How much does a caretaker 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 $100,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$66,870
- Iceland$66,610
- Belgium$60,160
- Luxembourg$52,600
- Germany$49,190
Where pay goes furthest
- Belgium$68,990
- Germany$64,940
- Iceland$58,250
- Luxembourg$53,320
- Switzerland$52,170
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $66,870 | $5,573 | CHF 60,180 | $52,170 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $66,610 | $5,551 | kr 8,486,200 | $58,250 |
| 3 | Belgium estimate | $60,160 | $5,014 | €53,240 | $68,990 |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $52,600 | $4,384 | €46,550 | $53,320 |
| 5 | Germany | $49,190 | $4,099 | €44,050 | $64,940 |
| 6 | Norway estimate | $47,370 | $3,948 | kr 428,700 | $49,240 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $45,640 | $3,803 | kr 304,100 | $43,660 |
| 8 | Australia | $40,610 | $3,384 | A$59,100 | |
| 9 | Ireland estimate | $40,280 | $3,356 | €36,070 | $39,430 |
| 10 | Sweden estimate | $38,990 | $3,249 | kr 371,200 | $43,080 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | $38,750 | $3,229 | £28,950 | $41,950 |
| 12 | United States | $36,840 | $3,070 | $36,840 | |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $36,300 | $3,025 | €32,510 | $41,860 |
| 14 | Austria estimate | $35,580 | $2,965 | €31,870 | $41,960 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $35,110 | $2,926 | €31,450 | $38,740 |
| 16 | France estimate | $29,520 | $2,460 | €26,440 | $35,660 |
| 17 | Italy estimate | $28,700 | $2,391 | €25,700 | $39,380 |
| 18 | Cyprus estimate | $25,850 | $2,154 | €22,870 | $38,620 |
| 19 | South Korea estimate | $22,800 | $1,900 | ₩29,442,800 | $32,570 |
| 20 | Slovenia estimate | $22,760 | $1,896 | €20,380 | $33,970 |
| 21 | Singapore estimate | $20,430 | $1,702 | SGD 27,450 | $25,920 |
| 22 | Malta estimate | $19,760 | $1,647 | €17,300 | $27,530 |
| 23 | Israel estimate | $19,210 | $1,601 | ₪62,070 | $15,330 |
| 24 | Qatar estimate | $18,840 | $1,570 | QAR 68,560 | $24,220 |
| 25 | Greece estimate | $18,830 | $1,569 | €16,860 | $28,720 |
| 26 | Spain estimate | $17,630 | $1,469 | €15,790 | $25,670 |
| 27 | Bahamas estimate | $17,220 | $1,435 | BSD 17,220 | $15,560 |
| 28 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $16,330 | $1,361 | HK$126,800 | $19,640 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico estimate | $15,830 | $1,320 | $16,890 | |
| 30 | Portugal estimate | $15,510 | $1,293 | €13,890 | $23,880 |
| 31 | Czechia estimate | $14,630 | $1,219 | Kč 321,900 | $21,840 |
| 32 | Lithuania estimate | $14,570 | $1,214 | €13,050 | $23,460 |
| 33 | Slovakia estimate | $14,420 | $1,202 | €12,920 | $22,560 |
| 34 | Estonia estimate | $14,020 | $1,168 | €12,560 | $18,470 |
| 35 | Hungary estimate | $12,770 | $1,064 | Ft 4,474,200 | $22,040 |
| 36 | Croatia estimate | $12,540 | $1,045 | €84,590 | $21,300 |
| 37 | Latvia estimate | $11,550 | $962 | €10,340 | $18,510 |
| 38 | Poland estimate | $10,800 | $900 | zł 45,320 | $19,680 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $10,780 | $898 | SAR 40,420 | $20,830 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $10,590 | $882 | AED 38,880 | $15,740 |
| 41 | Costa Rica estimate | $10,030 | $836 | ₡5,049,100 | $16,050 |
| 42 | Barbados estimate | $9,943 | $829 | BBD 19,890 | $8,286 |
| 43 | Romania estimate | $9,811 | $818 | lei 43,330 | $20,110 |
| 44 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $9,349 | $779 | KM 16,380 | $21,100 |
| 45 | Uruguay estimate | $9,272 | $773 | UYU 372,900 | $12,730 |
| 46 | Palau estimate | $8,949 | $746 | $8,945 | |
| 47 | North Macedonia estimate | $7,956 | $663 | MKD 439,100 | $16,040 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $7,701 | $642 | PAB 7,701 | $15,500 |
| 49 | Serbia estimate | $7,617 | $635 | RSD 801,300 | $14,960 |
| 50 | Türkiye estimate | $7,328 | $611 | ₺289,100 | $16,290 |
| 51 | Lebanon estimate | $7,305 | $609 | L£11,012,900 | $14,720 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $7,049 | $587 | CLP 6,651,400 | $14,310 |
| 53 | Argentina estimate | $7,011 | $584 | ARS 8,700,000 | $13,160 |
| 54 | Brunei estimate | $6,670 | $556 | BND 8,451 | $11,160 |
| 55 | Bulgaria estimate | $6,432 | $536 | €11,270 | $13,730 |
| 56 | Montenegro estimate | $6,231 | $519 | €4,691 | $10,680 |
| 57 | Marshall Islands estimate | $6,214 | $518 | $6,255 | |
| 58 | Belize estimate | $5,951 | $496 | BZD 11,900 | $9,321 |
| 59 | Mauritius estimate | $5,891 | $491 | Rs 273,400 | $13,730 |
| 60 | Guatemala estimate | $5,793 | $483 | Q 44,490 | $12,960 |
| 61 | Ecuador estimate | $5,779 | $482 | $13,090 | |
| 62 | Guyana estimate | $5,723 | $477 | GYD 1,193,100 | $12,270 |
| 63 | Maldives estimate | $5,656 | $471 | MVR 87,000 | $8,590 |
| 64 | Fiji estimate | $5,326 | $444 | FJD 12,080 | $13,040 |
| 65 | El Salvador estimate | $5,323 | $444 | $11,350 | |
| 66 | Mongolia estimate | $5,259 | $438 | ₮18,642,900 | $15,790 |
| 67 | Jordan estimate | $5,252 | $438 | JOD 3,729 | $11,610 |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $5,236 | $436 | MX$100,700 | $8,908 |
| 69 | Tonga estimate | $5,106 | $426 | TOP 12,070 | $6,627 |
| 70 | Russia estimate | $5,077 | $423 | ₽374,000 | $14,520 |
| 71 | Albania estimate | $4,864 | $405 | ALL 518,300 | $11,250 |
| 72 | Malaysia estimate | $4,840 | $403 | RM 20,350 | $12,940 |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $4,536 | $378 | ฿149,100 | $14,060 |
| 74 | Honduras estimate | $4,470 | $372 | L 116,000 | $9,194 |
| 75 | Paraguay estimate | $4,382 | $365 | ₲33,061,500 | $11,500 |
| 76 | Colombia estimate | $4,365 | $364 | COP 17,692,200 | $10,620 |
| 77 | Moldova estimate | $4,291 | $358 | MDL 74,570 | $8,500 |
| 78 | Dominican Republic estimate | $4,291 | $358 | DOP 266,000 | $11,170 |
| 79 | Djibouti estimate | $4,196 | $350 | DJF 745,700 | $7,572 |
| 80 | Peru estimate | $4,181 | $348 | PEN 14,910 | $7,740 |
| 81 | Brazil estimate | $4,004 | $334 | R$22,370 | $8,666 |
| 82 | Samoa estimate | $4,003 | $334 | WST 10,760 | $5,856 |
| 83 | Vietnam estimate | $3,600 | $300 | ₫87,000,400 | $12,150 |
| 84 | Bolivia estimate | $3,597 | $300 | Bs 24,860 | $9,209 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,590 | $299 | VUV 347,900 | $2,937 |
| 86 | South Africa estimate | $3,557 | $296 | R 58,550 | $7,895 |
| 87 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,198 | $267 | ₸1,042,700 | $8,307 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $3,101 | $258 | ₱177,700 | $8,565 |
| 89 | Georgia estimate | $2,990 | $249 | ₾9,631 | $8,972 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $2,971 | $248 | BTN 248,600 | $11,910 |
| 91 | Cambodia estimate | $2,787 | $232 | ៛11,185,800 | $7,595 |
| 92 | Kiribati estimate | $2,768 | $231 | A$4,167 | $4,438 |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $2,664 | $222 | FCFA 1,615,700 | $5,859 |
| 94 | Tunisia estimate | $2,541 | $212 | TND 7,457 | $9,092 |
| 95 | Botswana estimate | $2,291 | $191 | P 31,070 | $5,849 |
| 96 | Suriname estimate | $2,263 | $189 | SRD 55,930 | $6,255 |
| 97 | Sudan estimate | $2,211 | $184 | SDG 1,208,900 | $5,390 |
| 98 | Armenia estimate | $2,124 | $177 | ֏1,025,400 | $6,159 |
| 99 | Eswatini estimate | $2,113 | $176 | SZL 37,800 | |
| 100 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $1,982 | $165 | FCFA 932,100 | $2,990 |
| 101 | Jamaica estimate | $1,941 | $162 | JMD 215,400 | $3,081 |
| 102 | Cape Verde estimate | $1,876 | $156 | CVE 186,400 | $3,701 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste estimate | $1,864 | $155 | $4,184 | |
| 104 | Yemen estimate | $1,773 | $148 | YER 389,200 | $5,876 |
| 105 | Uzbekistan estimate | $1,759 | $147 | UZS 19,433,300 | $6,479 |
| 106 | Liberia estimate | $1,727 | $144 | LRD 1,727 | $4,284 |
| 107 | India estimate | $1,711 | $143 | ₹149,100 | $7,518 |
| 108 | Senegal estimate | $1,709 | $142 | F CFA 994,300 | $4,390 |
| 109 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,646 | $137 | Rs 497,100 | $5,682 |
| 110 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,618 | $135 | ؋124,300 | $7,873 |
| 111 | Indonesia estimate | $1,608 | $134 | Rp 25,490,400 | $4,993 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,529 | $127 | K 2,112,900 | $4,851 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $1,494 | $124 | CF 621,400 | $2,725 |
| 114 | Laos estimate | $1,484 | $124 | ₭20,823,100 | $5,610 |
| 115 | Guinea estimate | $1,463 | $122 | FG 13,436,500 | $4,463 |
| 116 | Nepal estimate | $1,427 | $119 | Rs 149,100 | $4,914 |
| 117 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $1,395 | $116 | F CFA 870,000 | $3,743 |
| 118 | Chad estimate | $1,390 | $116 | FCFA 867,100 | $4,101 |
| 119 | Pakistan estimate | $1,340 | $112 | Rs 376,700 | $5,760 |
| 120 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,290 | $108 | ৳149,100 | $4,521 |
| 121 | Mozambique estimate | $1,265 | $105 | MZN 80,790 | $3,349 |
| 122 | Mali estimate | $1,230 | $102 | F CFA 745,700 | $3,877 |
| 123 | Lesotho estimate | $1,153 | $96 | LSL 21,130 | $3,442 |
| 124 | Cameroon estimate | $1,136 | $95 | FCFA 560,900 | $2,344 |
| 125 | Ukraine estimate | $1,124 | $94 | ₴28,720 | $4,623 |
| 126 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,107 | $92 | CDF 1,118,600 | $2,279 |
| 127 | Egypt estimate | $1,097 | $91 | E£49,710 | $7,151 |
| 128 | Zambia estimate | $1,045 | $87 | ZK 27,340 | $3,614 |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $996 | $83 | F CFA 621,400 | $2,815 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $996 | $83 | F CFA 621,400 | $3,057 |
| 131 | Ghana estimate | $990 | $82 | GH₵12,430 | $2,367 |
| 132 | Kenya estimate | $975 | $81 | KES 99,430 | $2,298 |
| 133 | Burkina Faso estimate | $961 | $80 | F CFA 559,300 | $2,896 |
| 134 | Benin estimate | $798 | $67 | F CFA 497,100 | $2,419 |
| 135 | Togo estimate | $797 | $66 | F CFA 497,100 | $2,254 |
| 136 | Uganda estimate | $751 | $63 | UGX 2,692,900 | $2,047 |
| 137 | Gambia estimate | $710 | $59 | GMD 34,180 | $2,293 |
| 138 | Angola estimate | $643 | $54 | Kz 559,300 | $1,797 |
| 139 | Rwanda estimate | $471 | $39 | RF 621,400 | $1,720 |
| 140 | Ethiopia estimate | $426 | $36 | ETB 18,640 | $1,387 |
| 141 | Burundi estimate | $389 | $32 | BIF 745,700 | $1,176 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $377 | $31 | MWK 137,400 | $1,155 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $364 | $30 | ₦538,600 | $2,028 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).