How much does a data centre operator 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 $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- United States$116,600
- Switzerland$106,500
- Iceland$86,520
- Germany$85,510
- Luxembourg$82,850
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$116,600
- Germany$112,900
- Luxembourg$83,990
- Switzerland$83,080
- Norway$81,650
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $116,600 | $9,715 | $116,600 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $106,500 | $8,873 | CHF 95,820 | $83,080 |
| 3 | Iceland estimate | $86,520 | $7,210 | kr 11,022,300 | $75,660 |
| 4 | Germany | $85,510 | $7,126 | €76,580 | $112,900 |
| 5 | Luxembourg estimate | $82,850 | $6,904 | €74,210 | $83,990 |
| 6 | Norway estimate | $78,550 | $6,546 | kr 710,700 | $81,650 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $77,860 | $6,488 | kr 518,800 | $74,480 |
| 8 | Ireland estimate | $63,190 | $5,266 | €56,600 | $61,860 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $62,630 | $5,219 | €56,090 | $73,860 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $61,490 | $5,124 | €55,070 | $70,510 |
| 11 | Qatar estimate | $58,840 | $4,903 | QAR 214,200 | $75,660 |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $58,310 | $4,859 | €52,220 | $67,240 |
| 13 | Finland estimate | $52,330 | $4,360 | €46,870 | $57,740 |
| 14 | Sweden estimate | $50,890 | $4,241 | kr 484,500 | $56,220 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | $47,190 | $3,933 | £35,260 | $51,090 |
| 16 | Italy estimate | $45,740 | $3,812 | €40,970 | $62,770 |
| 17 | Spain estimate | $42,000 | $3,500 | €37,620 | $61,140 |
| 18 | France estimate | $41,890 | $3,491 | €37,520 | $50,610 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $39,440 | $3,287 | ₪127,400 | $31,470 |
| 20 | Singapore estimate | $35,430 | $2,952 | SGD 47,590 | $44,950 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $33,540 | $2,795 | €30,040 | $50,070 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $32,150 | $2,679 | AED 118,100 | $47,820 |
| 23 | Cyprus estimate | $31,920 | $2,660 | €28,590 | $47,690 |
| 24 | Malta estimate | $30,760 | $2,564 | €26,930 | $42,850 |
| 25 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $29,760 | $2,480 | HK$231,000 | $35,790 |
| 26 | Portugal estimate | $29,700 | $2,475 | €26,600 | $45,730 |
| 27 | Greece estimate | $29,200 | $2,434 | €26,160 | $44,550 |
| 28 | Bahamas estimate | $27,180 | $2,265 | BSD 27,180 | $24,560 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico estimate | $27,000 | $2,250 | $28,800 | |
| 30 | Estonia estimate | $25,470 | $2,123 | €22,820 | $33,560 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $25,280 | $2,106 | SAR 94,790 | $48,850 |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $24,120 | $2,010 | Kč 530,600 | $36,000 |
| 33 | Lithuania estimate | $23,460 | $1,955 | €21,010 | $37,770 |
| 34 | Slovakia estimate | $21,600 | $1,800 | €19,340 | $33,780 |
| 35 | Latvia estimate | $21,160 | $1,763 | €18,950 | $33,910 |
| 36 | Croatia estimate | $19,720 | $1,644 | €133,100 | $33,520 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $19,590 | $1,632 | BBD 39,180 | $16,330 |
| 38 | Brunei estimate | $19,310 | $1,609 | BND 24,460 | $32,300 |
| 39 | Hungary estimate | $18,820 | $1,568 | Ft 6,595,800 | $32,490 |
| 40 | Poland estimate | $18,570 | $1,547 | zł 77,940 | $33,850 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $18,490 | $1,541 | lei 81,660 | $37,910 |
| 42 | Uruguay estimate | $17,910 | $1,493 | UYU 720,300 | $24,590 |
| 43 | Costa Rica estimate | $17,440 | $1,454 | ₡8,782,600 | $27,920 |
| 44 | Palau estimate | $15,780 | $1,315 | $15,770 | |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $14,470 | $1,206 | ₺570,800 | $32,170 |
| 46 | Serbia estimate | $13,980 | $1,165 | RSD 1,470,700 | $27,460 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $13,870 | $1,156 | KM 24,300 | $31,310 |
| 48 | Bulgaria estimate | $13,560 | $1,130 | €23,750 | $28,940 |
| 49 | Belize estimate | $13,040 | $1,086 | BZD 26,070 | $20,420 |
| 50 | Montenegro estimate | $12,570 | $1,047 | €9,461 | $21,540 |
| 51 | Panama estimate | $12,230 | $1,019 | PAB 12,230 | $24,630 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $11,490 | $958 | CLP 10,845,500 | $23,330 |
| 53 | North Macedonia estimate | $11,180 | $932 | MKD 617,200 | $22,540 |
| 54 | Marshall Islands estimate | $10,970 | $914 | $11,050 | |
| 55 | Argentina estimate | $10,950 | $913 | ARS 13,590,700 | $20,550 |
| 56 | Lebanon estimate | $10,820 | $902 | L£16,308,900 | $21,790 |
| 57 | Maldives estimate | $10,600 | $884 | MVR 163,100 | $16,100 |
| 58 | Botswana estimate | $10,170 | $847 | P 137,900 | $25,950 |
| 59 | Honduras estimate | $9,679 | $807 | L 251,200 | $19,910 |
| 60 | Mauritius estimate | $9,370 | $781 | Rs 434,900 | $21,840 |
| 61 | Malaysia estimate | $9,105 | $759 | RM 38,270 | $24,350 |
| 62 | Guatemala estimate | $8,863 | $739 | Q 68,070 | $19,830 |
| 63 | Guyana estimate | $8,635 | $720 | GYD 1,800,300 | $18,520 |
| 64 | Albania estimate | $8,624 | $719 | ALL 919,100 | $19,950 |
| 65 | Ecuador estimate | $8,562 | $714 | $19,390 | |
| 66 | Mexico estimate | $8,478 | $706 | MX$163,100 | $14,420 |
| 67 | Russia estimate | $8,406 | $701 | ₽619,100 | $24,040 |
| 68 | Thailand estimate | $8,266 | $689 | ฿271,800 | $25,630 |
| 69 | Fiji estimate | $7,715 | $643 | FJD 17,500 | $18,890 |
| 70 | Jordan estimate | $7,657 | $638 | JOD 5,436 | $16,920 |
| 71 | Peru estimate | $7,620 | $635 | PEN 27,180 | $14,110 |
| 72 | Djibouti estimate | $7,563 | $630 | DJF 1,344,100 | $13,650 |
| 73 | Samoa estimate | $7,452 | $621 | WST 20,040 | $10,900 |
| 74 | South Africa estimate | $7,432 | $619 | R 122,300 | $16,490 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $7,362 | $613 | $15,700 | |
| 76 | Tonga estimate | $7,343 | $612 | TOP 17,360 | $9,529 |
| 77 | Brazil estimate | $7,297 | $608 | R$40,770 | $15,790 |
| 78 | Moldova estimate | $6,985 | $582 | MDL 121,400 | $13,840 |
| 79 | Mongolia estimate | $6,901 | $575 | ₮24,463,300 | $20,720 |
| 80 | Bolivia estimate | $6,884 | $574 | Bs 47,570 | $17,620 |
| 81 | Dominican Republic estimate | $6,711 | $559 | DOP 416,000 | $17,470 |
| 82 | Colombia estimate | $6,706 | $559 | COP 27,181,500 | $16,320 |
| 83 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,352 | $529 | VUV 615,600 | $5,197 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $5,691 | $474 | ₲42,941,200 | $14,940 |
| 85 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,447 | $454 | F CFA 3,397,700 | $14,620 |
| 86 | Kiribati estimate | $5,412 | $451 | A$8,146 | $8,676 |
| 87 | Vietnam estimate | $5,118 | $427 | ₫123,675,800 | $17,270 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $5,051 | $421 | ₱289,400 | $13,950 |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,929 | $411 | FCFA 2,990,000 | $10,840 |
| 90 | Cambodia estimate | $4,741 | $395 | ៛19,027,000 | $12,920 |
| 91 | Cape Verde estimate | $4,613 | $384 | CVE 458,500 | $9,102 |
| 92 | Bhutan estimate | $4,533 | $378 | BTN 379,300 | $18,170 |
| 93 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,513 | $376 | ₸1,471,200 | $11,720 |
| 94 | Georgia estimate | $4,280 | $357 | ₾13,790 | $12,850 |
| 95 | Jamaica estimate | $3,982 | $332 | JMD 441,700 | $6,319 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $3,937 | $328 | TND 11,550 | $14,080 |
| 97 | Zambia estimate | $3,669 | $306 | ZK 96,010 | $12,690 |
| 98 | Yemen estimate | $3,653 | $304 | YER 802,200 | $12,110 |
| 99 | Suriname estimate | $3,575 | $298 | SRD 88,340 | $9,879 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,510 | $293 | UZS 38,789,100 | $12,930 |
| 101 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,398 | $283 | $7,626 | |
| 102 | Senegal estimate | $3,394 | $283 | F CFA 1,975,100 | $8,719 |
| 103 | Ghana estimate | $3,247 | $271 | GH₵40,770 | $7,766 |
| 104 | Indonesia estimate | $3,231 | $269 | Rp 51,223,400 | $10,030 |
| 105 | India estimate | $3,119 | $260 | ₹271,800 | $13,700 |
| 106 | Nepal estimate | $3,051 | $254 | Rs 318,900 | $10,510 |
| 107 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,890 | $241 | FCFA 1,359,100 | $4,360 |
| 108 | Liberia estimate | $2,718 | $227 | LRD 2,718 | $6,743 |
| 109 | Kenya estimate | $2,665 | $222 | KES 271,800 | $6,283 |
| 110 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,579 | $215 | K 3,563,900 | $8,183 |
| 111 | Mozambique estimate | $2,565 | $214 | MZN 163,800 | $6,789 |
| 112 | Angola estimate | $2,500 | $208 | Kz 2,174,500 | $6,988 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,451 | $204 | CF 1,019,300 | $4,470 |
| 114 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,407 | $201 | Rs 727,100 | $8,311 |
| 115 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,396 | $200 | ৳277,000 | $8,397 |
| 116 | Eswatini estimate | $2,311 | $193 | SZL 41,340 | |
| 117 | Armenia estimate | $2,252 | $188 | ֏1,087,300 | $6,531 |
| 118 | Mali estimate | $2,241 | $187 | F CFA 1,359,100 | $7,065 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,115 | $176 | FG 19,425,400 | $6,452 |
| 120 | Uganda estimate | $2,084 | $174 | UGX 7,474,900 | $5,683 |
| 121 | Rwanda estimate | $2,062 | $172 | RF 2,717,700 | $7,520 |
| 122 | Ukraine estimate | $2,058 | $172 | ₴52,590 | $8,464 |
| 123 | Lesotho estimate | $1,959 | $163 | LSL 35,900 | $5,848 |
| 124 | Laos estimate | $1,937 | $161 | ₭27,181,500 | $7,323 |
| 125 | Cameroon estimate | $1,927 | $161 | FCFA 951,400 | $3,976 |
| 126 | Pakistan estimate | $1,926 | $160 | Rs 541,400 | $8,279 |
| 127 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,823 | $152 | F CFA 1,060,800 | $5,493 |
| 128 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,769 | $147 | ؋135,800 | $8,605 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,743 | $145 | F CFA 1,087,300 | $5,348 |
| 130 | Benin estimate | $1,636 | $136 | F CFA 1,019,300 | $4,960 |
| 131 | Chad estimate | $1,636 | $136 | FCFA 1,020,500 | $4,827 |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,587 | $132 | F CFA 989,900 | $4,483 |
| 133 | Sudan estimate | $1,549 | $129 | SDG 846,800 | $3,776 |
| 134 | Egypt estimate | $1,500 | $125 | E£67,950 | $9,775 |
| 135 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,461 | $122 | ETB 63,880 | $4,754 |
| 136 | Burundi estimate | $1,419 | $118 | BIF 2,718,100 | $4,288 |
| 137 | Togo estimate | $1,286 | $107 | F CFA 802,100 | $3,636 |
| 138 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,211 | $101 | CDF 1,223,200 | $2,492 |
| 139 | Gambia estimate | $1,200 | $100 | GMD 57,760 | $3,875 |
| 140 | Nigeria estimate | $771 | $64 | ₦1,139,700 | $4,292 |
| 141 | Malawi estimate | $462 | $39 | MWK 168,400 | $1,416 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).