How much does an elementary school teacher 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$101,500
- Luxembourg$83,320
- Iceland$72,610
- Germany$69,540
- Qatar$67,920
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$91,810
- Qatar$87,340
- Luxembourg$84,460
- Switzerland$79,190
- Austria$70,670
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $101,500 | $8,458 | CHF 91,330 | $79,190 |
| 2 | Luxembourg estimate | $83,320 | $6,943 | €74,620 | $84,460 |
| 3 | Iceland estimate | $72,610 | $6,051 | kr 9,249,900 | $63,490 |
| 4 | Germany | $69,540 | $5,795 | €62,280 | $91,810 |
| 5 | Qatar estimate | $67,920 | $5,660 | QAR 247,200 | $87,340 |
| 6 | Denmark estimate | $65,360 | $5,447 | kr 435,500 | $62,530 |
| 7 | United States | $64,090 | $5,341 | $64,090 | |
| 8 | Canada | $63,980 | $5,332 | CA$90,000 | |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $62,330 | $5,195 | kr 564,000 | $64,790 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | $61,490 | $5,124 | £45,940 | $66,570 |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $59,950 | $4,996 | €53,700 | $68,740 |
| 12 | Austria estimate | $59,920 | $4,993 | €53,670 | $70,670 |
| 13 | Ireland estimate | $59,110 | $4,926 | €52,940 | $57,860 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $57,680 | $4,807 | €51,660 | $66,520 |
| 15 | Australia | $53,600 | $4,467 | A$78,010 | |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $52,670 | $4,389 | €47,170 | $58,110 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $47,530 | $3,961 | SGD 63,850 | $60,300 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $47,200 | $3,933 | HK$366,400 | $56,750 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $45,470 | $3,789 | kr 432,900 | $50,240 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $43,950 | $3,663 | ₪142,000 | $35,070 |
| 21 | France estimate | $43,820 | $3,652 | €39,250 | $52,940 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $38,640 | $3,220 | €34,610 | $53,030 |
| 23 | Spain estimate | $37,710 | $3,143 | €33,780 | $54,910 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $34,140 | $2,845 | AED 125,400 | $50,780 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $32,900 | $2,742 | ₩42,491,400 | $47,000 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $32,800 | $2,734 | €29,380 | $49,020 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $32,310 | $2,693 | €28,940 | $48,240 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $31,460 | $2,622 | €27,550 | $43,820 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $30,740 | $2,561 | €27,530 | $47,330 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $28,570 | $2,381 | SAR 107,100 | $55,210 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $26,940 | $2,245 | BSD 26,940 | $24,340 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $26,840 | $2,237 | $28,630 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $25,790 | $2,149 | Kč 567,400 | $38,500 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $25,760 | $2,146 | €23,070 | $39,290 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $25,510 | $2,126 | BND 32,330 | $42,680 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $25,000 | $2,083 | €22,390 | $40,260 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $24,780 | $2,065 | BBD 49,570 | $20,660 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $24,680 | $2,057 | €22,110 | $32,520 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $23,630 | $1,969 | ₡11,898,500 | $37,830 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $22,730 | $1,894 | €20,360 | $36,430 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $21,700 | $1,809 | lei 95,860 | $44,490 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $20,910 | $1,742 | €141,100 | $35,520 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $20,490 | $1,707 | €18,350 | $32,050 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $20,310 | $1,693 | Ft 7,119,300 | $35,070 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $17,870 | $1,489 | zł 74,990 | $32,570 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $16,390 | $1,366 | ₺646,600 | $36,440 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $16,080 | $1,340 | UYU 646,600 | $22,070 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $15,230 | $1,269 | KM 26,680 | $34,380 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $15,090 | $1,257 | PAB 15,090 | $30,370 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $15,030 | $1,252 | €26,320 | $32,070 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $14,580 | $1,215 | RSD 1,533,800 | $28,640 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $14,300 | $1,192 | P 194,000 | $36,510 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $14,120 | $1,177 | CLP 13,321,700 | $28,660 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $13,900 | $1,158 | $13,890 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $11,990 | $999 | €9,022 | $20,540 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $11,840 | $987 | BZD 23,680 | $18,550 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $11,730 | $977 | MKD 647,200 | $23,640 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $11,550 | $963 | RM 48,560 | $30,890 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $11,130 | $928 | R 183,200 | $24,700 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $10,780 | $898 | $10,850 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $10,290 | $858 | L£15,517,400 | $20,740 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $9,688 | $807 | L 251,400 | $19,930 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $9,667 | $806 | PEN 34,480 | $17,890 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $9,643 | $804 | R$53,880 | $20,870 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $9,571 | $798 | COP 38,793,600 | $23,290 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $9,417 | $785 | DOP 583,700 | $24,520 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $9,287 | $774 | Rs 431,000 | $21,640 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $9,036 | $753 | SZL 161,600 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $8,751 | $729 | Q 67,210 | $19,580 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $8,698 | $725 | MVR 133,800 | $13,210 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $8,684 | $724 | ARS 10,776,000 | $16,300 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $8,621 | $718 | $19,530 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $8,416 | $701 | ฿276,700 | $26,090 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $8,260 | $688 | MX$158,900 | $14,050 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $8,149 | $679 | $17,380 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $7,906 | $659 | ₽582,300 | $22,610 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $7,579 | $632 | DJF 1,347,000 | $13,680 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $7,491 | $624 | FJD 16,990 | $18,340 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $7,358 | $613 | WST 19,780 | $10,770 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $7,264 | $605 | ALL 774,100 | $16,800 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $7,236 | $603 | GYD 1,508,600 | $15,520 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,018 | $585 | Bs 48,490 | $17,970 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $6,830 | $569 | JOD 4,849 | $15,100 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $6,427 | $536 | ₲48,492,000 | $16,870 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $6,079 | $507 | ₮21,552,000 | $18,250 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $6,071 | $506 | JMD 673,500 | $9,635 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $6,003 | $500 | MDL 104,300 | $11,890 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $5,865 | $489 | TOP 13,860 | $7,612 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $5,721 | $477 | ₱327,800 | $15,800 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $5,392 | $449 | CVE 535,900 | $10,640 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $5,280 | $440 | BTN 441,800 | $21,160 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,004 | $417 | VUV 484,900 | $4,094 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $4,950 | $412 | ₫119,613,600 | $16,700 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $4,629 | $386 | F CFA 2,694,000 | $11,890 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,599 | $383 | ₸1,499,400 | $11,950 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $4,407 | $367 | TND 12,930 | $15,770 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,319 | $360 | F CFA 2,694,000 | $11,590 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $4,296 | $358 | ៛17,241,600 | $11,710 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,127 | $344 | A$6,212 | $6,616 |
| 100 | India estimate | $3,956 | $330 | ₹344,800 | $17,380 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $3,792 | $316 | ₾12,220 | $11,380 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,629 | $302 | FCFA 2,201,100 | $7,982 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $3,587 | $299 | FCFA 2,237,200 | $10,580 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,428 | $286 | UZS 37,876,300 | $12,630 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,295 | $275 | ZK 86,210 | $11,390 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,053 | $254 | SRD 75,430 | $8,436 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,038 | $253 | MZN 194,000 | $8,041 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,910 | $242 | $6,530 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $2,787 | $232 | YER 612,000 | $9,239 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $2,778 | $231 | F CFA 1,616,400 | $8,370 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,666 | $222 | F CFA 1,616,400 | $8,403 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,603 | $217 | KES 265,500 | $6,137 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,591 | $216 | CF 1,077,600 | $4,725 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,403 | $200 | GH₵30,170 | $5,747 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,401 | $200 | FCFA 1,185,400 | $4,954 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,318 | $193 | Rs 700,400 | $8,006 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,291 | $191 | FCFA 1,077,600 | $3,457 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,268 | $189 | Rs 237,100 | $7,811 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,112 | $176 | FG 19,396,800 | $6,442 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,090 | $174 | Rp 33,139,200 | $6,492 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,073 | $173 | F CFA 1,293,100 | $5,857 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,058 | $171 | LSL 37,720 | $6,144 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,051 | $171 | ৳237,100 | $7,186 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $1,985 | $165 | ₴50,720 | $8,163 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $1,898 | $158 | ֏916,000 | $5,502 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $1,858 | $155 | Kz 1,616,400 | $5,194 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,652 | $138 | UGX 5,926,800 | $4,506 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,651 | $138 | ETB 72,200 | $5,373 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,643 | $137 | F CFA 1,023,700 | $4,981 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,638 | $136 | F CFA 1,021,600 | $5,025 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,636 | $136 | F CFA 1,020,800 | $4,627 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,612 | $134 | ₭22,629,600 | $6,097 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,600 | $133 | CDF 1,616,400 | $3,293 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,560 | $130 | K 2,155,200 | $4,949 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,328 | $111 | Rs 373,300 | $5,708 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,189 | $99 | E£53,880 | $7,750 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,183 | $99 | SDG 646,600 | $2,883 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,144 | $95 | ؋87,870 | $5,566 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,112 | $93 | BIF 2,130,000 | $3,360 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,078 | $90 | LRD 1,078 | $2,673 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,063 | $89 | RF 1,400,900 | $3,876 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $951 | $79 | GMD 45,800 | $3,073 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $946 | $79 | MWK 344,800 | $2,900 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $364 | $30 | ₦538,800 | $2,029 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).