List of countries by average wage: Difference between revisions

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.

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

• Development of average annual wages 2000–2017 (US$ PPP)

  Country	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
  Template:Flaglist+link	53,337	55,564	59,860	58,817	58,486	58,813	59,928	61,975	62,091	63,062
  Template:Flaglist+link	54,405	57,535	60,400	60,503	61,567	62,516	62,616	62,495	62,370	62,283
  Template:Flaglist+link	45,708	52,385	44,558	46,774	46,953	47,910	48,234	51,759	56,094	61,787
  Template:Flaglist+link	52,801	55,391	58,054	58,200	58,669	58,412	59,250	60,692	60,686	60,558
  Template:Flaglist+link	47,695	49,939	53,023	52,668	52,781	52,808	52,602	53,171	53,295	52,877
  Template:Flaglist+link	41,713	45,783	49,424	49,148	40,024	49,424	50,369	51,126	51,826	51,466
  Template:Flaglist+link	36,378	41,679	47,310	48,897	50,227	51,236	51,415	51,663	50,825	51,212
  Template:Flaglist+link	45,188	46,963	49,316	48,809	49,047	49,120	49,299	49,965	50,330	50,349
  Template:Flaglist+link	47,950	48,688	48,941	49,382	49,715	50,363	50,583	50,249	50,041	49,675
  Template:Flaglist+link	42,702	45,016	48,112	49,622	49,901	49,649	49,989	49,563	49,603	49,126
  Template:Flaglist+link	37,986	44,557	51,860	47,806	46,905	45,735	45,828	46,561	46,932	47,653
  Template:Flaglist+link	38,467	40,585	44,336	45,016	46,059	46,937	47,453	47,673	47,370	47,622
  Template:Flaglist+link	41,873	42,380	42,970	43,703	44,202	44,736	45,421	46,409	47,097	47,585
  Template:Flaglist+link	36,341	38,983	41,548	41,472	41,759	41,986	42,403	42,731	43,221	43,755
  Template:Flaglist+link	38,110	42,630	44,521	43,370	43,105	43,154	42,782	43,152	43,713	43,732
  Template:Flaglist+link	36,308	39,782	42,725	42,872	42,902	42,441	42,425	42,885	43,139	42,964
  Template:Flaglist+link	38,990	43,602	46,077	47,126	46,483	46,592	47,400	48,974	49,530	50,046
  Template:Flaglist+link	40,986	40,687	40,667	41,567	40,839	40,791	40,049	40,004	40,681	40,863
  Template:Flaglist+link	30,590	34,645	37,319	37,319	38,106	37,614	37,910	38,473	39,674	40,043
  Template:Flaglist+link	22,418	27,960	33,758	34,549	35,193	36,142	37,066	37,907	38,869	39,985
  Template:Flaglist+link	36,327	36,322	40,018	39,451	38,328	38,416	38,422	39,339	39,196	38,507
  Template:Flaglist+link	39,482	40,435	38,764	38,888	37,555	36,676	36,589	36,909	37,450	38,132
  Template:Flaglist+link	29,024	29,025	32,783	33,752	33,922	34,717	35,344	35,449	36,143	36,720
  Template:Flaglist+link	26,448	27,513	27,596	28,176	29,572	30,689	31,678	32,368	32,856	34,933
  Template:Flaglist+link	20,148	20,794	23,608	23,610	23,402	23,669	24,151	24,680	25,879	27,046
  Template:Flaglist+link	27,133	32,034	31,194	29,149	27,826	26,026	26,532	26,336	26,330	26,064
  Template:Flaglist+link	19,588	21,557	24,078	24,220	24,980	25,651	25,958	25,748	26,219	25,879
  Template:Flaglist+link	15,805	20,415	22,388	22,541	22,528	22,290	22,257	23,381	24,331	25,373
  Template:Flaglist+link	26,383	26,310	26,927	26,287	25,151	25,668	25,217	25,164	25,362	25,367
  Template:Flaglist+link	12,248	16,771	20,561	19,715	20,532	20,824	21,971	22,840	23,935	24,336
  Template:Flaglist+link	15,861	18,451	22,055	21,859	21,618	21,782	22,204	23,026	23,801	24,328
  Template:Flaglist+link	9,544	13,469	17,530	18,345	18,854	19,608	20,393	21,417	22,562	24,287
  Template:Flaglist+link	10,642	14,425	17,601	16,988	17,699	18,546	19,783	21,587	22,726	23,683
  Template:Flaglist+link	15,874	21,562	21,323	21,309	20,568	20,613	20,470	19,929	20,825	22,576
  Template:Flaglist+link	15,056	16,325	15,321	15,458	15,193	15,196	15,172	15,481	15,407	15,314

  UNECE statistics

  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.

  Country	Average monthly wage (PPP)
  Template:Flaglist+link	$5,265
  Template:Flaglist+link	$5,117
  Template:Flaglist+link	$5,046
  Template:Flaglist+link	$4,288
  Template:Flaglist+link	$4,185
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,992
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,944
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,653
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,610
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,551
  Template:Flaglist+link	$,3549
  Template:Flaglist+link	$3,010

  Numbeo statistics

  Rank is determined by the country with the highest purchasing power. The data is survey filled and is via Numbeo.

  Country	Local Purchasing Power
  Template:Flaglist+link	110.96
  Template:Flaglist+link	102.58
  Template:Flaglist+link	99.29
  Template:Flaglist+link	94.73
  Template:Flaglist+link	93.72
  Template:Flaglist+link	93.12
  Template:Flaglist+link	90.55
  Template:Flaglist+link	89.05
  Template:Flaglist+link	88.18
  Template:Flaglist+link	85.74
  Template:Flaglist+link	84.45
  Template:Flaglist+link	83.89
  Template:Flaglist+link	83.62
  Template:Flaglist+link	82.76
  Template:Flaglist+link	82.56
  Template:Flaglist+link	81.44
  Template:Flaglist+link	79.43
  Template:Flaglist+link	78.23
  Template:Flaglist+link	76.60
  Template:Flaglist+link	76.53
  Template:Flaglist+link	75.32
  Template:Flaglist+link	74.06
  Template:Flaglist+link	73.84

  See also

  • Disposable household and per capita income
  • List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
  • Wages and salaries

  References

  External links

  • GDP per capita by country Interactive GDP chart that allows filtering by various national groupings (such as NATO, EU, BRIC, ASEAN etc.)
  • Database Central Europe; average wages in emerging markets