How much does an electrical engineer 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
- Switzerland$127,400
- United States$120,600
- Luxembourg$104,600
- Germany$95,880
- Iceland$91,140
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$126,600
- United States$120,600
- Qatar$109,600
- Luxembourg$106,000
- Switzerland$99,400
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $127,400 | $10,620 | CHF 114,600 | $99,400 |
| 2 | United States | $120,600 | $10,050 | $120,600 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $104,600 | $8,716 | €93,670 | $106,000 |
| 4 | Germany | $95,880 | $7,990 | €85,880 | $126,600 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $91,140 | $7,595 | kr 11,611,400 | $79,700 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $85,270 | $7,105 | QAR 310,400 | $109,600 |
| 7 | Australia | $84,000 | $7,000 | A$122,300 | |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $82,050 | $6,837 | kr 546,700 | $78,490 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $80,710 | $6,726 | £60,300 | $87,380 |
| 10 | Norway estimate | $78,250 | $6,521 | kr 708,000 | $81,330 |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $75,260 | $6,271 | €67,400 | $86,300 |
| 12 | Austria estimate | $75,220 | $6,268 | €67,370 | $88,710 |
| 13 | Canada | $74,930 | $6,244 | CA$105,400 | |
| 14 | Ireland estimate | $74,200 | $6,183 | €66,450 | $72,640 |
| 15 | Netherlands estimate | $72,410 | $6,034 | €64,850 | $83,510 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $66,110 | $5,509 | €59,210 | $72,950 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $59,660 | $4,972 | SGD 80,150 | $75,690 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $59,250 | $4,938 | HK$459,900 | $71,240 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $57,080 | $4,757 | kr 543,400 | $63,070 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $55,170 | $4,598 | ₪178,200 | $44,030 |
| 21 | France estimate | $55,010 | $4,584 | €49,270 | $66,450 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $48,510 | $4,042 | €43,450 | $66,570 |
| 23 | Spain estimate | $45,950 | $3,829 | €41,160 | $66,900 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $42,860 | $3,571 | AED 157,400 | $63,740 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $41,300 | $3,442 | ₩53,339,400 | $59,000 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $41,180 | $3,432 | €36,880 | $61,530 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $40,560 | $3,380 | €36,330 | $60,550 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $39,490 | $3,291 | €34,580 | $55,010 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $38,580 | $3,215 | €34,560 | $59,410 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $35,860 | $2,988 | SAR 134,500 | $69,310 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $33,820 | $2,818 | BSD 33,820 | $30,560 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $33,700 | $2,808 | $35,940 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $32,370 | $2,698 | Kč 712,200 | $48,330 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $32,330 | $2,694 | €28,960 | $49,320 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $32,030 | $2,669 | BND 40,580 | $53,580 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $31,380 | $2,615 | €28,110 | $50,530 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $31,110 | $2,593 | BBD 62,220 | $25,930 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $30,990 | $2,582 | €27,750 | $40,820 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $29,660 | $2,472 | ₡14,936,200 | $47,490 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $28,530 | $2,377 | €25,550 | $45,730 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $27,240 | $2,270 | lei 120,300 | $55,850 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $26,240 | $2,187 | €177,100 | $44,590 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $25,720 | $2,143 | €23,040 | $40,230 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $25,500 | $2,125 | Ft 8,936,900 | $44,030 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $22,430 | $1,869 | zł 94,130 | $40,880 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $20,570 | $1,714 | ₺811,600 | $45,740 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $20,180 | $1,682 | UYU 811,600 | $27,700 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $19,120 | $1,593 | KM 33,490 | $43,150 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $18,940 | $1,578 | PAB 18,940 | $38,130 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $18,860 | $1,572 | €33,050 | $40,260 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $18,300 | $1,525 | RSD 1,925,300 | $35,950 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $17,950 | $1,496 | P 243,500 | $45,830 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $17,720 | $1,477 | CLP 16,722,800 | $35,970 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $17,450 | $1,454 | $17,440 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $15,050 | $1,254 | €11,330 | $25,780 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $14,860 | $1,239 | BZD 29,730 | $23,280 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $14,720 | $1,227 | MKD 812,400 | $29,670 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $14,500 | $1,208 | RM 60,950 | $38,780 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $13,970 | $1,164 | R 230,000 | $31,010 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $13,530 | $1,127 | $13,620 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $12,920 | $1,077 | L£19,479,000 | $26,030 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $12,160 | $1,013 | L 315,600 | $25,020 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $12,140 | $1,011 | PEN 43,290 | $22,460 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $12,110 | $1,009 | R$67,640 | $26,200 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $12,010 | $1,001 | COP 48,697,600 | $29,240 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,820 | $985 | DOP 732,700 | $30,780 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $11,660 | $971 | Rs 541,100 | $27,170 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $11,340 | $945 | SZL 202,900 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $10,990 | $915 | Q 84,370 | $24,580 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $10,920 | $910 | MVR 167,900 | $16,580 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $10,900 | $908 | ARS 13,527,100 | $20,460 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $10,820 | $902 | $24,510 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $10,560 | $880 | ฿347,400 | $32,750 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $10,370 | $864 | MX$199,500 | $17,640 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $10,230 | $852 | $21,820 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $9,924 | $827 | ₽731,000 | $28,380 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $9,514 | $793 | DJF 1,690,900 | $17,170 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $9,403 | $784 | FJD 21,330 | $23,030 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $9,236 | $770 | WST 24,840 | $13,510 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $9,119 | $760 | ALL 971,800 | $21,090 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $9,083 | $757 | GYD 1,893,800 | $19,480 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $8,809 | $734 | Bs 60,870 | $22,550 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $8,574 | $714 | JOD 6,087 | $18,950 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $8,067 | $672 | ₲60,872,000 | $21,180 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $7,631 | $636 | ₮27,054,200 | $22,910 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $7,621 | $635 | JMD 845,400 | $12,100 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $7,535 | $628 | MDL 130,900 | $14,930 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $7,362 | $614 | TOP 17,400 | $9,555 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $7,182 | $598 | ₱411,400 | $19,840 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,769 | $564 | CVE 672,800 | $13,360 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $6,629 | $552 | BTN 554,600 | $26,560 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,282 | $523 | VUV 608,700 | $5,139 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $6,214 | $518 | ₫150,150,900 | $20,970 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,811 | $484 | F CFA 3,381,800 | $14,930 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,774 | $481 | ₸1,882,200 | $15,000 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $5,532 | $461 | TND 16,230 | $19,790 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,422 | $452 | F CFA 3,381,800 | $14,550 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $5,393 | $449 | ៛21,643,400 | $14,700 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $5,180 | $432 | A$7,798 | $8,305 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,966 | $414 | ₹432,900 | $21,820 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,760 | $397 | ₾15,340 | $14,290 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,555 | $380 | FCFA 2,763,100 | $10,020 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $4,502 | $375 | FCFA 2,808,400 | $13,280 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,303 | $359 | UZS 47,546,100 | $15,850 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $4,136 | $345 | ZK 108,200 | $14,300 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,832 | $319 | SRD 94,690 | $10,590 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,813 | $318 | MZN 243,500 | $10,090 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,652 | $304 | $8,197 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,499 | $292 | YER 768,200 | $11,600 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,487 | $291 | F CFA 2,029,100 | $10,510 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $3,346 | $279 | F CFA 2,029,100 | $10,550 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $3,268 | $272 | KES 333,300 | $7,704 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $3,252 | $271 | CF 1,352,700 | $5,932 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $3,016 | $251 | GH₵37,880 | $7,215 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $3,014 | $251 | FCFA 1,488,000 | $6,219 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,910 | $243 | Rs 879,300 | $10,050 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,876 | $240 | FCFA 1,352,700 | $4,339 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,847 | $237 | Rs 297,600 | $9,805 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,651 | $221 | FG 24,348,800 | $8,087 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,624 | $219 | Rp 41,599,600 | $8,149 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,602 | $217 | F CFA 1,623,300 | $7,352 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,583 | $215 | LSL 47,340 | $7,712 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,574 | $215 | ৳297,600 | $9,021 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,492 | $208 | ₴63,660 | $10,250 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,382 | $198 | ֏1,149,800 | $6,907 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,333 | $194 | Kz 2,029,100 | $6,520 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $2,074 | $173 | UGX 7,439,900 | $5,657 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $2,072 | $173 | ETB 90,630 | $6,745 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $2,063 | $172 | F CFA 1,285,100 | $6,253 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $2,056 | $171 | F CFA 1,282,400 | $6,308 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $2,054 | $171 | F CFA 1,281,400 | $5,809 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $2,024 | $169 | ₭28,406,900 | $7,653 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $2,008 | $167 | CDF 2,029,100 | $4,133 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,958 | $163 | K 2,705,400 | $6,212 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,667 | $139 | Rs 468,600 | $7,165 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,493 | $124 | E£67,640 | $9,729 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,484 | $124 | SDG 811,600 | $3,619 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,436 | $120 | ؋110,300 | $6,987 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,396 | $116 | BIF 2,673,800 | $4,218 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,353 | $113 | LRD 1,353 | $3,356 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,334 | $111 | RF 1,758,500 | $4,866 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,194 | $99 | GMD 57,490 | $3,857 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,188 | $99 | MWK 432,900 | $3,640 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $457 | $38 | ₦676,400 | $2,547 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).