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Average wages
Average monthly pay of employees, adjusted for price levels. Countries: ILO average monthly earnings in PPP dollars. States: average annual pay ÷ 12, deflated by BEA regional price parities.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 157 countries · ILO (ILOSTAT) · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 51 states · BLS QCEW, price-adjusted
Countries
157 · ILO (ILOSTAT)- 1stLuxembourg9,2752025
- 2ndBelgium8,0772025
- 3rdNetherlands7,3832025
- 4thAustria7,2592025
- 5thFinland6,3562025
- 6thUnited States6,2732025
- 7thGermany6,1352022
- 8thFrance6,0692025
- 9thIreland5,5772025
- 10thSlovenia5,5152025
- 11thItaly5,4812025
- 12thMalta5,2572021
- 13thNorway5,2422025
- 14thDenmark5,2392025
- 15thSpain5,2032025
- 16thCyprus4,9112025
- 17thCanada4,5712025
- 18thSouth Korea4,5252022
- 19thSwitzerland4,4662025
- 20thSingapore4,4202021
- 21stIceland4,2552020
- 22ndLithuania4,2412025
- 23rdEstonia4,2392025
- 24thQatar4,2262022
- 25thLatvia4,2062025
- 26thSweden4,1382025
- 27thNew Zealand4,0642022
- 28thAustralia3,9262021
- 29thSlovakia3,9052025
- 30thSaudi Arabia3,4802022
- 31stBulgaria3,3582025
- 32ndGreece3,3342025
- 33rdCroatia3,3192025
- 34thPoland3,2862025
- 35thLiberia3,2462017
- 36thCzechia3,1762025
- 37thUnited Kingdom3,0242025
- 38thSan Marino2,9792022
- 39thJapan2,8092021
- 40thRomania2,7662025
- 41stIsrael2,7002021
- 42ndSerbia2,3982025
- 43rdBrunei2,3762014
- 44thBosnia and Herzegovina2,2702024
- 45thTürkiye2,2252025
- 46thRussia2,2222021
- 47thPortugal2,1962025
- 48thMontenegro2,1672022
- 49thChile2,0792024
- 50thKazakhstan2,0442022
- 51stCosta Rica1,9282025
- 52ndPanama1,8692025
- 53rdMalaysia1,8662020
- 54thKuwait1,8282016
- 55thBahamas1,7962023
- 56thBahrain1,7802020
- 57thHungary1,7452025
- 58thMongolia1,6832025
- 59thAzerbaijan1,6492022
- 60thUruguay1,6362024
- 61stMauritius1,6292024
- 62ndSeychelles1,6032022
- 63rdThailand1,5742025
- 64thLebanon1,5712019
- 65thUkraine1,5402022
- 66thArgentina1,5232025
- 67thFiji1,5032024
- 68thChina1,4352022
- 69thBhutan1,3332025
- 70thNorth Macedonia1,3202014
- 71stAntigua and Barbuda1,3202023
- 72ndBrazil1,3142025
- 73rdUzbekistan1,2942022
- 74thTrinidad and Tobago1,2762016
- 75thAlbania1,2672022
- 76thDominican Republic1,2632025
- 77thBotswana1,2322024
- 78thEcuador1,2202025
- 79thColombia1,2142025
- 80thVietnam1,1982024
- 81stKosovo1,1862019
- 82ndBolivia1,1822025
- 83rdParaguay1,1632025
- 84thMaldives1,1412019
- 85thIndia1,1202025
- 86thBarbados1,1172016
- 87thJordan1,0942024
- 88thEl Salvador1,0812025
- 89thKyrgyzstan1,0792022
- 90thSouth Africa1,0762020
- 91stSaint Lucia1,0692016
- 92ndPeru1,0422025
- 93rdPalau1,0422023
- 94thGuatemala1,0382024
- 95thNamibia1,0082018
- 96thMoldova9932025
- 97thArmenia9832023
- 98thDjibouti9702017
- 99thNicaragua9482014
- 100thMexico9382025
- 101stEswatini9032021
- 102ndTunisia9022019
- 103rdSamoa8972022
- 104thHonduras8922025
- 105thGuyana8892021
- 106thSuriname8852016
- 107thBelize8612020
- 108thTonga8602023
- 109thPhilippines8512023
- 110thAfghanistan8362020
- 111thTanzania8362024
- 112thMarshall Islands8042019
- 113thGeorgia7922023
- 114thCambodia7592023
- 115thSenegal7382024
- 116thEgypt7132024
- 117thSudan6932022
- 118thLaos6752022
- 119thBurkina Faso6392025
- 120thCape Verde6392015
- 121stChad6082022
- 122ndZambia5892024
- 123rdGuinea5872019
- 124thNepal5862017
- 125thTimor-Leste5782021
- 126thKiribati5732023
- 127thMozambique5632022
- 128thSri Lanka5582024
- 129thCameroon5572014
- 130thIvory Coast5552022
- 131stMali5552024
- 132ndGhana5462024
- 133rdYemen5422010
- 134thIndonesia5402023
- 135thJamaica5312014
- 136thBangladesh4702024
- 137thComoros4622021
- 138thTajikistan4602019
- 139thUganda4392021
- 140thMyanmar4312020
- 141stBenin4112022
- 142ndPakistan4072025
- 143rdLesotho4062024
- 144thGuinea-Bissau3982022
- 145thTogo3892022
- 146thNiger3692022
- 147thAngola3592024
- 148thVanuatu3422010
- 149thKenya3222019
- 150thEthiopia3122021
- 151stDR Congo2982016
- 152ndNigeria2882024
- 153rdGambia2682018
- 154thMadagascar2482015
- 155thRwanda1932024
- 156thMalawi1772013
- 157thBurundi1532020
US states
51 · BLS QCEW, price-adjusted- 1stDistrict of Columbia9,769
- 2ndMassachusetts7,886
- 3rdWashington7,757
- 4thNew York7,718
- 5thConnecticut7,316
- 6thCalifornia7,297
- 7thColorado6,805
- 8thTexas6,697
- 9thIllinois6,673
- 10thNew Jersey6,605
- 11thVirginia6,602
- 12thMinnesota6,502
- 13thNew Hampshire6,472
- 14thMaryland6,470
- 15thTennessee6,384
- 16thPennsylvania6,347
- 17thNorth Dakota6,331
- 18thGeorgia6,321
- 19thNorth Carolina6,320
- 20thDelaware6,296
- 21stOhio6,135
- 22ndAlaska6,134
- 23rdMichigan6,133
- 24thMissouri6,097
- 25thAlabama6,049
- 26thArizona6,034
- 27thIowa6,025
- 28thLouisiana5,961
- 29thOregon5,946
- 30thFlorida5,864
- 31stWisconsin5,860
- 32ndArkansas5,860
- 33rdKansas5,849
- 34thUtah5,842
- 35thNebraska5,833
- 36thNevada5,815
- 37thIndiana5,810
- 38thRhode Island5,795
- 39thOklahoma5,786
- 40thKentucky5,783
- 41stVermont5,714
- 42ndWyoming5,712
- 43rdNew Mexico5,706
- 44thSouth Dakota5,699
- 45thSouth Carolina5,667
- 46thMaine5,650
- 47thWest Virginia5,622
- 48thMontana5,540
- 49thIdaho5,442
- 50thHawaii5,354
- 51stMississippi5,102
157 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on work
- Paid maternity leaveStatutory paid leave available to mothers, in weeks.
- Statutory paid holidayStatutory minimum paid annual leave, in working days.
- Minimum wageStatutory hourly minimum wage, PPP-adjusted USD.
- UnemploymentUnemployed share of the labour force.
- Labor force participationShare of the adult population working or looking for work.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
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- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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