How much does a construction foreman 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
- Switzerland$109,600
- Australia$91,250
- Iceland$89,070
- Luxembourg$85,300
- Norway$80,870
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$94,170
- Luxembourg$86,470
- Switzerland$85,530
- Norway$84,060
- United States$79,920
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $109,600 | $9,135 | CHF 98,640 | $85,530 |
| 2 | Australia | $91,250 | $7,604 | A$132,800 | |
| 3 | Iceland estimate | $89,070 | $7,423 | kr 11,347,600 | $77,890 |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $85,300 | $7,108 | €76,400 | $86,470 |
| 5 | Norway estimate | $80,870 | $6,739 | kr 731,700 | $84,060 |
| 6 | Denmark estimate | $80,160 | $6,680 | kr 534,100 | $76,680 |
| 7 | United States | $79,920 | $6,660 | $79,920 | |
| 8 | Germany | $71,330 | $5,944 | €63,880 | $94,170 |
| 9 | Canada | $66,640 | $5,553 | CA$93,740 | |
| 10 | Ireland estimate | $65,060 | $5,421 | €58,270 | $63,690 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $64,480 | $5,373 | €57,750 | $76,040 |
| 12 | Belgium estimate | $63,300 | $5,275 | €56,700 | $72,590 |
| 13 | Qatar estimate | $60,580 | $5,048 | QAR 220,500 | $77,890 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $60,260 | $5,022 | £45,020 | $65,240 |
| 15 | Netherlands estimate | $60,030 | $5,002 | €53,760 | $69,230 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $53,870 | $4,489 | €48,250 | $59,440 |
| 17 | Sweden estimate | $52,390 | $4,366 | kr 498,800 | $57,880 |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $47,090 | $3,924 | €42,180 | $64,630 |
| 19 | France estimate | $43,130 | $3,594 | €38,630 | $52,110 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $40,610 | $3,384 | ₪131,200 | $32,400 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $39,200 | $3,267 | €35,110 | $57,080 |
| 22 | Singapore estimate | $36,470 | $3,039 | SGD 49,000 | $46,270 |
| 23 | Slovenia estimate | $34,530 | $2,878 | €30,930 | $51,550 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $33,100 | $2,758 | AED 121,600 | $49,230 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $32,860 | $2,738 | €29,430 | $49,100 |
| 26 | Malta estimate | $31,670 | $2,639 | €27,730 | $44,110 |
| 27 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $30,640 | $2,554 | HK$237,900 | $36,850 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $30,580 | $2,548 | €27,390 | $47,080 |
| 29 | Greece estimate | $30,060 | $2,505 | €26,930 | $45,870 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $27,980 | $2,332 | BSD 27,980 | $25,280 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $27,800 | $2,317 | $29,650 | |
| 32 | Estonia estimate | $26,230 | $2,186 | €23,490 | $34,550 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $26,020 | $2,169 | SAR 97,580 | $50,290 |
| 34 | Czechia estimate | $24,830 | $2,069 | Kč 546,300 | $37,070 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $24,150 | $2,013 | €21,630 | $38,890 |
| 36 | Slovakia estimate | $22,230 | $1,853 | €19,910 | $34,780 |
| 37 | Latvia estimate | $21,780 | $1,815 | €19,510 | $34,910 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $20,310 | $1,692 | €137,000 | $34,510 |
| 39 | Barbados estimate | $20,170 | $1,681 | BBD 40,330 | $16,810 |
| 40 | Brunei estimate | $19,880 | $1,656 | BND 25,190 | $33,250 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $19,380 | $1,615 | Ft 6,790,500 | $33,450 |
| 42 | Poland estimate | $19,120 | $1,593 | zł 80,240 | $34,850 |
| 43 | Romania estimate | $19,030 | $1,586 | lei 84,070 | $39,030 |
| 44 | Uruguay estimate | $18,440 | $1,537 | UYU 741,600 | $25,310 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $17,960 | $1,497 | ₡9,041,800 | $28,750 |
| 46 | Palau estimate | $16,240 | $1,353 | $16,230 | |
| 47 | Türkiye estimate | $14,890 | $1,241 | ₺587,700 | $33,120 |
| 48 | Serbia estimate | $14,390 | $1,199 | RSD 1,514,100 | $28,270 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $14,280 | $1,190 | KM 25,010 | $32,230 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $13,960 | $1,163 | €24,450 | $29,790 |
| 51 | Belize estimate | $13,420 | $1,118 | BZD 26,840 | $21,020 |
| 52 | Montenegro estimate | $12,940 | $1,078 | €9,740 | $22,180 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $12,590 | $1,049 | PAB 12,590 | $25,350 |
| 54 | Chile estimate | $11,830 | $986 | CLP 11,165,600 | $24,020 |
| 55 | North Macedonia estimate | $11,510 | $959 | MKD 635,400 | $23,210 |
| 56 | Marshall Islands estimate | $11,300 | $941 | $11,370 | |
| 57 | Argentina estimate | $11,280 | $940 | ARS 13,991,800 | $21,160 |
| 58 | Lebanon estimate | $11,140 | $928 | L£16,790,200 | $22,440 |
| 59 | Maldives estimate | $10,920 | $910 | MVR 167,900 | $16,580 |
| 60 | Botswana estimate | $10,470 | $872 | P 141,900 | $26,720 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $9,965 | $830 | L 258,600 | $20,500 |
| 62 | Mauritius estimate | $9,646 | $804 | Rs 447,700 | $22,480 |
| 63 | Malaysia estimate | $9,374 | $781 | RM 39,400 | $25,070 |
| 64 | Guatemala estimate | $9,125 | $760 | Q 70,080 | $20,420 |
| 65 | Guyana estimate | $8,889 | $741 | GYD 1,853,500 | $19,070 |
| 66 | Albania estimate | $8,879 | $740 | ALL 946,200 | $20,540 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $8,815 | $735 | $19,970 | |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $8,728 | $727 | MX$167,900 | $14,850 |
| 69 | Russia estimate | $8,654 | $721 | ₽637,400 | $24,750 |
| 70 | Thailand estimate | $8,510 | $709 | ฿279,800 | $26,380 |
| 71 | Fiji estimate | $7,943 | $662 | FJD 18,020 | $19,450 |
| 72 | Jordan estimate | $7,883 | $657 | JOD 5,597 | $17,420 |
| 73 | Peru estimate | $7,845 | $654 | PEN 27,980 | $14,520 |
| 74 | Djibouti estimate | $7,786 | $649 | DJF 1,383,700 | $14,050 |
| 75 | Samoa estimate | $7,672 | $639 | WST 20,630 | $11,220 |
| 76 | South Africa estimate | $7,651 | $638 | R 125,900 | $16,980 |
| 77 | El Salvador estimate | $7,579 | $632 | $16,170 | |
| 78 | Tonga estimate | $7,559 | $630 | TOP 17,870 | $9,811 |
| 79 | Brazil estimate | $7,513 | $626 | R$41,980 | $16,260 |
| 80 | Moldova estimate | $7,191 | $599 | MDL 125,000 | $14,240 |
| 81 | Mongolia estimate | $7,104 | $592 | ₮25,185,300 | $21,330 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,087 | $591 | Bs 48,970 | $18,140 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic estimate | $6,909 | $576 | DOP 428,300 | $17,990 |
| 84 | Colombia estimate | $6,904 | $575 | COP 27,983,700 | $16,800 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,540 | $545 | VUV 633,700 | $5,350 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $5,859 | $488 | ₲44,208,500 | $15,380 |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,608 | $467 | F CFA 3,498,000 | $15,050 |
| 88 | Kiribati estimate | $5,572 | $464 | A$8,386 | $8,932 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $5,269 | $439 | ₫127,325,800 | $17,780 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $5,200 | $433 | ₱297,900 | $14,360 |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $5,075 | $423 | FCFA 3,078,200 | $11,160 |
| 92 | Cambodia estimate | $4,881 | $407 | ៛19,588,600 | $13,300 |
| 93 | Cape Verde estimate | $4,749 | $396 | CVE 472,000 | $9,370 |
| 94 | Bhutan estimate | $4,667 | $389 | BTN 390,500 | $18,700 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,646 | $387 | ₸1,514,600 | $12,070 |
| 96 | Georgia estimate | $4,407 | $367 | ₾14,200 | $13,220 |
| 97 | Jamaica estimate | $4,099 | $342 | JMD 454,700 | $6,505 |
| 98 | Tunisia estimate | $4,053 | $338 | TND 11,890 | $14,500 |
| 99 | Zambia estimate | $3,777 | $315 | ZK 98,840 | $13,060 |
| 100 | Yemen estimate | $3,761 | $313 | YER 825,800 | $12,470 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $3,681 | $307 | SRD 90,950 | $10,170 |
| 102 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,614 | $301 | UZS 39,933,900 | $13,310 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,498 | $291 | $7,851 | |
| 104 | Senegal estimate | $3,494 | $291 | F CFA 2,033,300 | $8,977 |
| 105 | Ghana estimate | $3,343 | $279 | GH₵41,980 | $7,995 |
| 106 | Indonesia estimate | $3,326 | $277 | Rp 52,735,200 | $10,330 |
| 107 | India estimate | $3,211 | $268 | ₹279,800 | $14,110 |
| 108 | Nepal estimate | $3,141 | $262 | Rs 328,300 | $10,820 |
| 109 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,975 | $248 | FCFA 1,399,200 | $4,489 |
| 110 | Liberia estimate | $2,798 | $233 | LRD 2,798 | $6,942 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $2,744 | $229 | KES 279,800 | $6,468 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,656 | $221 | K 3,669,000 | $8,425 |
| 113 | Mozambique estimate | $2,641 | $220 | MZN 168,600 | $6,990 |
| 114 | Angola estimate | $2,574 | $214 | Kz 2,238,700 | $7,194 |
| 115 | Comoros estimate | $2,523 | $210 | CF 1,049,400 | $4,602 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,478 | $206 | Rs 748,600 | $8,556 |
| 117 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,467 | $206 | ৳285,200 | $8,644 |
| 118 | Eswatini estimate | $2,379 | $198 | SZL 42,560 | |
| 119 | Armenia estimate | $2,319 | $193 | ֏1,119,300 | $6,724 |
| 120 | Mali estimate | $2,308 | $192 | F CFA 1,399,200 | $7,274 |
| 121 | Guinea estimate | $2,178 | $181 | FG 19,998,700 | $6,642 |
| 122 | Uganda estimate | $2,145 | $179 | UGX 7,695,500 | $5,851 |
| 123 | Rwanda estimate | $2,123 | $177 | RF 2,797,900 | $7,742 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,119 | $177 | ₴54,140 | $8,713 |
| 125 | Lesotho estimate | $2,017 | $168 | LSL 36,960 | $6,020 |
| 126 | Laos estimate | $1,994 | $166 | ₭27,983,700 | $7,539 |
| 127 | Cameroon estimate | $1,984 | $165 | FCFA 979,400 | $4,093 |
| 128 | Pakistan estimate | $1,983 | $165 | Rs 557,400 | $8,523 |
| 129 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,877 | $156 | F CFA 1,092,100 | $5,655 |
| 130 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,821 | $152 | ؋139,900 | $8,859 |
| 131 | Niger estimate | $1,795 | $150 | F CFA 1,119,300 | $5,506 |
| 132 | Benin estimate | $1,685 | $140 | F CFA 1,049,400 | $5,106 |
| 133 | Chad estimate | $1,684 | $140 | FCFA 1,050,600 | $4,969 |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,634 | $136 | F CFA 1,019,100 | $4,616 |
| 135 | Sudan estimate | $1,595 | $133 | SDG 871,800 | $3,887 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,544 | $129 | E£69,960 | $10,060 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,504 | $125 | ETB 65,760 | $4,894 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,461 | $122 | BIF 2,798,400 | $4,415 |
| 139 | Togo estimate | $1,324 | $110 | F CFA 825,800 | $3,743 |
| 140 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,246 | $104 | CDF 1,259,300 | $2,565 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,235 | $103 | GMD 59,470 | $3,990 |
| 142 | Nigeria estimate | $793 | $66 | ₦1,173,300 | $4,419 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $476 | $40 | MWK 173,300 | $1,458 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).