List of countries by average wage

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See also: List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita

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.

The wage distribution is right-skewed; the majority of people earn less than the average wage. For an alternative measure, the median household income uses median instead of average.

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.

Average wages are converted in US dollar nominal using 2013 US dollar nominal for private consumption and are deflated by a price deflator for private final consumption expenditures in 2013 prices. The OECD is a weighted average based on dependent employment weights in 2013 for the countries shown.[1]

However, the amount of wage theft in each country due to different labor rights is not included in these statistics.[2]

  • * indicates "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
    Development of average annual wages 2000–2019 (US$ PPP)[3]
    Country 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
     Luxembourg * 53,337 55,564 59,860 58,817 58,486 58,813 59,928 61,975 62,091 63,062 69,556 68,681
     Iceland * 45,708 52,385 44,558 46,774 46,953 47,910 48,234 51,759 56,094 61,787 70,003 68,006
     Switzerland * 54,405 57,535 60,400 60,503 61,567 62,516 62,616 62,495 62,370 62,283 66,121 66,567
     United States * 52,801 55,391 58,054 58,200 58,669 58,412 59,250 60,692 60,686 60,558 64,397 65,836
     Denmark * 41,713 45,783 49,424 49,148 40,024 49,424 50,369 51,126 52,808 56,227 56,828 57,150
     Netherlands * 47,695 49,939 53,023 52,668 52,781 52,808 52,602 53,171 53,295 52,877 56,709 56,552
     Belgium * 47,950 48,688 48,941 49,382 49,715 50,363 50,583 50,249 50,041 49,675 55,066 55,590
     Australia * 42,702 45,016 48,112 49,622 49,901 49,649 49,989 49,563 49,603 49,126 54,147 54,401
     Norway * 36,378 41,679 47,310 48,897 50,227 51,236 51,415 51,663 50,825 51,212 53,485 54,027
     Austria * 45,188 46,963 49,316 48,809 49,047 49,120 49,299 49,965 50,330 50,349 53,561 53,903
     Germany * 41,873 42,380 42,970 43,703 44,202 44,736 45,421 46,409 47,097 52,181 52,930 53,636
     Canada * 38,467 40,585 44,336 45,016 46,059 46,937 47,453 47,673 47,370 47,622 52,831 53,198
     Ireland * 37,986 44,557 51,860 47,806 46,905 45,735 45,828 46,561 46,932 47,653 49,695 50,490
     France * 36,341 38,983 41,548 41,472 41,759 41,986 42,403 42,731 43,221 43,755 46,256 47,482
     United Kingdom * 38,110 42,630 44,521 43,370 43,105 43,154 42,782 43,152 43,713 43,732 46,656 47,226
     Sweden * 38,990 43,602 46,077 47,126 46,483 46,592 47,400 48,974 49,530 50,046 46,062 46,695
     Finland * 36,308 39,782 42,725 42,872 42,902 42,441 42,425 42,885 43,139 42,964 45,023 45,698
     New Zealand * 30,590 34,645 37,319 37,319 38,106 37,614 37,910 38,473 39,674 40,043 43,770 44,031
     South Korea * 22,418 27,960 33,758 34,549 35,193 36,142 37,066 37,907 38,869 39,985 40,820 42,285
     Slovenia * 26,448 27,513 27,596 28,176 29,572 30,689 31,678 32,368 32,856 34,933 39,078 40,220
     Israel * 29,024 29,025 32,783 33,752 33,922 34,717 35,344 35,449 36,143 36,720 38,603 39,404
     Italy * 39,482 40,435 38,764 38,888 37,555 36,676 36,589 36,909 37,450 38,132 38,853 39,189
     Spain * 36,327 36,322 40,018 39,451 38,328 38,416 38,422 39,339 39,196 38,507 38,554 38,758
     Japan * 40,986 40,687 40,667 41,567 40,839 40,791 40,049 40,004 40,681 40,863 38,193 38,617
     Poland * 20,148 20,794 23,608 23,610 23,402 23,669 24,151 24,680 25,879 27,046 30,091 31,970
     Estonia * 12,248 16,771 20,561 19,715 20,532 20,824 21,971 22,840 23,935 24,336 28,449 30,297
     Czech Republic * 15,805 20,415 22,388 22,541 22,528 22,290 22,257 23,381 24,331 25,373 28,360 29,281
     Lithuania * 9,544 13,469 17,530 18,345 18,854 19,608 20,393 21,417 22,562 24,287 27,368 28,914
     Latvia * 10,642 14,425 17,601 16,988 17,699 18,546 19,783 21,587 22,726 23,683 26,765 28,454
     Greece * 27,133 32,034 31,194 29,149 27,826 26,026 26,532 26,336 26,330 26,064 27,480 27,459
     Chile * 19,588 21,557 24,078 24,220 24,980 25,651 25,958 25,748 26,219 25,879 26,369 26,916
     Portugal * 26,383 26,310 26,927 26,287 25,151 25,668 25,217 25,164 25,362 25,367 26,413 26,634
     Hungary * 15,874 21,562 21,323 21,309 20,568 20,613 20,470 19,929 20,825 22,576 24,703 26,223
     Slovakia * 15,861 18,451 22,055 21,859 21,618 21,782 22,204 23,026 23,801 24,328 24,254 25,452
     Mexico * 15,056 16,325 15,321 15,458 15,193 15,196 15,172 15,481 15,407 15,314 17,181 17,594

    UNECE statistics[]

    The Gross average monthly wage estimates for 2017 are computed by converting national currency figures from the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (OECD, EUROSTAT, CIS) official sources. Wages in US 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.[4]

    * indicates "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

    Country Average monthly wage (PPP)
     Luxembourg * $5,265
     Switzerland * $5,117
     United States * $5,046
     Norway * $4,317
     Denmark * $4,288
     Austria * $4,185
     Canada * $3,992
     Ireland * $3,944
     France * $3,682
     United Kingdom * $3,653
     Sweden * $3,551
     Finland * $3,549
     Italy * $3,010

    See also[]

    References[]

    1. ^ "Average annual wages, 2013 USD nominal and 2013 constant prices". OECD.StatExtracts, stats.oecd.org. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD. 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
    2. ^ "Korea's wage theft over 10 times higher than Japan's". Kyunghyang Newspaper. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
    3. ^ "Labour > Earnings > Average annual wages". OECD.
    4. ^ "Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year (2015)". UNECE. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

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