How much does a debt collector 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
- Switzerland$84,150
- Luxembourg$63,660
- Iceland$63,100
- Germany$60,470
- Denmark$58,650
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$79,830
- Qatar$74,070
- Switzerland$65,650
- Luxembourg$64,530
- Norway$57,960
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $84,150 | $7,012 | CHF 75,720 | $65,650 |
| 2 | Luxembourg estimate | $63,660 | $5,305 | €57,010 | $64,530 |
| 3 | Iceland estimate | $63,100 | $5,258 | kr 8,038,600 | $55,180 |
| 4 | Germany | $60,470 | $5,039 | €54,160 | $79,830 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $58,650 | $4,887 | kr 390,800 | $56,110 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $57,600 | $4,800 | QAR 209,700 | $74,070 |
| 7 | United States | $57,530 | $4,794 | $57,530 | |
| 8 | Norway estimate | $55,760 | $4,646 | kr 504,500 | $57,960 |
| 9 | Belgium estimate | $49,880 | $4,156 | €44,670 | $57,190 |
| 10 | Austria estimate | $49,050 | $4,087 | €43,930 | $57,850 |
| 11 | Australia | $47,030 | $3,919 | A$68,450 | |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $44,590 | $3,716 | €39,940 | $51,430 |
| 13 | Canada | $41,700 | $3,475 | CA$58,660 | |
| 14 | Ireland estimate | $41,160 | $3,430 | €36,870 | $40,300 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | $39,740 | $3,312 | £29,690 | $43,020 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $39,390 | $3,282 | €35,280 | $43,460 |
| 17 | South Korea estimate | $38,620 | $3,218 | ₩49,869,500 | $55,170 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $37,970 | $3,164 | kr 361,500 | $41,950 |
| 19 | Italy estimate | $34,510 | $2,876 | €30,910 | $47,360 |
| 20 | France estimate | $29,610 | $2,467 | €26,520 | $35,770 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $26,530 | $2,211 | €23,770 | $39,610 |
| 22 | Israel estimate | $25,070 | $2,089 | ₪80,980 | $20,000 |
| 23 | Singapore estimate | $24,780 | $2,065 | SGD 33,300 | $31,440 |
| 24 | Greece estimate | $24,490 | $2,041 | €21,940 | $37,360 |
| 25 | Malta estimate | $23,780 | $1,982 | €20,820 | $33,120 |
| 26 | Spain estimate | $22,670 | $1,889 | €20,310 | $33,010 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $21,290 | $1,775 | AED 78,200 | $31,670 |
| 28 | Bahamas estimate | $20,880 | $1,740 | BSD 20,880 | $18,870 |
| 29 | Cyprus estimate | $19,470 | $1,623 | €17,440 | $29,090 |
| 30 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $19,460 | $1,622 | HK$151,100 | $23,400 |
| 31 | Estonia estimate | $19,160 | $1,597 | €17,160 | $25,240 |
| 32 | Lithuania estimate | $19,140 | $1,595 | €17,140 | $30,810 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $18,840 | $1,570 | SAR 70,670 | $36,420 |
| 34 | Portugal estimate | $18,590 | $1,549 | €16,650 | $28,630 |
| 35 | Czechia estimate | $17,200 | $1,433 | Kč 378,500 | $25,680 |
| 36 | Puerto Rico estimate | $16,850 | $1,404 | $17,970 | |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $16,740 | $1,395 | BBD 33,480 | $13,950 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $16,220 | $1,352 | €109,500 | $27,570 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $16,150 | $1,346 | €14,470 | $25,890 |
| 40 | Slovakia estimate | $15,920 | $1,326 | €14,260 | $24,900 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $14,840 | $1,236 | Ft 5,200,000 | $25,620 |
| 42 | Uruguay estimate | $14,090 | $1,174 | UYU 566,600 | $19,340 |
| 43 | Poland estimate | $14,010 | $1,167 | zł 58,800 | $25,530 |
| 44 | Romania estimate | $13,300 | $1,108 | lei 58,720 | $27,260 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $12,470 | $1,039 | ₡6,277,800 | $19,960 |
| 46 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $11,760 | $980 | KM 20,600 | $26,550 |
| 47 | Palau estimate | $11,590 | $966 | $11,580 | |
| 48 | Brunei estimate | $11,340 | $945 | BND 14,370 | $18,980 |
| 49 | Türkiye estimate | $10,770 | $898 | ₺425,000 | $23,950 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $10,690 | $890 | RSD 1,124,100 | $20,990 |
| 51 | Argentina estimate | $10,380 | $865 | ARS 12,877,500 | $19,470 |
| 52 | Lebanon estimate | $10,250 | $854 | L£15,453,000 | $20,650 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $9,658 | $805 | PAB 9,658 | $19,440 |
| 54 | North Macedonia estimate | $9,372 | $781 | MKD 517,300 | $18,890 |
| 55 | Chile estimate | $9,371 | $781 | CLP 8,842,100 | $19,020 |
| 56 | Bulgaria estimate | $8,827 | $736 | €15,460 | $18,840 |
| 57 | Montenegro estimate | $8,609 | $717 | €6,480 | $14,750 |
| 58 | Honduras estimate | $8,104 | $675 | L 210,300 | $16,670 |
| 59 | Guatemala estimate | $7,775 | $648 | Q 59,710 | $17,400 |
| 60 | Belize estimate | $7,728 | $644 | BZD 15,460 | $12,100 |
| 61 | Jordan estimate | $7,255 | $605 | JOD 5,151 | $16,040 |
| 62 | Maldives estimate | $7,251 | $604 | MVR 111,500 | $11,010 |
| 63 | Guyana estimate | $7,103 | $592 | GYD 1,480,900 | $15,230 |
| 64 | Albania estimate | $7,034 | $586 | ALL 749,600 | $16,270 |
| 65 | Mexico estimate | $6,943 | $579 | MX$133,600 | $11,810 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $6,936 | $578 | Rs 321,900 | $16,160 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $6,709 | $559 | $15,200 | |
| 68 | Peru estimate | $6,498 | $542 | PEN 23,180 | $12,030 |
| 69 | Marshall Islands estimate | $6,488 | $541 | $6,531 | |
| 70 | El Salvador estimate | $6,421 | $535 | $13,700 | |
| 71 | Malaysia estimate | $6,171 | $514 | RM 25,940 | $16,500 |
| 72 | Fiji estimate | $6,146 | $512 | FJD 13,940 | $15,050 |
| 73 | Samoa estimate | $6,119 | $510 | WST 16,450 | $8,952 |
| 74 | Moldova estimate | $5,928 | $494 | MDL 103,000 | $11,740 |
| 75 | Tonga estimate | $5,902 | $492 | TOP 13,950 | $7,660 |
| 76 | Thailand estimate | $5,874 | $490 | ฿193,200 | $18,210 |
| 77 | Russia estimate | $5,540 | $462 | ₽408,000 | $15,840 |
| 78 | Mongolia estimate | $5,449 | $454 | ₮19,316,300 | $16,360 |
| 79 | Eswatini estimate | $5,239 | $437 | SZL 93,710 | |
| 80 | Bolivia estimate | $5,218 | $435 | Bs 36,060 | $13,360 |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $5,169 | $431 | FCFA 3,135,400 | $11,370 |
| 82 | Colombia estimate | $5,083 | $424 | COP 20,604,100 | $12,370 |
| 83 | Djibouti estimate | $5,072 | $423 | DJF 901,400 | $9,153 |
| 84 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,050 | $421 | VUV 489,300 | $4,131 |
| 85 | Cambodia estimate | $4,813 | $401 | ៛19,316,300 | $13,120 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $4,779 | $398 | ₲36,057,100 | $12,540 |
| 87 | Kiribati estimate | $4,618 | $385 | A$6,951 | $7,403 |
| 88 | Brazil estimate | $4,610 | $384 | R$25,760 | $9,977 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $4,583 | $382 | ₫110,746,800 | $15,470 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $4,410 | $367 | ₱252,600 | $12,180 |
| 91 | Senegal estimate | $4,397 | $366 | F CFA 2,559,000 | $11,300 |
| 92 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,395 | $366 | ₸1,432,800 | $11,410 |
| 93 | Dominican Republic estimate | $4,363 | $364 | DOP 270,400 | $11,360 |
| 94 | Georgia estimate | $3,889 | $324 | ₾12,530 | $11,670 |
| 95 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,887 | $324 | CVE 386,300 | $7,669 |
| 96 | Jamaica estimate | $3,773 | $314 | JMD 418,500 | $5,987 |
| 97 | Bhutan estimate | $3,540 | $295 | BTN 296,200 | $14,190 |
| 98 | South Africa estimate | $3,521 | $293 | R 57,950 | $7,813 |
| 99 | Tunisia estimate | $3,291 | $274 | TND 9,658 | $11,780 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,265 | $272 | UZS 36,083,800 | $12,030 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $3,127 | $261 | SRD 77,270 | $8,641 |
| 102 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $3,097 | $258 | F CFA 1,931,600 | $8,311 |
| 103 | Comoros estimate | $3,096 | $258 | CF 1,287,800 | $5,647 |
| 104 | Botswana estimate | $3,038 | $253 | P 41,210 | $7,757 |
| 105 | India estimate | $2,881 | $240 | ₹251,100 | $12,660 |
| 106 | Chad estimate | $2,581 | $215 | FCFA 1,609,700 | $7,613 |
| 107 | Liberia estimate | $2,576 | $215 | LRD 2,576 | $6,389 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,576 | $215 | $5,781 | |
| 109 | Indonesia estimate | $2,554 | $213 | Rp 40,489,200 | $7,931 |
| 110 | Kenya estimate | $2,525 | $210 | KES 257,600 | $5,953 |
| 111 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,341 | $195 | FCFA 1,101,000 | $3,532 |
| 112 | Laos estimate | $2,289 | $191 | ₭32,119,900 | $8,654 |
| 113 | Zambia estimate | $2,235 | $186 | ZK 58,490 | $7,730 |
| 114 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,228 | $186 | ৳257,600 | $7,807 |
| 115 | Mozambique estimate | $2,218 | $185 | MZN 141,700 | $5,873 |
| 116 | Armenia estimate | $2,201 | $183 | ֏1,062,400 | $6,382 |
| 117 | Yemen estimate | $2,123 | $177 | YER 466,200 | $7,038 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $2,103 | $175 | FG 19,316,300 | $6,415 |
| 119 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,097 | $175 | K 2,897,400 | $6,653 |
| 120 | Niger estimate | $2,072 | $173 | F CFA 1,292,600 | $6,359 |
| 121 | Afghanistan estimate | $2,012 | $168 | ؋154,500 | $9,788 |
| 122 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,003 | $167 | Rs 605,200 | $6,918 |
| 123 | Cameroon estimate | $1,956 | $163 | FCFA 965,800 | $4,037 |
| 124 | Benin estimate | $1,950 | $162 | F CFA 1,214,500 | $5,909 |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,869 | $156 | F CFA 1,165,800 | $5,280 |
| 126 | Nepal estimate | $1,848 | $154 | Rs 193,200 | $6,364 |
| 127 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,804 | $150 | CDF 1,822,200 | $3,712 |
| 128 | Lesotho estimate | $1,671 | $139 | LSL 30,620 | $4,988 |
| 129 | Togo estimate | $1,652 | $138 | F CFA 1,030,200 | $4,670 |
| 130 | Uganda estimate | $1,615 | $135 | UGX 5,794,900 | $4,406 |
| 131 | Mali estimate | $1,593 | $133 | F CFA 965,800 | $5,021 |
| 132 | Ghana estimate | $1,538 | $128 | GH₵19,320 | $3,679 |
| 133 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,534 | $128 | F CFA 892,600 | $4,622 |
| 134 | Burundi estimate | $1,429 | $119 | BIF 2,737,200 | $4,318 |
| 135 | Ukraine estimate | $1,389 | $116 | ₴35,500 | $5,713 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,365 | $114 | E£61,810 | $8,892 |
| 137 | Rwanda estimate | $1,270 | $106 | RF 1,674,100 | $4,632 |
| 138 | Angola estimate | $1,182 | $99 | Kz 1,028,200 | $3,304 |
| 139 | Pakistan estimate | $1,174 | $98 | Rs 330,100 | $5,048 |
| 140 | Gambia estimate | $1,137 | $95 | GMD 54,730 | $3,672 |
| 141 | Malawi estimate | $1,060 | $88 | MWK 386,300 | $3,249 |
| 142 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,031 | $86 | ETB 45,070 | $3,354 |
| 143 | Sudan estimate | $707 | $59 | SDG 386,300 | $1,722 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $566 | $47 | ₦837,000 | $3,152 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).