Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
32.28 million
Germany
Lowest
116,391
Iceland
Median
2.28 million
Years covered
21
2002–2022
Data points
207

What the numbers show

Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 32.28 million in Germany; the lowest is 116,391 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.28 million, and the mean is 5.23 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 277.

Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 32.28 million 2022 up 48.2% rising
2 United Kingdom 23.28 million 2018 up 11.9% rising
2 United Kingdom 23.28 million 2018 up 11.9% rising
4 France 18.05 million 2022 up 14.8% rising
5 Spain 10.55 million 2022 up 25.1% rising
6 Italy 10.48 million 2022 up 0.4% flat
7 Poland 7.89 million 2022 up 13.8% rising
7 Poland 7.89 million 2022 up 13.8% rising
9 Netherlands 6.99 million 2022 up 18.5% rising
9 Netherlands 6.99 million 2022 up 18.5% rising
11 Romania 4.36 million 2022 up 18.9% rising
12 Sweden 3.82 million 2022 up 23.9% rising
13 Czechia 3.54 million 2022 up 12.0% rising
14 Denmark 3.36 million 2022 up 23.3% rising
15 Belgium 3.12 million 2022 up 36.6% rising
16 Austria 2.87 million 2022 up 23.0% rising
17 Portugal 2.83 million 2022 up 20.6% rising
18 Hungary 2.68 million 2022 up 50.1% rising
19 Norway 2.28 million 2022 up 20.2% rising
20 Greece 2.12 million 2022 up 37.0% rising
21 Ireland 1.94 million 2022 up 110.1% rising
22 Bulgaria 1.74 million 2022 up 2.2% rising
23 Slovakia 1.62 million 2022 up 10.9% rising
23 Slovakia 1.62 million 2022 up 10.9% rising
25 Finland 1.61 million 2022 up 20.5% rising
26 Lithuania 1.09 million 2022 up 25.4% rising
26 Lithuania 1.09 million 2022 up 25.4% rising
28 Slovenia 621,245 2022 up 17.8% rising
28 Slovenia 621,245 2022 up 17.8% rising
30 Latvia 586,492 2022 up 9.4% falling
30 Latvia 586,492 2022 up 9.4% falling
32 Luxembourg 396,969 2022 up 47.0% rising
33 Estonia 361,167 2022 up 3.0% flat
33 Estonia 361,167 2022 up 3.0% flat
35 Cyprus 261,017 2022 up 36.1% rising
36 Malta 191,416 2022 up 37.4% rising
37 Iceland 116,391 2022 up 28.1% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
38 places, 207 data points, 2002–2022
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