Average annual wage (real) by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: $86,977 in 2025, 3rd of 38 OECD members (highest first).

Highest: Luxembourg ($98,530, 2025) · Lowest: Mexico ($24,463, 2025) · 38 countries and territories with data.

Average annual wage per full-time equivalent employee, adjusted for price differences between countries (PPP) and for inflation, in US dollars. Covers OECD members and some other countries.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Luxembourg$98,5302025
2Switzerland$92,2852025
3United States$86,9772025
4Netherlands$80,1362025
5Belgium$80,0092025
6Iceland$79,0512024
7Austria$78,3012025
8Denmark$78,0902025
9Germany$76,2852025
10Norway$73,4622025
11Australia$72,0182025
12Ireland$70,1132025
13Canada$67,9012025
14United Kingdom$66,2992025
15Slovenia$63,3762025
16Finland$63,0532025
17Sweden$61,4432025
18South Korea$61,2592025
19New Zealand$60,8962025
20France$60,4832025
21Lithuania$58,1122025
22Spain$57,7792025
23Israel$57,4262025
24Türkiye$57,2752024
25Italy$53,8642025
26Japan$50,1832025
27Poland$49,0742025
28Portugal$44,9372025
29Latvia$44,7092025
30Costa Rica$44,4312024
31Czechia$43,6072025
32Estonia$41,0192025
33Chile$40,6262023
34Hungary$39,1452025
35Slovakia$37,8322025
36Greece$32,4122025
37Colombia$30,1332024
38Mexico$24,4632025

Source: OECD Data Explorer, Average annual wages (OECD). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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