Median monthly earnings of employees (2021 PPP $)

Every published economy, ranked by the latest year. Click a country in the list or the chart legend to show or hide it. Country desks cover a smaller set.

YearMedian salary
2025$7,599
2024$8,015
2023$7,447
2022$6,691
2021$5,964
2020$5,274
2019$5,424
2018$4,668
2017$4,674
2016$4,417
2015$3,950
2014$4,154
2013$4,153
2012$3,944
2011$3,873
2010$3,800
2009$3,951
2008$3,842
2007$3,704
2006$3,145
2005$3,093
2004$3,028
#CountryMedian salaryChangeYear
1Luxembourg$7,599−$416 (−5.2%)2025
2Belgium$7,489−$41 (−0.5%)2025
3Netherlands$6,636+$227 (+3.5%)2025
4Austria$6,444+$384 (+6.3%)2025
5Denmark$6,198+$202 (+3.4%)2025
6Norway$6,127−$9 (−0.2%)2025
7Switzerland$5,621+$259 (+4.8%)2025
8Finland$5,547+$23 (+0.4%)2025
9Germany$5,248+$305 (+6.2%)202210France$5,079+$2,377 (+88.0%)2025
11Iceland$4,977+$473 (+10.5%)2020
12Sweden$4,852−$8 (−0.2%)2025
13Italy$4,844+$153 (+3.3%)2025
14Slovenia$4,764+$143 (+3.1%)2025
15United States$4,481+$147 (+3.4%)202516Ireland$4,423+$119 (+2.8%)2025
17Spain$4,357+$60 (+1.4%)2025
18Canada$3,988+$54 (+1.4%)202519United Kingdom$3,861+$78 (+2.1%)2025
20Cyprus$3,851+$309 (+8.7%)2025
21Malta$3,758+$852 (+29.3%)2021
22Czechia$3,669−$54 (−1.5%)2025
23Poland$3,656+$605 (+19.8%)2025
24Estonia$3,620+$126 (+3.6%)2025
25Slovak Republic$3,550+$1,316 (+58.9%)2025
26Lithuania$3,527+$161 (+4.8%)2025
27Croatia$3,526−$458 (−11.5%)2025
28Latvia$3,483+$209 (+6.4%)2025
29Australia$3,324+$216 (+7.0%)2021
30Romania$3,183+$143 (+4.7%)2025
31Greece$2,999−$230 (−7.1%)2025
32Serbia$2,645+$451 (+20.6%)2025
33Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,601−$115 (−4.2%)2025
34Bulgaria$2,572+$153 (+6.3%)2025
35Hungary$1,971−$195 (−9.0%)2025
36Portugal$1,827+$37 (+2.1%)2025
37Solomon Islands$1,707$0.002005
38Turkiye$1,691−$62 (−3.5%)2025
39Puerto Rico (US)$1,680+$212 (+14.5%)2020
40Bahamas, The$1,536+$67 (+4.6%)2024
41Mongolia$1,524+$181 (+13.5%)2025
42New Caledonia$1,521$0.002017
43Chile$1,506+$166 (+12.4%)2024
44Brunei Darussalam$1,472$0.002014
45Costa Rica$1,431+$110 (+8.3%)2025
46Panama$1,409+$90 (+6.8%)2025
47Uruguay$1,349+$132 (+10.9%)2024
48Lebanon$1,336$0.002019
49Mauritius$1,255+$497 (+65.6%)2024
50Guyana$1,234+$480 (+63.7%)2024
51Thailand$1,226+$34 (+2.8%)2025
52Argentina$1,210+$269 (+28.6%)2025
53Bhutan$1,188+$38 (+3.3%)2025
54Fiji$1,169+$401 (+52.3%)2024
55Trinidad and Tobago$1,164+$14 (+1.2%)2016
56Antigua and Barbuda$1,162+$233 (+25.1%)2023
57Viet Nam$1,117+$91 (+8.9%)2024
58Ecuador$1,065+$43 (+4.2%)2025
59Bolivia$1,037−$127 (−10.9%)2025
60Dominican Republic$1,008+$87 (+9.5%)2025
61Maldives$987+$70 (+7.7%)2019
62Paraguay$974+$37 (+3.9%)2025
63Guatemala$960+$97 (+11.2%)2025
64Jordan$934+$13 (+1.4%)2024
65El Salvador$924+$81 (+9.6%)2025
66Colombia$901+$58 (+6.8%)2025
67Armenia$865+$139 (+19.1%)2023
68Brazil$852+$60 (+7.6%)2025
69Belize$847+$101 (+13.5%)2019
70Barbados$836$0.002016
71Palau$831+$125 (+17.8%)2023
72Moldova$821+$79 (+10.7%)2025
73Djibouti$812$0.002017
74Peru$789+$24 (+3.2%)2025
75Mexico$775+$0.23 (0.0%)2025
76St. Lucia$760$0.002016
77India$756+$2 (+0.3%)2025
78Philippines$733−$2 (−0.3%)2024
79Tunisia$732$0.002019
80Georgia$731+$101 (+16.1%)2023
81Honduras$713+$68 (+10.5%)2025
82Tonga$711+$148 (+26.3%)2023
83Cambodia$706+$44 (+6.6%)2025
84Suriname$689$0.002016
85Nicaragua$666+$303 (+83.5%)2014
86Egypt, Arab Rep.$656+$2 (+0.3%)2024
87Afghanistan$647+$237 (+57.9%)2020
88Equatorial Guinea$616$0.002023
89Samoa$613+$500 (+445.4%)2022
90Marshall Islands$604$0.002019
91South Africa$566−$29 (−4.9%)2020
92Lao PDR$539−$26 (−4.6%)2022
93Guinea$531$0.002019
94Nepal$501+$254 (+103.2%)2017
95Botswana$471+$0.60 (+0.1%)2024
96Sri Lanka$470+$28 (+6.4%)2024
97Kiribati$458+$77 (+20.3%)2023
98Tanzania$456+$25 (+5.7%)2024
99Timor-Leste$449−$89 (−16.5%)2021
100Indonesia$437+$30 (+7.4%)2023
101Cabo Verde$433$0.002015
102Bangladesh$424+$34 (+8.7%)2024
103Myanmar$413−$55 (−11.7%)2020
104Eswatini$404+$57 (+16.4%)2021
105Pakistan$397−$31 (−7.2%)2025
106Namibia$390−$22 (−5.4%)2018
107Mali$364+$51 (+16.4%)2024
108Sudan$358+$85 (+31.1%)2022
109Chad$355+$28 (+8.7%)2022
110Senegal$349+$71 (+25.7%)2024
111Cote d'Ivoire$349−$58 (−14.3%)2022
112Zambia$330+$109 (+49.2%)2024
113Ghana$330−$57 (−14.7%)2025
114Comoros$329+$14 (+4.5%)2021
115Mozambique$311$0.002022
116Liberia$310−$19 (−5.8%)2017
117Benin$292+$58 (+24.6%)2022
118Guinea-Bissau$272+$0.89 (+0.3%)2022
119Burkina Faso$259−$42 (−13.9%)2025
120Congo, Rep.$257$0.002009
121Cameroon$251$0.002014
122Jamaica$248−$14 (−5.3%)2014
123Niger$246−$3 (−1.4%)2022
124Vanuatu$245$0.002010
125Ethiopia$238+$102 (+75.2%)2021
126Togo$236+$62 (+36.0%)2022
127Lesotho$228−$133 (−36.8%)2024
128Angola$193−$107 (−35.8%)2024
129Nigeria$188−$38 (−16.9%)2024
130Gambia, The$185−$22 (−10.8%)2018
131Congo, Dem. Rep.$183+$83 (+83.1%)2016
132Uganda$182+$11 (+6.1%)2021
133Madagascar$162+$20 (+14.2%)2015
134Kenya$139−$54 (−28.0%)2019
135Tajikistan$128+$17 (+15.3%)2009
136Rwanda$97+$38 (+63.4%)2024
137Malawi$84$0.002013
138Burundi$68+$15 (+27.2%)2020

What median monthly earnings are

Median monthly earnings of employees in 2021 PPP dollars (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTM_SEX_CUR_NB). Gross employee pay, not take-home pay. Ranked by each economy’s latest published year.

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.