How much does a bricklayer make in each country?
144 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
- Iceland$82,200
- Belgium$80,300
- Switzerland$75,140
- United States$62,110
- Denmark$59,500
Where pay goes furthest
- Belgium$92,080
- Iceland$71,880
- Germany$68,760
- United States$62,110
- Switzerland$58,630
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland estimate | $82,200 | $6,850 | kr 10,472,600 | $71,880 |
| 2 | Belgium estimate | $80,300 | $6,691 | €71,060 | $92,080 |
| 3 | Switzerland estimate | $75,140 | $6,262 | CHF 67,620 | $58,630 |
| 4 | United States | $62,110 | $5,176 | $62,110 | |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $59,500 | $4,958 | kr 396,400 | $56,920 |
| 6 | Canada | $59,150 | $4,929 | CA$83,200 | |
| 7 | Norway estimate | $54,910 | $4,576 | kr 496,800 | $57,080 |
| 8 | Australia | $54,290 | $4,524 | A$79,020 | |
| 9 | Germany | $52,070 | $4,340 | €46,640 | $68,760 |
| 10 | Ireland estimate | $50,120 | $4,176 | €44,350 | $49,060 |
| 11 | Luxembourg estimate | $45,370 | $3,781 | €40,640 | $45,990 |
| 12 | Finland estimate | $44,630 | $3,719 | €39,970 | $49,250 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $44,210 | $3,684 | £33,030 | $47,860 |
| 14 | Austria estimate | $42,940 | $3,578 | €38,460 | $50,650 |
| 15 | Netherlands estimate | $41,010 | $3,417 | €36,730 | $47,290 |
| 16 | Sweden estimate | $38,590 | $3,216 | kr 367,400 | $42,640 |
| 17 | Israel estimate | $30,710 | $2,559 | ₪99,180 | $24,500 |
| 18 | South Korea estimate | $30,030 | $2,502 | ₩38,776,500 | $42,890 |
| 19 | Italy estimate | $29,440 | $2,453 | €26,360 | $40,400 |
| 20 | France estimate | $28,570 | $2,381 | €25,590 | $34,520 |
| 21 | Estonia estimate | $27,780 | $2,315 | €24,580 | $36,590 |
| 22 | Malta estimate | $24,860 | $2,071 | €22,260 | $34,620 |
| 23 | Bahamas estimate | $23,970 | $1,997 | BSD 23,970 | $21,650 |
| 24 | Slovenia estimate | $23,760 | $1,980 | €21,280 | $35,470 |
| 25 | Greece estimate | $23,260 | $1,938 | €20,830 | $35,490 |
| 26 | Spain estimate | $22,780 | $1,898 | €20,400 | $33,160 |
| 27 | Singapore estimate | $21,940 | $1,828 | SGD 29,470 | $27,830 |
| 28 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $20,200 | $1,684 | HK$156,800 | $24,290 |
| 29 | Cyprus estimate | $18,430 | $1,536 | €16,510 | $27,540 |
| 30 | Czechia estimate | $17,360 | $1,446 | Kč 381,900 | $25,910 |
| 31 | Lithuania estimate | $17,200 | $1,433 | €15,410 | $27,700 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $16,140 | $1,345 | $17,220 | |
| 33 | Portugal estimate | $15,850 | $1,321 | €14,190 | $24,400 |
| 34 | Slovakia estimate | $15,830 | $1,319 | €14,180 | $24,760 |
| 35 | Latvia estimate | $15,080 | $1,257 | €13,510 | $24,170 |
| 36 | Hungary estimate | $13,850 | $1,154 | Ft 4,854,400 | $23,910 |
| 37 | Uruguay estimate | $13,400 | $1,116 | UYU 538,700 | $18,390 |
| 38 | Poland estimate | $13,210 | $1,101 | zł 55,440 | $24,080 |
| 39 | Croatia estimate | $12,810 | $1,068 | €86,460 | $21,770 |
| 40 | Barbados estimate | $12,300 | $1,025 | BBD 24,600 | $10,250 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $12,300 | $1,025 | lei 54,310 | $25,210 |
| 42 | Qatar estimate | $12,060 | $1,005 | QAR 43,900 | $15,510 |
| 43 | Costa Rica estimate | $10,590 | $882 | ₡5,329,900 | $16,940 |
| 44 | Palau estimate | $9,297 | $775 | $9,293 | |
| 45 | Serbia estimate | $9,208 | $767 | RSD 968,700 | $18,090 |
| 46 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $8,956 | $746 | KM 15,690 | $20,220 |
| 47 | Montenegro estimate | $8,750 | $729 | €6,586 | $14,990 |
| 48 | Bulgaria estimate | $8,722 | $727 | €15,280 | $18,620 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $8,610 | $717 | PAB 8,610 | $17,330 |
| 50 | Chile estimate | $8,555 | $713 | CLP 8,072,700 | $17,370 |
| 51 | Türkiye estimate | $8,314 | $693 | ₺328,000 | $18,490 |
| 52 | Argentina estimate | $7,930 | $661 | ARS 9,839,700 | $14,880 |
| 53 | Tonga estimate | $7,892 | $658 | TOP 18,650 | $10,240 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $7,856 | $655 | SAR 29,460 | $15,180 |
| 55 | North Macedonia estimate | $7,800 | $650 | MKD 430,500 | $15,720 |
| 56 | Guyana estimate | $7,374 | $614 | GYD 1,537,500 | $15,820 |
| 57 | Russia estimate | $7,343 | $612 | ₽540,900 | $21,000 |
| 58 | Belize estimate | $7,086 | $590 | BZD 14,170 | $11,100 |
| 59 | Mongolia estimate | $6,939 | $578 | ₮24,599,300 | $20,830 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $6,891 | $574 | $6,936 | |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $6,811 | $568 | AED 25,010 | $10,130 |
| 62 | Maldives estimate | $6,797 | $566 | MVR 104,500 | $10,320 |
| 63 | Mexico estimate | $6,772 | $564 | MX$130,300 | $11,520 |
| 64 | Lebanon estimate | $6,527 | $544 | L£9,839,700 | $13,150 |
| 65 | Brunei estimate | $6,310 | $526 | BND 7,995 | $10,550 |
| 66 | Ecuador estimate | $5,781 | $482 | $13,090 | |
| 67 | Fiji estimate | $5,635 | $470 | FJD 12,780 | $13,800 |
| 68 | Mauritius estimate | $5,565 | $464 | Rs 258,300 | $12,970 |
| 69 | Djibouti estimate | $5,537 | $461 | DJF 984,000 | $9,991 |
| 70 | El Salvador estimate | $5,330 | $444 | $11,370 | |
| 71 | Moldova estimate | $5,308 | $442 | MDL 92,250 | $10,510 |
| 72 | Bolivia estimate | $5,241 | $437 | Bs 36,220 | $13,420 |
| 73 | Honduras estimate | $5,213 | $434 | L 135,300 | $10,720 |
| 74 | Jordan estimate | $5,197 | $433 | JOD 3,690 | $11,490 |
| 75 | Peru estimate | $5,172 | $431 | PEN 18,450 | $9,574 |
| 76 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,124 | $427 | ₸1,670,600 | $13,310 |
| 77 | Brazil estimate | $4,843 | $404 | R$27,060 | $10,480 |
| 78 | Guatemala estimate | $4,804 | $400 | Q 36,900 | $10,750 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic estimate | $4,791 | $399 | DOP 297,000 | $12,470 |
| 80 | Malaysia estimate | $4,703 | $392 | RM 19,770 | $12,580 |
| 81 | Paraguay estimate | $4,564 | $380 | ₲34,439,000 | $11,980 |
| 82 | Albania estimate | $4,528 | $377 | ALL 482,500 | $10,470 |
| 83 | Thailand estimate | $4,489 | $374 | ฿147,600 | $13,920 |
| 84 | Samoa estimate | $4,464 | $372 | WST 12,000 | $6,531 |
| 85 | Colombia estimate | $4,320 | $360 | COP 17,508,600 | $10,510 |
| 86 | Vietnam estimate | $4,072 | $339 | ₫98,397,200 | $13,740 |
| 87 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,055 | $338 | FCFA 2,459,900 | $8,921 |
| 88 | Georgia estimate | $3,825 | $319 | ₾12,320 | $11,480 |
| 89 | South Africa estimate | $3,735 | $311 | R 61,480 | $8,290 |
| 90 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,466 | $289 | VUV 335,800 | $2,835 |
| 91 | Cambodia estimate | $3,347 | $279 | ៛13,431,200 | $9,120 |
| 92 | Kiribati estimate | $3,269 | $272 | A$4,920 | $5,240 |
| 93 | Philippines estimate | $3,265 | $272 | ₱187,100 | $9,018 |
| 94 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,051 | $254 | UZS 33,708,500 | $11,240 |
| 95 | Bhutan estimate | $2,940 | $245 | BTN 246,000 | $11,780 |
| 96 | Eswatini estimate | $2,750 | $229 | SZL 49,200 | |
| 97 | Cape Verde estimate | $2,723 | $227 | CVE 270,600 | $5,372 |
| 98 | Botswana estimate | $2,721 | $227 | P 36,900 | $6,945 |
| 99 | Nepal estimate | $2,506 | $209 | Rs 261,900 | $8,628 |
| 100 | Suriname estimate | $2,489 | $207 | SRD 61,500 | $6,878 |
| 101 | Comoros estimate | $2,369 | $197 | CF 985,200 | $4,320 |
| 102 | Tunisia estimate | $2,305 | $192 | TND 6,765 | $8,248 |
| 103 | Armenia estimate | $2,293 | $191 | ֏1,107,000 | $6,649 |
| 104 | Sudan estimate | $2,164 | $180 | SDG 1,183,200 | $5,275 |
| 105 | India estimate | $2,117 | $176 | ₹184,500 | $9,300 |
| 106 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,092 | $174 | FCFA 984,000 | $3,157 |
| 107 | Ghana estimate | $2,037 | $170 | GH₵25,580 | $4,873 |
| 108 | Ukraine estimate | $1,959 | $163 | ₴50,050 | $8,055 |
| 109 | Jamaica estimate | $1,921 | $160 | JMD 213,100 | $3,049 |
| 110 | Timor-Leste estimate | $1,845 | $154 | $4,141 | |
| 111 | Senegal estimate | $1,832 | $153 | F CFA 1,066,000 | $4,706 |
| 112 | Indonesia estimate | $1,828 | $152 | Rp 28,982,400 | $5,677 |
| 113 | Laos estimate | $1,753 | $146 | ₭24,599,300 | $6,628 |
| 114 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,709 | $142 | K 2,361,500 | $5,422 |
| 115 | Liberia estimate | $1,687 | $141 | LRD 1,687 | $4,186 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,628 | $136 | Rs 492,000 | $5,623 |
| 117 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $1,577 | $131 | F CFA 984,000 | $4,234 |
| 118 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,575 | $131 | ৳182,000 | $5,518 |
| 119 | Mozambique estimate | $1,519 | $127 | MZN 97,000 | $4,021 |
| 120 | Zambia estimate | $1,410 | $118 | ZK 36,900 | $4,877 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $1,342 | $112 | LSL 24,600 | $4,007 |
| 122 | Egypt estimate | $1,321 | $110 | E£59,860 | $8,610 |
| 123 | Chad estimate | $1,282 | $107 | FCFA 799,500 | $3,781 |
| 124 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,281 | $107 | ؋98,400 | $6,233 |
| 125 | Cameroon estimate | $1,246 | $104 | FCFA 615,000 | $2,570 |
| 126 | Rwanda estimate | $1,213 | $101 | RF 1,599,000 | $4,424 |
| 127 | Niger estimate | $1,183 | $99 | F CFA 738,000 | $3,630 |
| 128 | Pakistan estimate | $1,137 | $95 | Rs 319,500 | $4,886 |
| 129 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,125 | $94 | CDF 1,137,100 | $2,316 |
| 130 | Uganda estimate | $1,114 | $93 | UGX 3,997,400 | $3,039 |
| 131 | Yemen estimate | $1,086 | $90 | YER 238,500 | $3,600 |
| 132 | Togo estimate | $1,033 | $86 | F CFA 644,100 | $2,920 |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,025 | $85 | F CFA 639,600 | $2,897 |
| 134 | Benin estimate | $889 | $74 | F CFA 553,500 | $2,693 |
| 135 | Mali estimate | $811 | $68 | F CFA 492,000 | $2,558 |
| 136 | Angola estimate | $707 | $59 | Kz 615,000 | $1,976 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $703 | $59 | ETB 30,750 | $2,288 |
| 138 | Gambia estimate | $702 | $59 | GMD 33,820 | $2,269 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $694 | $58 | BIF 1,329,700 | $2,098 |
| 140 | Guinea estimate | $670 | $56 | FG 6,149,800 | $2,042 |
| 141 | Burkina Faso estimate | $634 | $53 | F CFA 369,000 | $1,911 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $574 | $48 | MWK 209,100 | $1,758 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $360 | $30 | ₦533,000 | $2,007 |
| 144 | Kenya estimate | $145 | $12 | KES 14,760 | $341 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).