Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children earning an average wage by country
Countries reporting
44
Highest
47,234 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
Switzerland
Lowest
10,616 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
Bulgaria
Median
26,354 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
1,035
What the numbers show
Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children earning an average wage is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 47,234 Purchasing power standard (PPS) in Switzerland; the lowest is 10,616 Purchasing power standard (PPS) in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 26,354 Purchasing power standard (PPS), and the mean is 26,654 Purchasing power standard (PPS).
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 155.5%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 0.8%).
Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 47,234 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 39,617 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 36,548 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 4 | Austria | 36,113 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 35,906 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 35,753 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 7 | United States | 34,568 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 8 | Iceland | 34,365 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 33,848 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 33,743 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 33,003 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 12 | Ireland | 32,854 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 31,353 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 30,811 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 30,556 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 16 | Finland | 29,780 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 28,834 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 18 | France | 28,600 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 19 | Cyprus | 28,508 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 28,219 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 27,231 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 26,970 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 23 | Malta | 25,738 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 24 | Poland | 23,832 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 23,561 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 26 | Greece | 23,116 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 22,567 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 21,806 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 21,444 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 21,241 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 21,000 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 20,740 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 33 | Estonia | 20,659 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 20,252 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 20,084 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 19,795 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 37 | Croatia | 19,648 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 38 | Estonia | 19,242 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 19,212 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 78.5% | rising |
| 40 | Slovakia | 18,988 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 41 | Türkiye | 18,985 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2024 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Latvia | 18,593 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 116.3% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 17,246 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 10,616 Purchasing power standard (PPS) | 2025 | up 155.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) 29,837 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 28,338 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
- Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) 26,129 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
- European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) 25,724 Purchasing power standard (PPS)
- European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020) 23,426 Purchasing power standard (PPS)