Italy

Italy — Average salary

IT desk: Italy first; euro area, Germany, France, United Kingdom and United States alongside.

$5,481

+$155 (+2.9%)

As of 2025 | 2021 PPP $ per month

Latest
$5,481 2025
Previous year
$5,326 2024
Min
$1,429 2008
Max
$5,481 2025
YearAverage salary
2025$5,481
2024$5,326
2023$5,073
2022$4,719
2021$4,397
2020$1,913
2019$1,873
2018$1,756
2017$1,705
2016$1,678
2015$1,578
2014$1,558
2013$1,543
2012$1,518
2011$1,536
2010$1,523
2009$1,469
2008$1,429
2007$3,111
2006$2,383
2002$2,142
#CountryAverage salaryChangeYear
8United States$6,273+$288 (+4.8%)20259Germany$6,135+$306 (+5.3%)202211France$6,069+$3,005 (+98.1%)202515Italy$5,481+$155 (+2.9%)2025
18Spain$5,203+$38 (+0.7%)2025
22United Kingdom$4,500+$52 (+1.2%)2025

What average monthly earnings are

Average monthly earnings of employees (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB) are the mean gross monthly pay of employees, both sexes, converted to 2021 PPP dollars. Latest for Italy: $5,481 in 2025.

This is not take-home pay: it is a national mean, before tax, for employees only, and survey coverage differs by country. From 2002 to 2025 (21 years): latest $5,481 (2025), previous year $5,326 (2024); low $1,429 (2008), high $5,481 (2025).

Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).

Reading this series

This series is the mean of monthly employee earnings. It is produced by ILOSTAT as indicator EAR_EMTA_SEX_CUR_NB for both sexes, published annually and expressed in 2021 PPP dollars. Because it is an arithmetic mean, it is pulled upward by high earners more than the median is. Values are gross employee pay, before income tax and social insurance, and they are not take-home pay. Only employees are covered; self-employed and contributing family workers are not part of the average.

National sources differ in survey coverage, reference period and how part-time work is treated, and the ILO converts each national series to a common purchasing-power basis. Comparisons are therefore broad. Use the chart and range buttons for the trend within one economy, and the ranked table for the latest published year. Published estimates are revised from time to time, so a later rebuild may show a different historical value.

About this desk

Italy appears first, with comparison economies where the producer publishes them. This desk filters the same official series as the all-countries view; it does not recalculate values.

Average and median monthly earnings come from ILOSTAT, in 2021 PPP dollars. These are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay. National coverage differs.

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