How much does an astrophysicist make in each country?
143 countries, median gross salary a year in dollars.
Each line is a country, on a log scale from $100 to $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- United States$168,200
- Switzerland$129,000
- Luxembourg$105,900
- Iceland$92,280
- Germany$91,860
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$168,200
- Germany$121,300
- Qatar$111,000
- Luxembourg$107,300
- Switzerland$100,600
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $168,200 | $14,010 | $168,200 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $129,000 | $10,750 | CHF 116,100 | $100,600 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $105,900 | $8,824 | €94,840 | $107,300 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $92,280 | $7,690 | kr 11,756,200 | $80,690 |
| 5 | Germany | $91,860 | $7,655 | €82,280 | $121,300 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $86,330 | $7,194 | QAR 314,200 | $111,000 |
| 7 | Canada | $83,530 | $6,961 | CA$117,500 | |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $83,070 | $6,923 | kr 553,500 | $79,470 |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $79,220 | $6,602 | kr 716,900 | $82,350 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $76,200 | $6,350 | €68,250 | $87,370 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $76,150 | $6,346 | €68,210 | $89,820 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $75,120 | $6,260 | €67,280 | $73,540 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $74,310 | $6,193 | £55,520 | $80,450 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $73,310 | $6,109 | €65,660 | $84,550 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $66,940 | $5,578 | €59,950 | $73,860 |
| 16 | Singapore estimate | $60,400 | $5,034 | SGD 81,150 | $76,640 |
| 17 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $59,990 | $4,999 | HK$465,700 | $72,130 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $57,790 | $4,816 | kr 550,200 | $63,850 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $55,860 | $4,655 | ₪180,400 | $44,580 |
| 20 | France estimate | $55,690 | $4,641 | €49,880 | $67,280 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $54,260 | $4,521 | €48,600 | $78,990 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $49,110 | $4,093 | €43,990 | $67,400 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $43,390 | $3,616 | AED 159,400 | $64,530 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $41,820 | $3,485 | ₩54,004,700 | $59,740 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $41,690 | $3,474 | €37,340 | $62,300 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $41,070 | $3,422 | €36,780 | $61,300 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $39,990 | $3,332 | €35,010 | $55,690 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $39,060 | $3,255 | €34,990 | $60,150 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $36,310 | $3,026 | SAR 136,200 | $70,170 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $34,240 | $2,853 | BSD 34,240 | $30,940 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $34,120 | $2,843 | $36,390 | |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $32,770 | $2,731 | Kč 721,100 | $48,930 |
| 33 | Greece estimate | $32,730 | $2,728 | €29,320 | $49,940 |
| 34 | Brunei estimate | $32,430 | $2,702 | BND 41,090 | $54,240 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $31,780 | $2,648 | €28,460 | $51,160 |
| 36 | Barbados estimate | $31,500 | $2,625 | BBD 63,000 | $26,250 |
| 37 | Estonia estimate | $31,370 | $2,614 | €28,100 | $41,330 |
| 38 | Costa Rica estimate | $30,030 | $2,503 | ₡15,122,500 | $48,080 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $28,890 | $2,407 | €25,870 | $46,300 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $27,580 | $2,299 | lei 121,800 | $56,550 |
| 41 | Croatia estimate | $26,570 | $2,214 | €179,300 | $45,150 |
| 42 | Slovakia estimate | $26,040 | $2,170 | €23,320 | $40,730 |
| 43 | Hungary estimate | $25,820 | $2,152 | Ft 9,048,400 | $44,580 |
| 44 | Poland estimate | $22,710 | $1,892 | zł 95,310 | $41,390 |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $20,830 | $1,736 | ₺821,800 | $46,310 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $20,440 | $1,703 | UYU 821,800 | $28,050 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $19,350 | $1,613 | KM 33,900 | $43,690 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $19,170 | $1,598 | PAB 19,170 | $38,600 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $19,100 | $1,592 | €33,460 | $40,760 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $18,530 | $1,544 | RSD 1,949,300 | $36,400 |
| 51 | Botswana estimate | $18,180 | $1,515 | P 246,500 | $46,400 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $17,940 | $1,495 | CLP 16,931,300 | $36,420 |
| 53 | Palau estimate | $17,660 | $1,472 | $17,660 | |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $15,230 | $1,269 | €11,470 | $26,110 |
| 55 | Belize estimate | $15,050 | $1,254 | BZD 30,100 | $23,570 |
| 56 | North Macedonia estimate | $14,900 | $1,242 | MKD 822,600 | $30,040 |
| 57 | Malaysia estimate | $14,680 | $1,223 | RM 61,710 | $39,260 |
| 58 | South Africa estimate | $14,150 | $1,179 | R 232,800 | $31,390 |
| 59 | Marshall Islands estimate | $13,700 | $1,141 | $13,790 | |
| 60 | Lebanon estimate | $13,080 | $1,090 | L£19,722,000 | $26,350 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $12,310 | $1,026 | L 319,600 | $25,330 |
| 62 | Peru estimate | $12,290 | $1,024 | PEN 43,830 | $22,740 |
| 63 | Brazil estimate | $12,260 | $1,021 | R$68,480 | $26,530 |
| 64 | Colombia estimate | $12,160 | $1,014 | COP 49,305,000 | $29,600 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,970 | $997 | DOP 741,900 | $31,160 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $11,800 | $984 | Rs 547,800 | $27,510 |
| 67 | Eswatini estimate | $11,480 | $957 | SZL 205,400 | |
| 68 | Guatemala estimate | $11,120 | $927 | Q 85,420 | $24,890 |
| 69 | Maldives estimate | $11,050 | $921 | MVR 170,000 | $16,790 |
| 70 | Argentina estimate | $11,040 | $920 | ARS 13,695,800 | $20,710 |
| 71 | Ecuador estimate | $10,960 | $913 | $24,820 | |
| 72 | Thailand estimate | $10,700 | $891 | ฿351,700 | $33,160 |
| 73 | Mexico estimate | $10,500 | $875 | MX$201,900 | $17,860 |
| 74 | El Salvador estimate | $10,360 | $863 | $22,090 | |
| 75 | Russia estimate | $10,050 | $837 | ₽740,100 | $28,730 |
| 76 | Djibouti estimate | $9,633 | $803 | DJF 1,712,000 | $17,380 |
| 77 | Fiji estimate | $9,521 | $793 | FJD 21,600 | $23,310 |
| 78 | Samoa estimate | $9,351 | $779 | WST 25,150 | $13,680 |
| 79 | Albania estimate | $9,233 | $769 | ALL 983,900 | $21,360 |
| 80 | Guyana estimate | $9,196 | $766 | GYD 1,917,400 | $19,730 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $8,919 | $743 | Bs 61,630 | $22,830 |
| 82 | Jordan estimate | $8,680 | $723 | JOD 6,163 | $19,190 |
| 83 | Paraguay estimate | $8,168 | $681 | ₲61,631,300 | $21,440 |
| 84 | Mongolia estimate | $7,727 | $644 | ₮27,391,700 | $23,200 |
| 85 | Jamaica estimate | $7,716 | $643 | JMD 856,000 | $12,250 |
| 86 | Moldova estimate | $7,629 | $636 | MDL 132,600 | $15,110 |
| 87 | Tonga estimate | $7,454 | $621 | TOP 17,620 | $9,674 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $7,271 | $606 | ₱416,600 | $20,080 |
| 89 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,854 | $571 | CVE 681,100 | $13,520 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $6,711 | $559 | BTN 561,500 | $26,900 |
| 91 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,360 | $530 | VUV 616,300 | $5,203 |
| 92 | Vietnam estimate | $6,291 | $524 | ₫152,023,800 | $21,230 |
| 93 | Senegal estimate | $5,884 | $490 | F CFA 3,424,000 | $15,120 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,846 | $487 | ₸1,905,700 | $15,180 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $5,601 | $467 | TND 16,440 | $20,040 |
| 96 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,489 | $457 | F CFA 3,424,000 | $14,730 |
| 97 | Cambodia estimate | $5,460 | $455 | ៛21,913,300 | $14,880 |
| 98 | Kiribati estimate | $5,245 | $437 | A$7,895 | $8,408 |
| 99 | India estimate | $5,028 | $419 | ₹438,300 | $22,090 |
| 100 | Georgia estimate | $4,820 | $402 | ₾15,530 | $14,460 |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,612 | $384 | FCFA 2,797,500 | $10,150 |
| 102 | Chad estimate | $4,559 | $380 | FCFA 2,843,400 | $13,450 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,356 | $363 | UZS 48,139,100 | $16,050 |
| 104 | Zambia estimate | $4,187 | $349 | ZK 109,600 | $14,480 |
| 105 | Suriname estimate | $3,880 | $323 | SRD 95,870 | $10,720 |
| 106 | Mozambique estimate | $3,861 | $322 | MZN 246,500 | $10,220 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,698 | $308 | $8,300 | |
| 108 | Yemen estimate | $3,542 | $295 | YER 777,800 | $11,740 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,530 | $294 | F CFA 2,054,400 | $10,640 |
| 110 | Mali estimate | $3,388 | $282 | F CFA 2,054,400 | $10,680 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $3,309 | $276 | KES 337,500 | $7,800 |
| 112 | Comoros estimate | $3,293 | $274 | CF 1,369,600 | $6,006 |
| 113 | Ghana estimate | $3,054 | $254 | GH₵38,350 | $7,305 |
| 114 | Cameroon estimate | $3,051 | $254 | FCFA 1,506,500 | $6,296 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,947 | $246 | Rs 890,200 | $10,180 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,912 | $243 | FCFA 1,369,600 | $4,394 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $2,883 | $240 | Rs 301,300 | $9,927 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $2,684 | $224 | FG 24,652,500 | $8,188 |
| 119 | Indonesia estimate | $2,656 | $221 | Rp 42,118,500 | $8,250 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,635 | $220 | F CFA 1,643,500 | $7,444 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $2,615 | $218 | LSL 47,940 | $7,808 |
| 122 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,606 | $217 | ৳301,300 | $9,133 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $2,523 | $210 | ₴64,460 | $10,370 |
| 124 | Armenia estimate | $2,412 | $201 | ֏1,164,100 | $6,993 |
| 125 | Angola estimate | $2,362 | $197 | Kz 2,054,400 | $6,602 |
| 126 | Uganda estimate | $2,100 | $175 | UGX 7,532,700 | $5,727 |
| 127 | Ethiopia estimate | $2,098 | $175 | ETB 91,760 | $6,829 |
| 128 | Benin estimate | $2,089 | $174 | F CFA 1,301,100 | $6,331 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $2,082 | $173 | F CFA 1,298,400 | $6,387 |
| 130 | Togo estimate | $2,080 | $173 | F CFA 1,297,400 | $5,881 |
| 131 | Laos estimate | $2,049 | $171 | ₭28,761,300 | $7,749 |
| 132 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $2,033 | $169 | CDF 2,054,400 | $4,185 |
| 133 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,983 | $165 | K 2,739,200 | $6,290 |
| 134 | Pakistan estimate | $1,687 | $141 | Rs 474,400 | $7,255 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,512 | $126 | E£68,480 | $9,851 |
| 136 | Sudan estimate | $1,503 | $125 | SDG 821,800 | $3,664 |
| 137 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,454 | $121 | ؋111,700 | $7,074 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,414 | $118 | BIF 2,707,100 | $4,271 |
| 139 | Liberia estimate | $1,370 | $114 | LRD 1,370 | $3,397 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $1,351 | $113 | RF 1,780,500 | $4,927 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,209 | $101 | GMD 58,210 | $3,905 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $1,203 | $100 | MWK 438,300 | $3,686 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $463 | $39 | ₦684,800 | $2,579 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).