How much does an economist 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$124,700
- Switzerland$122,000
- Luxembourg$100,100
- Germany$91,000
- Iceland$87,250
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$124,700
- Germany$120,200
- Qatar$105,000
- Luxembourg$101,500
- Switzerland$95,160
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $124,700 | $10,390 | $124,700 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $122,000 | $10,160 | CHF 109,700 | $95,160 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $100,100 | $8,343 | €89,670 | $101,500 |
| 4 | Germany | $91,000 | $7,584 | €81,510 | $120,200 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $87,250 | $7,271 | kr 11,115,500 | $76,300 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $81,620 | $6,802 | QAR 297,100 | $105,000 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $78,540 | $6,545 | kr 523,400 | $75,140 |
| 8 | Australia | $77,080 | $6,423 | A$112,200 | |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $74,910 | $6,242 | kr 677,800 | $77,860 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $72,040 | $6,004 | €64,530 | $82,610 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $72,000 | $6,000 | €64,490 | $84,920 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | $71,400 | $5,950 | £53,340 | $77,290 |
| 13 | Canada | $71,100 | $5,925 | CA$100,000 | |
| 14 | Ireland estimate | $71,030 | $5,919 | €63,620 | $69,530 |
| 15 | Netherlands estimate | $69,320 | $5,776 | €62,080 | $79,940 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $63,290 | $5,274 | €56,690 | $69,840 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $57,110 | $4,759 | SGD 76,730 | $72,460 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $56,720 | $4,727 | HK$440,300 | $68,200 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $54,640 | $4,554 | kr 520,200 | $60,370 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $52,820 | $4,401 | ₪170,600 | $42,150 |
| 21 | France estimate | $52,660 | $4,388 | €47,160 | $63,620 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $46,440 | $3,870 | €41,590 | $63,730 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $41,030 | $3,419 | AED 150,700 | $61,020 |
| 24 | Spain estimate | $41,020 | $3,419 | €36,740 | $59,720 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $39,540 | $3,295 | ₩51,061,400 | $56,480 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $39,420 | $3,285 | €35,310 | $58,900 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $38,830 | $3,236 | €34,780 | $57,960 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $37,810 | $3,151 | €33,100 | $52,660 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $36,940 | $3,078 | €33,080 | $56,870 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $34,330 | $2,861 | SAR 128,700 | $66,350 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $32,370 | $2,698 | BSD 32,370 | $29,250 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $32,260 | $2,688 | $34,410 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $30,990 | $2,582 | Kč 681,800 | $46,260 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $30,950 | $2,579 | €27,720 | $47,220 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $30,660 | $2,555 | BND 38,850 | $51,290 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $30,040 | $2,504 | €26,910 | $48,370 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $29,780 | $2,482 | BBD 59,570 | $24,820 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $29,660 | $2,472 | €26,570 | $39,080 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $28,400 | $2,366 | ₡14,298,300 | $45,460 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $27,310 | $2,276 | €24,460 | $43,770 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $26,080 | $2,173 | lei 115,200 | $53,470 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $25,120 | $2,093 | €169,500 | $42,690 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $24,620 | $2,052 | €22,050 | $38,510 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $24,410 | $2,034 | Ft 8,555,200 | $42,150 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $21,470 | $1,789 | zł 90,110 | $39,130 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $19,690 | $1,641 | ₺777,000 | $43,790 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $19,320 | $1,610 | UYU 777,000 | $26,520 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $18,300 | $1,525 | KM 32,060 | $41,310 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $18,130 | $1,511 | PAB 18,130 | $36,500 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $18,060 | $1,505 | €31,630 | $38,540 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $17,520 | $1,460 | RSD 1,843,100 | $34,420 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $17,190 | $1,432 | P 233,100 | $43,870 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $16,970 | $1,414 | CLP 16,008,600 | $34,440 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $16,700 | $1,392 | $16,690 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $14,400 | $1,200 | €10,840 | $24,680 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $14,230 | $1,186 | BZD 28,460 | $22,290 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $14,090 | $1,174 | MKD 777,700 | $28,410 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $13,880 | $1,157 | RM 58,350 | $37,120 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $13,370 | $1,115 | R 220,100 | $29,680 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,950 | $1,079 | $13,030 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $12,370 | $1,031 | L£18,647,100 | $24,920 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $11,640 | $970 | L 302,200 | $23,950 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $11,620 | $968 | PEN 41,440 | $21,500 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $11,590 | $966 | R$64,750 | $25,080 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $11,500 | $958 | COP 46,617,800 | $27,990 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,320 | $943 | DOP 701,400 | $29,460 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $11,160 | $930 | Rs 518,000 | $26,010 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $10,860 | $905 | SZL 194,200 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $10,520 | $876 | Q 80,770 | $23,530 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $10,450 | $871 | MVR 160,800 | $15,870 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $10,440 | $870 | ARS 12,949,400 | $19,580 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $10,360 | $863 | $23,460 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $10,110 | $843 | ฿332,500 | $31,350 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $9,925 | $827 | MX$190,900 | $16,880 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $9,793 | $816 | $20,890 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $9,500 | $792 | ₽699,700 | $27,170 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $9,108 | $759 | DJF 1,618,700 | $16,440 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $9,002 | $750 | FJD 20,420 | $22,040 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $8,842 | $737 | WST 23,780 | $12,940 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $8,729 | $727 | ALL 930,300 | $20,190 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $8,695 | $725 | GYD 1,812,900 | $18,650 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $8,433 | $703 | Bs 58,270 | $21,590 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $8,207 | $684 | JOD 5,827 | $18,140 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $7,723 | $644 | ₲58,272,300 | $20,270 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $7,305 | $609 | ₮25,898,800 | $21,930 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $7,296 | $608 | JMD 809,300 | $11,580 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $7,213 | $601 | MDL 125,400 | $14,290 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $7,048 | $587 | TOP 16,660 | $9,147 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,875 | $573 | ₱393,900 | $18,990 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,480 | $540 | CVE 644,000 | $12,790 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $6,346 | $529 | BTN 530,900 | $25,430 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,013 | $501 | VUV 582,700 | $4,920 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,948 | $496 | ₫143,738,200 | $20,070 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,563 | $464 | F CFA 3,237,300 | $14,290 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,527 | $461 | ₸1,801,900 | $14,360 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $5,295 | $441 | TND 15,540 | $18,950 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,190 | $433 | F CFA 3,237,300 | $13,930 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $5,162 | $430 | ៛20,719,000 | $14,070 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,959 | $413 | A$7,465 | $7,950 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,754 | $396 | ₹414,400 | $20,890 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,557 | $380 | ₾14,680 | $13,680 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,361 | $363 | FCFA 2,645,100 | $9,592 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $4,310 | $359 | FCFA 2,688,500 | $12,720 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,119 | $343 | UZS 45,515,500 | $15,180 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,959 | $330 | ZK 103,600 | $13,690 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,669 | $306 | SRD 90,650 | $10,140 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,651 | $304 | MZN 233,100 | $9,663 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,496 | $291 | $7,847 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,349 | $279 | YER 735,400 | $11,100 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,338 | $278 | F CFA 1,942,400 | $10,060 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $3,203 | $267 | F CFA 1,942,400 | $10,100 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $3,128 | $261 | KES 319,100 | $7,375 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $3,113 | $259 | CF 1,294,900 | $5,678 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,888 | $241 | GH₵36,260 | $6,906 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,885 | $240 | FCFA 1,424,400 | $5,953 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,786 | $232 | Rs 841,700 | $9,621 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,753 | $229 | FCFA 1,294,900 | $4,154 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,726 | $227 | Rs 284,900 | $9,386 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,538 | $212 | FG 23,308,900 | $7,741 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,512 | $209 | Rp 39,822,900 | $7,801 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,491 | $208 | F CFA 1,553,900 | $7,038 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,473 | $206 | LSL 45,320 | $7,383 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,464 | $205 | ৳284,900 | $8,635 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,385 | $199 | ₴60,950 | $9,809 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,280 | $190 | ֏1,100,700 | $6,612 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,233 | $186 | Kz 1,942,400 | $6,242 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,986 | $165 | UGX 7,122,200 | $5,415 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,984 | $165 | ETB 86,760 | $6,457 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,975 | $165 | F CFA 1,230,200 | $5,986 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,968 | $164 | F CFA 1,227,600 | $6,039 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,967 | $164 | F CFA 1,226,700 | $5,561 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,938 | $161 | ₭27,193,700 | $7,327 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,923 | $160 | CDF 1,942,400 | $3,957 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,875 | $156 | K 2,589,900 | $5,947 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,596 | $133 | Rs 448,600 | $6,859 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,429 | $119 | E£64,750 | $9,314 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,421 | $118 | SDG 777,000 | $3,464 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,375 | $115 | ؋105,600 | $6,689 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,337 | $111 | BIF 2,559,600 | $4,038 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,295 | $108 | LRD 1,295 | $3,212 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,277 | $106 | RF 1,683,400 | $4,658 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,143 | $95 | GMD 55,030 | $3,692 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,137 | $95 | MWK 414,400 | $3,485 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $438 | $36 | ₦647,500 | $2,438 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).