How much does a benefits officer make in each country?
141 countries, median gross salary a year in dollars.
Each line is a country, on a log scale from $100 to $100,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$91,490
- Iceland$74,340
- United States$71,250
- Luxembourg$71,190
- Norway$67,490
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$88,380
- Luxembourg$72,170
- Switzerland$71,380
- United States$71,250
- Norway$70,160
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $91,490 | $7,624 | CHF 82,330 | $71,380 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $74,340 | $6,195 | kr 9,471,000 | $65,010 |
| 3 | United States | $71,250 | $5,937 | $71,250 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $71,190 | $5,933 | €63,760 | $72,170 |
| 5 | Norway estimate | $67,490 | $5,624 | kr 610,700 | $70,160 |
| 6 | Germany | $66,940 | $5,578 | €59,950 | $88,380 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $66,900 | $5,575 | kr 445,800 | $64,000 |
| 8 | Ireland estimate | $54,300 | $4,525 | €48,630 | $53,160 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $53,810 | $4,485 | €48,200 | $63,470 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $52,830 | $4,403 | €47,320 | $60,580 |
| 11 | Qatar estimate | $50,560 | $4,213 | QAR 184,000 | $65,010 |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $50,100 | $4,175 | €44,870 | $57,780 |
| 13 | Finland estimate | $44,960 | $3,747 | €40,270 | $49,610 |
| 14 | Sweden estimate | $43,730 | $3,644 | kr 416,300 | $48,310 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | $43,660 | $3,639 | £32,620 | $47,270 |
| 16 | Italy estimate | $39,300 | $3,275 | €35,200 | $53,940 |
| 17 | France estimate | $36,000 | $3,000 | €32,240 | $43,490 |
| 18 | Israel estimate | $33,890 | $2,824 | ₪109,500 | $27,040 |
| 19 | Spain estimate | $33,060 | $2,755 | €29,610 | $48,130 |
| 20 | Singapore estimate | $30,440 | $2,537 | SGD 40,900 | $38,620 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $28,820 | $2,402 | €25,820 | $43,030 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $27,630 | $2,302 | AED 101,500 | $41,090 |
| 23 | Cyprus estimate | $27,420 | $2,285 | €24,560 | $40,980 |
| 24 | Malta estimate | $26,430 | $2,203 | €23,140 | $36,820 |
| 25 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $25,580 | $2,131 | HK$198,500 | $30,750 |
| 26 | Portugal estimate | $25,520 | $2,127 | €22,860 | $39,300 |
| 27 | Greece estimate | $25,090 | $2,091 | €22,470 | $38,280 |
| 28 | Bahamas estimate | $23,360 | $1,946 | BSD 23,360 | $21,100 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico estimate | $23,200 | $1,934 | $24,750 | |
| 30 | Estonia estimate | $21,890 | $1,824 | €19,610 | $28,840 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $21,720 | $1,810 | SAR 81,450 | $41,970 |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $20,720 | $1,727 | Kč 456,000 | $30,940 |
| 33 | Lithuania estimate | $20,160 | $1,680 | €18,050 | $32,450 |
| 34 | Slovakia estimate | $18,560 | $1,546 | €16,620 | $29,030 |
| 35 | Latvia estimate | $18,180 | $1,515 | €16,280 | $29,140 |
| 36 | Croatia estimate | $16,950 | $1,412 | €114,400 | $28,800 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $16,830 | $1,403 | BBD 33,660 | $14,030 |
| 38 | Brunei estimate | $16,590 | $1,383 | BND 21,020 | $27,750 |
| 39 | Hungary estimate | $16,170 | $1,348 | Ft 5,667,500 | $27,920 |
| 40 | Poland estimate | $15,960 | $1,330 | zł 66,970 | $29,080 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $15,890 | $1,324 | lei 70,170 | $32,570 |
| 42 | Uruguay estimate | $15,390 | $1,283 | UYU 618,900 | $21,130 |
| 43 | Costa Rica estimate | $14,990 | $1,249 | ₡7,546,600 | $23,990 |
| 44 | Palau estimate | $13,560 | $1,130 | $13,550 | |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $12,430 | $1,036 | ₺490,500 | $27,640 |
| 46 | Serbia estimate | $12,010 | $1,001 | RSD 1,263,700 | $23,600 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $11,920 | $993 | KM 20,880 | $26,900 |
| 48 | Bulgaria estimate | $11,650 | $971 | €20,410 | $24,870 |
| 49 | Belize estimate | $11,200 | $934 | BZD 22,400 | $17,550 |
| 50 | Montenegro estimate | $10,800 | $900 | €8,130 | $18,510 |
| 51 | Panama estimate | $10,510 | $876 | PAB 10,510 | $21,160 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $9,876 | $823 | CLP 9,319,100 | $20,050 |
| 53 | North Macedonia estimate | $9,610 | $801 | MKD 530,400 | $19,370 |
| 54 | Marshall Islands estimate | $9,429 | $786 | $9,491 | |
| 55 | Argentina estimate | $9,411 | $784 | ARS 11,678,000 | $17,660 |
| 56 | Lebanon estimate | $9,296 | $775 | L£14,013,600 | $18,730 |
| 57 | Maldives estimate | $9,110 | $759 | MVR 140,100 | $13,840 |
| 58 | Botswana estimate | $8,735 | $728 | P 118,500 | $22,300 |
| 59 | Honduras estimate | $8,317 | $693 | L 215,900 | $17,110 |
| 60 | Mauritius estimate | $8,051 | $671 | Rs 373,700 | $18,760 |
| 61 | Malaysia estimate | $7,823 | $652 | RM 32,890 | $20,920 |
| 62 | Guatemala estimate | $7,616 | $635 | Q 58,490 | $17,040 |
| 63 | Guyana estimate | $7,419 | $618 | GYD 1,547,000 | $15,910 |
| 64 | Albania estimate | $7,411 | $618 | ALL 789,800 | $17,140 |
| 65 | Ecuador estimate | $7,357 | $613 | $16,660 | |
| 66 | Mexico estimate | $7,285 | $607 | MX$140,100 | $12,390 |
| 67 | Russia estimate | $7,223 | $602 | ₽532,000 | $20,660 |
| 68 | Thailand estimate | $7,103 | $592 | ฿233,600 | $22,020 |
| 69 | Fiji estimate | $6,630 | $552 | FJD 15,040 | $16,240 |
| 70 | Jordan estimate | $6,579 | $548 | JOD 4,671 | $14,540 |
| 71 | Peru estimate | $6,548 | $546 | PEN 23,360 | $12,120 |
| 72 | Djibouti estimate | $6,498 | $542 | DJF 1,154,900 | $11,730 |
| 73 | Samoa estimate | $6,403 | $534 | WST 17,220 | $9,368 |
| 74 | South Africa estimate | $6,386 | $532 | R 105,100 | $14,170 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $6,326 | $527 | $13,490 | |
| 76 | Tonga estimate | $6,309 | $526 | TOP 14,910 | $8,188 |
| 77 | Brazil estimate | $6,270 | $523 | R$35,030 | $13,570 |
| 78 | Moldova estimate | $6,002 | $500 | MDL 104,300 | $11,890 |
| 79 | Mongolia estimate | $5,929 | $494 | ₮21,020,500 | $17,800 |
| 80 | Bolivia estimate | $5,915 | $493 | Bs 40,870 | $15,140 |
| 81 | Dominican Republic estimate | $5,766 | $481 | DOP 357,400 | $15,010 |
| 82 | Colombia estimate | $5,762 | $480 | COP 23,356,100 | $14,020 |
| 83 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,458 | $455 | VUV 528,900 | $4,466 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $4,890 | $408 | ₲36,897,900 | $12,840 |
| 85 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,680 | $390 | F CFA 2,919,500 | $12,560 |
| 86 | Kiribati estimate | $4,650 | $388 | A$7,000 | $7,455 |
| 87 | Vietnam estimate | $4,398 | $366 | ₫106,270,100 | $14,840 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $4,340 | $362 | ₱248,600 | $11,990 |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,236 | $353 | FCFA 2,569,200 | $9,317 |
| 90 | Cambodia estimate | $4,074 | $339 | ៛16,349,300 | $11,100 |
| 91 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,964 | $330 | CVE 393,900 | $7,821 |
| 92 | Bhutan estimate | $3,895 | $325 | BTN 325,900 | $15,610 |
| 93 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,878 | $323 | ₸1,264,100 | $10,070 |
| 94 | Georgia estimate | $3,678 | $306 | ₾11,850 | $11,040 |
| 95 | Jamaica estimate | $3,421 | $285 | JMD 379,500 | $5,430 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $3,383 | $282 | TND 9,926 | $12,100 |
| 97 | Zambia estimate | $3,153 | $263 | ZK 82,500 | $10,900 |
| 98 | Yemen estimate | $3,139 | $262 | YER 689,300 | $10,410 |
| 99 | Suriname estimate | $3,072 | $256 | SRD 75,910 | $8,489 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,016 | $251 | UZS 33,330,100 | $11,110 |
| 101 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,920 | $243 | $6,553 | |
| 102 | Senegal estimate | $2,916 | $243 | F CFA 1,697,100 | $7,492 |
| 103 | Ghana estimate | $2,790 | $233 | GH₵35,030 | $6,673 |
| 104 | Indonesia estimate | $2,776 | $231 | Rp 44,014,400 | $8,622 |
| 105 | India estimate | $2,680 | $223 | ₹233,600 | $11,770 |
| 106 | Nepal estimate | $2,622 | $218 | Rs 274,000 | $9,028 |
| 107 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,483 | $207 | FCFA 1,167,800 | $3,746 |
| 108 | Liberia estimate | $2,336 | $195 | LRD 2,336 | $5,794 |
| 109 | Kenya estimate | $2,290 | $191 | KES 233,600 | $5,399 |
| 110 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,216 | $185 | K 3,062,300 | $7,032 |
| 111 | Mozambique estimate | $2,204 | $184 | MZN 140,700 | $5,834 |
| 112 | Angola estimate | $2,148 | $179 | Kz 1,868,500 | $6,004 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,106 | $175 | CF 875,900 | $3,841 |
| 114 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,068 | $172 | Rs 624,800 | $7,141 |
| 115 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,059 | $172 | ৳238,000 | $7,215 |
| 116 | Eswatini estimate | $1,986 | $165 | SZL 35,520 | |
| 117 | Armenia estimate | $1,935 | $161 | ֏934,200 | $5,612 |
| 118 | Mali estimate | $1,926 | $160 | F CFA 1,167,800 | $6,071 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $1,817 | $151 | FG 16,691,600 | $5,544 |
| 120 | Uganda estimate | $1,791 | $149 | UGX 6,422,900 | $4,883 |
| 121 | Rwanda estimate | $1,772 | $148 | RF 2,335,200 | $6,462 |
| 122 | Ukraine estimate | $1,768 | $147 | ₴45,180 | $7,273 |
| 123 | Lesotho estimate | $1,683 | $140 | LSL 30,850 | $5,025 |
| 124 | Laos estimate | $1,664 | $139 | ₭23,356,100 | $6,293 |
| 125 | Cameroon estimate | $1,656 | $138 | FCFA 817,500 | $3,416 |
| 126 | Pakistan estimate | $1,655 | $138 | Rs 465,200 | $7,114 |
| 127 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,566 | $131 | F CFA 911,500 | $4,720 |
| 128 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,520 | $127 | ؋116,700 | $7,394 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,498 | $125 | F CFA 934,200 | $4,596 |
| 130 | Benin estimate | $1,406 | $117 | F CFA 875,900 | $4,262 |
| 131 | Chad estimate | $1,406 | $117 | FCFA 876,900 | $4,147 |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,364 | $114 | F CFA 850,600 | $3,852 |
| 133 | Sudan estimate | $1,331 | $111 | SDG 727,700 | $3,244 |
| 134 | Egypt estimate | $1,289 | $107 | E£58,390 | $8,399 |
| 135 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,255 | $105 | ETB 54,890 | $4,085 |
| 136 | Burundi estimate | $1,220 | $102 | BIF 2,335,600 | $3,685 |
| 137 | Togo estimate | $1,105 | $92 | F CFA 689,200 | $3,124 |
| 138 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,040 | $87 | CDF 1,051,000 | $2,141 |
| 139 | Gambia estimate | $1,031 | $86 | GMD 49,630 | $3,330 |
| 140 | Nigeria estimate | $662 | $55 | ₦979,300 | $3,688 |
| 141 | Malawi estimate | $397 | $33 | MWK 144,700 | $1,217 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).