How much does a chemical engineer 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 $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- United States$125,000
- Switzerland$120,200
- Luxembourg$98,640
- Germany$93,270
- Iceland$85,960
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$125,000
- Germany$123,100
- Qatar$103,400
- Luxembourg$99,990
- Switzerland$93,750
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $125,000 | $10,420 | $125,000 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $120,200 | $10,010 | CHF 108,100 | $93,750 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $98,640 | $8,220 | €88,350 | $99,990 |
| 4 | Germany | $93,270 | $7,772 | €83,540 | $123,100 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $85,960 | $7,163 | kr 10,950,800 | $75,170 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $80,410 | $6,701 | QAR 292,700 | $103,400 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $77,380 | $6,448 | kr 515,600 | $74,030 |
| 8 | Canada | $76,780 | $6,398 | CA$108,000 | |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $73,800 | $6,150 | kr 667,700 | $76,710 |
| 10 | Australia | $71,140 | $5,929 | A$103,500 | |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $70,980 | $5,915 | €63,570 | $81,390 |
| 12 | Austria estimate | $70,940 | $5,911 | €63,540 | $83,660 |
| 13 | Ireland estimate | $69,970 | $5,831 | €62,670 | $68,500 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $68,290 | $5,691 | €61,160 | $78,760 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | $64,180 | $5,348 | £47,950 | $69,480 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $62,350 | $5,196 | €55,850 | $68,800 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $56,270 | $4,689 | SGD 75,590 | $71,390 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $55,880 | $4,657 | HK$433,800 | $67,190 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $53,830 | $4,486 | kr 512,500 | $59,480 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $52,030 | $4,336 | ₪168,100 | $41,520 |
| 21 | France estimate | $51,880 | $4,323 | €46,460 | $62,670 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $46,790 | $3,899 | €41,900 | $68,110 |
| 23 | Italy estimate | $45,750 | $3,812 | €40,970 | $62,780 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $40,420 | $3,368 | AED 148,400 | $60,110 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $38,950 | $3,246 | ₩50,305,000 | $55,650 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $38,840 | $3,236 | €34,780 | $58,030 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $38,250 | $3,188 | €34,260 | $57,100 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $37,250 | $3,104 | €32,610 | $51,880 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $36,390 | $3,032 | €32,590 | $56,030 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $33,820 | $2,818 | SAR 126,800 | $65,360 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $31,890 | $2,658 | BSD 31,890 | $28,820 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $31,780 | $2,648 | $33,900 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $30,530 | $2,544 | Kč 671,700 | $45,580 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $30,490 | $2,541 | €27,310 | $46,520 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $30,210 | $2,517 | BND 38,270 | $50,530 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $29,600 | $2,467 | €26,510 | $47,660 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $29,340 | $2,445 | BBD 58,680 | $24,450 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $29,220 | $2,435 | €26,170 | $38,500 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $27,980 | $2,331 | ₡14,086,500 | $44,780 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $26,910 | $2,242 | €24,100 | $43,130 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $25,690 | $2,141 | lei 113,500 | $52,680 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $24,750 | $2,062 | €167,000 | $42,060 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $24,260 | $2,021 | €21,730 | $37,940 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $24,050 | $2,004 | Ft 8,428,500 | $41,520 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $21,150 | $1,763 | zł 88,780 | $38,550 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $19,400 | $1,617 | ₺765,500 | $43,140 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $19,040 | $1,586 | UYU 765,500 | $26,130 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $18,030 | $1,502 | KM 31,580 | $40,700 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $17,860 | $1,488 | PAB 17,860 | $35,960 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $17,790 | $1,483 | €31,170 | $37,970 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $17,260 | $1,438 | RSD 1,815,800 | $33,910 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $16,930 | $1,411 | P 229,600 | $43,220 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $16,710 | $1,393 | CLP 15,771,400 | $33,930 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $16,450 | $1,371 | $16,450 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $14,190 | $1,183 | €10,680 | $24,320 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $14,020 | $1,168 | BZD 28,040 | $21,960 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $13,880 | $1,157 | MKD 766,200 | $27,990 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $13,680 | $1,140 | RM 57,480 | $36,570 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $13,180 | $1,098 | R 216,900 | $29,240 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,760 | $1,063 | $12,840 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $12,190 | $1,016 | L£18,370,900 | $24,550 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $11,470 | $956 | L 297,700 | $23,590 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $11,440 | $954 | PEN 40,820 | $21,190 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $11,420 | $951 | R$63,790 | $24,710 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $11,330 | $944 | COP 45,927,200 | $27,570 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,150 | $929 | DOP 691,000 | $29,020 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $10,990 | $916 | Rs 510,300 | $25,620 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $10,700 | $891 | SZL 191,400 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $10,360 | $863 | Q 79,570 | $23,180 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $10,300 | $858 | MVR 158,400 | $15,640 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $10,280 | $857 | ARS 12,757,600 | $19,290 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $10,210 | $851 | $23,120 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $9,963 | $830 | ฿327,600 | $30,890 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $9,778 | $815 | MX$188,100 | $16,630 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $9,648 | $804 | $20,580 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $9,360 | $780 | ₽689,400 | $26,770 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $8,973 | $748 | DJF 1,594,700 | $16,190 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $8,868 | $739 | FJD 20,120 | $21,720 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $8,711 | $726 | WST 23,420 | $12,740 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $8,600 | $717 | ALL 916,500 | $19,890 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $8,566 | $714 | GYD 1,786,100 | $18,370 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $8,308 | $692 | Bs 57,410 | $21,270 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $8,086 | $674 | JOD 5,741 | $17,870 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $7,608 | $634 | ₲57,409,000 | $19,970 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $7,197 | $600 | ₮25,515,100 | $21,610 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $7,187 | $599 | JMD 797,300 | $11,410 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $7,106 | $592 | MDL 123,500 | $14,080 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $6,943 | $579 | TOP 16,410 | $9,011 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,773 | $564 | ₱388,000 | $18,710 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,384 | $532 | CVE 634,500 | $12,600 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $6,252 | $521 | BTN 523,100 | $25,050 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,924 | $494 | VUV 574,100 | $4,847 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,860 | $488 | ₫141,608,900 | $19,780 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,481 | $457 | F CFA 3,189,400 | $14,080 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,445 | $454 | ₸1,775,200 | $14,140 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $5,217 | $435 | TND 15,310 | $18,660 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,113 | $426 | F CFA 3,189,400 | $13,720 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $5,086 | $424 | ៛20,412,100 | $13,860 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,886 | $407 | A$7,354 | $7,832 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,684 | $390 | ₹408,200 | $20,580 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,489 | $374 | ₾14,460 | $13,470 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,296 | $358 | FCFA 2,605,900 | $9,450 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $4,246 | $354 | FCFA 2,648,600 | $12,530 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,058 | $338 | UZS 44,841,200 | $14,950 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,900 | $325 | ZK 102,100 | $13,490 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,614 | $301 | SRD 89,300 | $9,987 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,596 | $300 | MZN 229,600 | $9,520 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,445 | $287 | $7,731 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,300 | $275 | YER 724,500 | $10,940 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,288 | $274 | F CFA 1,913,600 | $9,910 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $3,156 | $263 | F CFA 1,913,600 | $9,948 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $3,082 | $257 | KES 314,300 | $7,266 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $3,067 | $256 | CF 1,275,800 | $5,594 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,845 | $237 | GH₵35,720 | $6,804 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,842 | $237 | FCFA 1,403,300 | $5,865 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,745 | $229 | Rs 829,200 | $9,478 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,713 | $226 | FCFA 1,275,800 | $4,093 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,685 | $224 | Rs 280,700 | $9,247 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,500 | $208 | FG 22,963,600 | $7,627 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,474 | $206 | Rp 39,233,000 | $7,685 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,454 | $205 | F CFA 1,530,900 | $6,934 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,436 | $203 | LSL 44,650 | $7,273 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,428 | $202 | ৳280,700 | $8,507 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,350 | $196 | ₴60,040 | $9,664 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,246 | $187 | ֏1,084,400 | $6,514 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,200 | $183 | Kz 1,913,600 | $6,149 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,956 | $163 | UGX 7,016,700 | $5,335 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,954 | $163 | ETB 85,480 | $6,361 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,946 | $162 | F CFA 1,212,000 | $5,897 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,939 | $162 | F CFA 1,209,400 | $5,949 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,937 | $161 | F CFA 1,208,500 | $5,478 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,909 | $159 | ₭26,790,900 | $7,218 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,894 | $158 | CDF 1,913,600 | $3,898 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,847 | $154 | K 2,551,500 | $5,859 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,572 | $131 | Rs 441,900 | $6,758 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,408 | $117 | E£63,790 | $9,176 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,400 | $117 | SDG 765,500 | $3,413 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,354 | $113 | ؋104,000 | $6,590 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,317 | $110 | BIF 2,521,700 | $3,978 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,276 | $106 | LRD 1,276 | $3,165 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,258 | $105 | RF 1,658,500 | $4,589 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,126 | $94 | GMD 54,220 | $3,638 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,120 | $93 | MWK 408,200 | $3,433 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $431 | $36 | ₦637,900 | $2,402 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).