BGN 954	0.512	2016-Q3	488	383	4,596	5,856
Croatia	HRK 5,673	HRK 7,764	0.123	2016-08	1,032	754	9,180	10,315
Cyprus	€1,658	€1,779	1	2016	1,779	1,658	18,888	21,155
Czech Republic	CZK 20,873	CZK 27,297	0.0370	2016-Q2	1,010	772	9,504	10,658
Denmark	DKK 23,045	DKK 38,854	0.1342	2015	5,217	3,095	37,140	39,575
Estonia	€937	€1,163	1	2016-Q2	1,163	937	10,464	12,136
Finland	€2,509	€3,380	1	2016-Q2	3,380	2,509	30,108	33,355
France	€2,157	€2,874	1	2014-Q2	2,874	2,157	25,884	28,625
Georgia	GEL 827	GEL 974	0.377	2016-Q2	367	312	3,744	3,980
Germany	€2,265	€3,695	1	2016 -06	3,695	2,265	27,180	30,100
Greece	€947	€1,127	1	2016-Q2	1,127	947	11,364	12,595
Hungary	Ft 181,500 ^{without fostered workers}	Ft 273,000	0.0033	2016/01-10	880	585	6,840	7,661
Iceland	ISK 367,000	ISK 511,000	0.0083	2015	4,240	3,045	36,540	38,800
Ireland	€2,438	€3,050	1	2016-Q2	3,050	2,438	29,256	32,402
Italy	€1,725	€2,462	1	2015	2,462	1,725	20,700	21,993
Kazakhstan	KZT 96,630	KZT 124,230	0.0027	2015-Q2	343	267	3,204	3,410
Kosovo	€441	€360	1	2016-03	441	360	4,320	4,489
Latvia	€623	€846	1	2016-06	846	623	7,476	7,960
Liechtenstein	CHF 5,811	CHF 7,389	0.933	2015	6,867	5,425	65,100	69,200
Lithuania	€616	€793	1	2016-Q3	793	616	7,392	7,830
Luxembourg	€3,009	€4,212	1	2011	4,212	3,009	36,108	40,010
Macedonia	MKD 22,191	MKD 32,640	0.0163	2016-09	530	360	4,320	4,558
Malta	€1,021	€1,253	1	2013-Q2	1,253	1,021	12,252	3,580
Moldova	MDL 4,066	MDL 5,170	0.0465	2016-09	242	189	2,268	2,424
Monaco	€5,225	€6,286	1	2015	6,286	5,225	62,704	68,375
‘‘ Montenegro	€502 ^{business sector only}	€754	1	2016-10	754	502	5,856	6,559
Netherlands	€2,263	€3,073	1	2012-Q3	3,073	2,263	27,156	30,140
Norway	NOK 31,806	NOK 43,400	0.11	2015	4,767	3,493	42,024	47,951
Poland	PLN 3,034 ^{business sector only}	PLN 4,259	0.23	2016-10	966	688	8,316	9,196
Portugal	€984	€1,187	1	2014-08	1,187	984	11,808	13,453
Romania	RON 2,108	RON 2,918	0.222	2016-10	649	469	5,628	6,067
Russia	RUB 31,411	RUB 36,105	0.01541	2016-11	557	484	5,808	6,057
San Marino	€2,390	€2,390	1	2013	2,390	2,390	28,680	31,776
Serbia	RSD 45,281	RSD 62,414	0.008	2016-10	505	367	4,800	5,393
Slovakia	€692	€901	1	2016-Q2	901	692	8,856	9,817
Slovenia	€1,023	€1,571	1	2016-08	1,571	1,023	11,988	14,676
Spain	€1,718	€2,143	1	2015	2,143	1,718	20,616	21,904
Sweden	SEK 24,130	SEK 32,000	0.1	2015	3,265	2,465	29,580	31,500
Switzerland	CHF 5,102	CHF 6,214	0.94	2015	5,817	4,775	57,120	60,650
Turkey	TRY 2,259 ^{civil servant salary}	TRY 3,160	0.27	2016	890	620	7,440	7,715
Ukraine	UAH 4,313	UAH 5,358	0.0365	2016-09	196	157	1,884	2,002
United Kingdom	GBP 1,816	GBP 2,292	1.20	2015	2,730	2,160	25,900	27,400
European Union	€1,500	-	1	2016	-	1,500	18,000	20,000

For comparison

State	net (est.)	gross	ex.rate to €	date	gross €	net €	net annual €	net annual $
United States	USD 3,270	USD 4,010	0.95	2015	3,800	3,100	37,200	39,210
Australia	AUD 4,000	AUD 5,030	0.7	2016	3,520	2,800	33,600	36,320
Canada	CAD 3,490	CAD 4,190	0.7	2015	2,875	2,400	28,800	31,000
Brazil	BRL 1,730	BRL 2,020	0.27	2016-09	550	470	5,640	6,120
South Africa	ZAR 15,700	ZAR 18,000	0.07	2016-Q2	1,230	1,070	12,840	14,000
Mexico	MXN 6,000	MXN 7,000	0.046	2016	320	275	3,300	3,540
Japan	JPY 270,000	JPY 300,000	0.0085	2016-08	2,560	2,300	27,600	29,560

Eurostat family

2014 annual values (in national currency) for a family with two children with one average salary, including tax credits and allowances.

(These numbers are shown with up to 9 significant figures. Clearly any figure beyond the first four is meaningless.)

State	Gross	Taxes	Soc sec	Fam Allowances	Net (Natl. Curr)	Net (Eur)
Belgium	46,464.41	7,921.64	6,505.26	3,773.04	35,810.55	35,810.55
Czechia	312,083.83	-13,759.15	34,329.22	14,640.00	306,153.76	11,118.31
Denmark	397,483.78	125,582.30	11,013.00	28,404.00	289,292.48	38,806.20
Germany	45,952.05	412.00	9,270.83	:	35,269.23	35,269.23
Estonia	12,435.95	1,470.68	248.72	460.32	11,176.87	11,176.87
Ireland	34,465.85	2,864.58	1,378.63	4,160.00	34,382.63	34,382.63
Greece	22,326.10	2,282.48	3,460.55	640.00	17,223.07	17,223.07
Spain	26,259.48	2,002.79	1,667.48	:	22,129.78	22,589.21
France	37,792.18	2,970.47	5,366.49	1,552.16	34,776.75	31,007.39
Italy	30,410.10	4,983.50	2,914.39	1,578.96	24,391.18	24,391.18
Luxembourg	54,560.39	3,328.67	6,712.09	7,521.72	52,041.36	52,041.36
Hungary	3,009,283.93	241,485.43	556,717.53	319,200.00	2,530,280.97	8,196.30
Netherlands	48,855.70	7,670.88	6,398.11	1,862.00	36,648.71	36,648.71
Austria	42,573.25	6,183.70	7,687.51	4,964.00	33,666.04	33,666.04
Poland	42,360.01	170.21	7,551.04	:	34,638.77	8,278.27
Portugal	17,279.89	1,260.50	1,900.79	700.56	14,819.16	14,819.16
Slovenia	17,851.28	492.86	3,945.13	2,469.24	15,882.53	15,882.53
Slovakia	10,342.10	-257.42	1,385.84	564.48	9,778.16	9,778.16
Finland	42,909.72	9,709.61	3,445.36	2,631.84	32,386.59	32,386.59
Sweden	407,974.45	70,873.00	28,600.00	27,000.00	335,501.45	36,874.37
United Kingdom	43,771.94	5,126.53	3,321.20	1,775.46	28,960.38	35,925.65
Iceland	6,856,099.69	1,318,765.46	27,959.00	362,739.43	5,872,114.66	37,865.07
Norway	542,385.96	105,632.45	44,475.65	23,280.00	415,557.87	49,741.20
Switzerland	90,521.98	4,133.16	5,657.62	6,000.00	86,731.20	71,407.21
Turkey	28,370.00	3,042.38	4,255.50	:	21,072.12	7,250.00