Italy

Italy — Median salary

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

$4,844

+$153 (+3.3%)

As of 2025 | 2021 PPP $ per month

Latest
$4,844 2025
Previous year
$4,691 2024
Min
$1,393 2008
Max
$4,844 2025
YearMedian salary
2025$4,844
2024$4,691
2023$4,454
2022$4,143
2021$3,846
2020$1,877
2019$1,811
2018$1,705
2017$1,672
2016$1,653
2015$1,569
2014$1,515
2013$1,464
2012$1,447
2011$1,464
2010$1,465
2009$1,437
2008$1,393
2007$2,746
#CountryMedian salaryChangeYear
9Germany$5,248+$305 (+6.2%)202210France$5,079+$2,377 (+88.0%)202513Italy$4,844+$153 (+3.3%)202515United States$4,481+$147 (+3.4%)2025
17Spain$4,357+$60 (+1.4%)2025
19United Kingdom$3,861+$78 (+2.1%)2025

What median monthly earnings are

Median monthly earnings of employees (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTM_SEX_CUR_NB) are the midpoint of the employee pay distribution, both sexes, in 2021 PPP dollars. Latest for Italy: $4,844 in 2025.

The median is less pulled by high earners than the mean. Coverage still varies by national source. From 2007 to 2025 (19 years): latest $4,844 (2025), previous year $4,691 (2024); low $1,393 (2008), high $4,844 (2025).

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

Reading this series

This series is the median of the monthly earnings distribution for employees: the pay level at which half of employees earn more and half earn less. It comes from ILOSTAT indicator EAR_EMTM_SEX_CUR_NB, for both sexes, published annually and converted by the ILO to 2021 PPP dollars. Values are gross employee earnings, before income tax and social contributions, and they are not take-home pay. The median is less influenced by a few very high earners than the mean, so it often sits below the average.

Each point is a national published figure, not a Younivi estimate. Coverage, survey design and the treatment of part-time work differ between economies, so rankings are indicative rather than exact. The chart shows the years you select; the table gives the same values as numbers. Compare economies by direction and by broad level, and read the year label, because economies do not all report the same latest year. Sources revise their series, so a later rebuild can change a past reading.

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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