How much does a draughtsperson 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$94,460
- Iceland$76,750
- Luxembourg$73,500
- Australia$72,300
- Norway$69,680
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$84,300
- Luxembourg$74,510
- Switzerland$73,700
- Norway$72,430
- United States$67,860
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $94,460 | $7,872 | CHF 85,000 | $73,700 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $76,750 | $6,396 | kr 9,778,000 | $67,120 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $73,500 | $6,125 | €65,830 | $74,510 |
| 4 | Australia | $72,300 | $6,025 | A$105,200 | |
| 5 | Norway estimate | $69,680 | $5,807 | kr 630,500 | $72,430 |
| 6 | Denmark estimate | $69,070 | $5,756 | kr 460,200 | $66,080 |
| 7 | United States | $67,860 | $5,655 | $67,860 | |
| 8 | Germany | $63,840 | $5,320 | €57,180 | $84,300 |
| 9 | Ireland estimate | $56,060 | $4,671 | €50,210 | $54,880 |
| 10 | Austria estimate | $55,560 | $4,630 | €49,760 | $65,520 |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $54,550 | $4,545 | €48,850 | $62,550 |
| 12 | Qatar estimate | $52,200 | $4,350 | QAR 190,000 | $67,120 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $51,720 | $4,310 | €46,330 | $59,650 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $47,140 | $3,929 | £35,220 | $51,040 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $46,420 | $3,868 | €41,580 | $51,220 |
| 16 | Canada | $45,350 | $3,779 | CA$63,790 | |
| 17 | Sweden estimate | $45,140 | $3,762 | kr 429,800 | $49,880 |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $40,580 | $3,381 | €36,340 | $55,690 |
| 19 | France estimate | $37,160 | $3,097 | €33,290 | $44,900 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $34,990 | $2,916 | ₪113,000 | $27,920 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $31,540 | $2,629 | €28,250 | $45,920 |
| 22 | Singapore estimate | $31,430 | $2,619 | SGD 42,220 | $39,870 |
| 23 | Slovenia estimate | $29,760 | $2,480 | €26,650 | $44,420 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $28,520 | $2,377 | AED 104,700 | $42,420 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $28,310 | $2,359 | €25,360 | $42,310 |
| 26 | Malta estimate | $27,290 | $2,274 | €23,890 | $38,010 |
| 27 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $26,400 | $2,200 | HK$205,000 | $31,750 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $26,350 | $2,196 | €23,600 | $40,570 |
| 29 | Greece estimate | $25,910 | $2,159 | €23,200 | $39,520 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $24,110 | $2,009 | BSD 24,110 | $21,790 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $23,960 | $1,996 | $25,550 | |
| 32 | Estonia estimate | $22,600 | $1,883 | €20,240 | $29,770 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $22,420 | $1,869 | SAR 84,090 | $43,330 |
| 34 | Czechia estimate | $21,390 | $1,783 | Kč 470,700 | $31,940 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $20,810 | $1,734 | €18,640 | $33,510 |
| 36 | Slovakia estimate | $19,160 | $1,596 | €17,160 | $29,970 |
| 37 | Latvia estimate | $18,770 | $1,564 | €16,810 | $30,080 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $17,500 | $1,458 | €118,100 | $29,730 |
| 39 | Barbados estimate | $17,380 | $1,448 | BBD 34,760 | $14,480 |
| 40 | Brunei estimate | $17,130 | $1,427 | BND 21,700 | $28,650 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $16,700 | $1,391 | Ft 5,851,200 | $28,830 |
| 42 | Poland estimate | $16,470 | $1,373 | zł 69,140 | $30,030 |
| 43 | Romania estimate | $16,400 | $1,367 | lei 72,450 | $33,630 |
| 44 | Uruguay estimate | $15,890 | $1,324 | UYU 639,000 | $21,810 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $15,470 | $1,290 | ₡7,791,200 | $24,770 |
| 46 | Palau estimate | $13,990 | $1,166 | $13,990 | |
| 47 | Türkiye estimate | $12,830 | $1,070 | ₺506,400 | $28,540 |
| 48 | Serbia estimate | $12,400 | $1,033 | RSD 1,304,700 | $24,360 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $12,300 | $1,025 | KM 21,550 | $27,770 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $12,030 | $1,002 | €21,070 | $25,670 |
| 51 | Belize estimate | $11,570 | $964 | BZD 23,130 | $18,120 |
| 52 | Montenegro estimate | $11,150 | $929 | €8,393 | $19,110 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $10,850 | $904 | PAB 10,850 | $21,850 |
| 54 | Chile estimate | $10,200 | $850 | CLP 9,621,200 | $20,700 |
| 55 | North Macedonia estimate | $9,921 | $827 | MKD 547,600 | $20,000 |
| 56 | Marshall Islands estimate | $9,734 | $811 | $9,798 | |
| 57 | Argentina estimate | $9,716 | $810 | ARS 12,056,500 | $18,230 |
| 58 | Lebanon estimate | $9,597 | $800 | L£14,467,800 | $19,330 |
| 59 | Maldives estimate | $9,406 | $784 | MVR 144,700 | $14,280 |
| 60 | Botswana estimate | $9,018 | $751 | P 122,300 | $23,020 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $8,587 | $716 | L 222,900 | $17,660 |
| 62 | Mauritius estimate | $8,312 | $693 | Rs 385,800 | $19,370 |
| 63 | Malaysia estimate | $8,077 | $673 | RM 33,950 | $21,600 |
| 64 | Guatemala estimate | $7,863 | $655 | Q 60,390 | $17,590 |
| 65 | Guyana estimate | $7,660 | $638 | GYD 1,597,100 | $16,430 |
| 66 | Albania estimate | $7,651 | $638 | ALL 815,400 | $17,700 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $7,596 | $633 | $17,200 | |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $7,521 | $627 | MX$144,700 | $12,790 |
| 69 | Russia estimate | $7,457 | $621 | ₽549,300 | $21,330 |
| 70 | Thailand estimate | $7,333 | $611 | ฿241,100 | $22,730 |
| 71 | Fiji estimate | $6,844 | $570 | FJD 15,530 | $16,760 |
| 72 | Jordan estimate | $6,792 | $566 | JOD 4,823 | $15,010 |
| 73 | Peru estimate | $6,760 | $563 | PEN 24,110 | $12,510 |
| 74 | Djibouti estimate | $6,709 | $559 | DJF 1,192,300 | $12,110 |
| 75 | Samoa estimate | $6,611 | $551 | WST 17,780 | $9,672 |
| 76 | South Africa estimate | $6,593 | $549 | R 108,500 | $14,630 |
| 77 | El Salvador estimate | $6,531 | $544 | $13,930 | |
| 78 | Tonga estimate | $6,514 | $543 | TOP 15,400 | $8,454 |
| 79 | Brazil estimate | $6,474 | $539 | R$36,170 | $14,010 |
| 80 | Moldova estimate | $6,196 | $516 | MDL 107,700 | $12,270 |
| 81 | Mongolia estimate | $6,122 | $510 | ₮21,701,700 | $18,380 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $6,107 | $509 | Bs 42,200 | $15,630 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic estimate | $5,953 | $496 | DOP 369,000 | $15,500 |
| 84 | Colombia estimate | $5,949 | $496 | COP 24,113,100 | $14,480 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,635 | $470 | VUV 546,100 | $4,610 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $5,049 | $421 | ₲38,093,700 | $13,250 |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,832 | $403 | F CFA 3,014,100 | $12,970 |
| 88 | Kiribati estimate | $4,801 | $400 | A$7,226 | $7,696 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $4,540 | $378 | ₫109,714,400 | $15,320 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $4,481 | $373 | ₱256,700 | $12,380 |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,373 | $364 | FCFA 2,652,400 | $9,619 |
| 92 | Cambodia estimate | $4,206 | $350 | ៛16,879,100 | $11,460 |
| 93 | Cape Verde estimate | $4,092 | $341 | CVE 406,700 | $8,074 |
| 94 | Bhutan estimate | $4,022 | $335 | BTN 336,500 | $16,120 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,003 | $334 | ₸1,305,100 | $10,400 |
| 96 | Georgia estimate | $3,797 | $316 | ₾12,230 | $11,400 |
| 97 | Jamaica estimate | $3,532 | $294 | JMD 391,800 | $5,606 |
| 98 | Tunisia estimate | $3,492 | $291 | TND 10,250 | $12,490 |
| 99 | Zambia estimate | $3,255 | $271 | ZK 85,170 | $11,260 |
| 100 | Yemen estimate | $3,241 | $270 | YER 711,600 | $10,740 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $3,172 | $264 | SRD 78,370 | $8,764 |
| 102 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,114 | $260 | UZS 34,410,300 | $11,470 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,014 | $251 | $6,765 | |
| 104 | Senegal estimate | $3,011 | $251 | F CFA 1,752,100 | $7,735 |
| 105 | Ghana estimate | $2,880 | $240 | GH₵36,170 | $6,890 |
| 106 | Indonesia estimate | $2,866 | $239 | Rp 45,441,000 | $8,901 |
| 107 | India estimate | $2,767 | $231 | ₹241,100 | $12,150 |
| 108 | Nepal estimate | $2,707 | $226 | Rs 282,900 | $9,320 |
| 109 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,564 | $214 | FCFA 1,205,700 | $3,868 |
| 110 | Liberia estimate | $2,411 | $201 | LRD 2,411 | $5,982 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $2,364 | $197 | KES 241,100 | $5,574 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,288 | $191 | K 3,161,500 | $7,259 |
| 113 | Mozambique estimate | $2,275 | $190 | MZN 145,300 | $6,023 |
| 114 | Angola estimate | $2,218 | $185 | Kz 1,929,000 | $6,199 |
| 115 | Comoros estimate | $2,174 | $181 | CF 904,200 | $3,965 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,135 | $178 | Rs 645,000 | $7,373 |
| 117 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,126 | $177 | ৳245,700 | $7,449 |
| 118 | Eswatini estimate | $2,050 | $171 | SZL 36,670 | |
| 119 | Armenia estimate | $1,998 | $167 | ֏964,500 | $5,794 |
| 120 | Mali estimate | $1,988 | $166 | F CFA 1,205,700 | $6,268 |
| 121 | Guinea estimate | $1,876 | $156 | FG 17,232,500 | $5,723 |
| 122 | Uganda estimate | $1,849 | $154 | UGX 6,631,100 | $5,042 |
| 123 | Rwanda estimate | $1,829 | $152 | RF 2,410,900 | $6,671 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $1,826 | $152 | ₴46,650 | $7,508 |
| 125 | Lesotho estimate | $1,738 | $145 | LSL 31,850 | $5,188 |
| 126 | Laos estimate | $1,718 | $143 | ₭24,113,100 | $6,497 |
| 127 | Cameroon estimate | $1,709 | $142 | FCFA 844,000 | $3,527 |
| 128 | Pakistan estimate | $1,708 | $142 | Rs 480,300 | $7,344 |
| 129 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,617 | $135 | F CFA 941,000 | $4,873 |
| 130 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,569 | $131 | ؋120,500 | $7,634 |
| 131 | Niger estimate | $1,546 | $129 | F CFA 964,500 | $4,745 |
| 132 | Benin estimate | $1,452 | $121 | F CFA 904,200 | $4,400 |
| 133 | Chad estimate | $1,451 | $121 | FCFA 905,300 | $4,282 |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,408 | $117 | F CFA 878,100 | $3,977 |
| 135 | Sudan estimate | $1,374 | $114 | SDG 751,200 | $3,350 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,331 | $111 | E£60,280 | $8,671 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,296 | $108 | ETB 56,670 | $4,217 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,259 | $105 | BIF 2,411,300 | $3,804 |
| 139 | Togo estimate | $1,141 | $95 | F CFA 711,600 | $3,226 |
| 140 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,074 | $90 | CDF 1,085,100 | $2,210 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,064 | $89 | GMD 51,240 | $3,438 |
| 142 | Nigeria estimate | $684 | $57 | ₦1,011,000 | $3,807 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $410 | $34 | MWK 149,400 | $1,256 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).