How much does an environment engineer 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 $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$111,500
- United States$107,100
- Luxembourg$91,550
- Iceland$79,780
- Germany$79,720
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$107,100
- Germany$105,300
- Qatar$95,970
- Luxembourg$92,800
- Switzerland$87,010
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $111,500 | $9,293 | CHF 100,300 | $87,010 |
| 2 | United States | $107,100 | $8,926 | $107,100 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $91,550 | $7,629 | €81,990 | $92,800 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $79,780 | $6,648 | kr 10,163,600 | $69,760 |
| 5 | Germany | $79,720 | $6,644 | €71,410 | $105,300 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $74,630 | $6,220 | QAR 271,700 | $95,970 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $71,820 | $5,985 | kr 478,500 | $68,710 |
| 8 | Canada | $71,810 | $5,984 | CA$101,000 | |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $68,490 | $5,708 | kr 619,700 | $71,190 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $65,870 | $5,489 | €59,000 | $75,540 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $65,840 | $5,486 | €58,970 | $77,650 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $64,940 | $5,412 | €58,170 | $63,580 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $63,380 | $5,282 | €56,770 | $73,100 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $58,040 | $4,837 | £43,360 | $62,830 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $57,870 | $4,822 | €51,830 | $63,850 |
| 16 | Singapore estimate | $52,220 | $4,352 | SGD 70,160 | $66,260 |
| 17 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $51,860 | $4,322 | HK$402,600 | $62,360 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $49,960 | $4,164 | kr 475,700 | $55,200 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $48,290 | $4,024 | ₪156,000 | $38,540 |
| 20 | France estimate | $48,150 | $4,012 | €43,120 | $58,170 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $43,300 | $3,608 | €38,780 | $63,040 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $42,460 | $3,538 | €38,030 | $58,270 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $37,510 | $3,126 | AED 137,800 | $55,790 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $36,150 | $3,013 | ₩46,688,700 | $51,650 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $36,050 | $3,004 | €32,280 | $53,860 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $35,500 | $2,959 | €31,800 | $53,000 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $34,570 | $2,881 | €30,270 | $48,150 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $33,770 | $2,814 | €30,250 | $52,000 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $31,390 | $2,616 | SAR 117,700 | $60,670 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $29,600 | $2,467 | BSD 29,600 | $26,750 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $29,500 | $2,458 | $31,460 | |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $28,330 | $2,361 | Kč 623,400 | $42,300 |
| 33 | Greece estimate | $28,300 | $2,358 | €25,350 | $43,170 |
| 34 | Brunei estimate | $28,030 | $2,336 | BND 35,520 | $46,900 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $27,470 | $2,289 | €24,600 | $44,230 |
| 36 | Barbados estimate | $27,230 | $2,269 | BBD 54,470 | $22,700 |
| 37 | Estonia estimate | $27,120 | $2,260 | €24,290 | $35,730 |
| 38 | Costa Rica estimate | $25,970 | $2,164 | ₡13,073,800 | $41,570 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $24,970 | $2,081 | €22,370 | $40,030 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $23,850 | $1,987 | lei 105,300 | $48,890 |
| 41 | Croatia estimate | $22,970 | $1,914 | €155,000 | $39,030 |
| 42 | Slovakia estimate | $22,510 | $1,876 | €20,160 | $35,220 |
| 43 | Hungary estimate | $22,320 | $1,860 | Ft 7,822,600 | $38,540 |
| 44 | Poland estimate | $19,630 | $1,636 | zł 82,400 | $35,780 |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $18,010 | $1,501 | ₺710,400 | $40,040 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $17,670 | $1,472 | UYU 710,400 | $24,250 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $16,730 | $1,394 | KM 29,310 | $37,770 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $16,580 | $1,381 | PAB 16,580 | $33,370 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $16,510 | $1,376 | €28,930 | $35,240 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $16,020 | $1,335 | RSD 1,685,300 | $31,470 |
| 51 | Botswana estimate | $15,710 | $1,309 | P 213,100 | $40,120 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $15,510 | $1,293 | CLP 14,637,600 | $31,490 |
| 53 | Palau estimate | $15,270 | $1,273 | $15,260 | |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $13,170 | $1,097 | €9,913 | $22,570 |
| 55 | Belize estimate | $13,010 | $1,084 | BZD 26,020 | $20,380 |
| 56 | North Macedonia estimate | $12,880 | $1,074 | MKD 711,100 | $25,970 |
| 57 | Malaysia estimate | $12,690 | $1,058 | RM 53,350 | $33,940 |
| 58 | South Africa estimate | $12,230 | $1,019 | R 201,300 | $27,140 |
| 59 | Marshall Islands estimate | $11,840 | $987 | $11,920 | |
| 60 | Lebanon estimate | $11,310 | $943 | L£17,050,200 | $22,780 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $10,650 | $887 | L 276,300 | $21,900 |
| 62 | Peru estimate | $10,620 | $885 | PEN 37,890 | $19,660 |
| 63 | Brazil estimate | $10,600 | $883 | R$59,200 | $22,930 |
| 64 | Colombia estimate | $10,520 | $876 | COP 42,625,600 | $25,590 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic estimate | $10,350 | $862 | DOP 641,400 | $26,940 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $10,200 | $850 | Rs 473,600 | $23,780 |
| 67 | Eswatini estimate | $9,928 | $827 | SZL 177,600 | |
| 68 | Guatemala estimate | $9,616 | $801 | Q 73,850 | $21,520 |
| 69 | Maldives estimate | $9,557 | $796 | MVR 147,000 | $14,510 |
| 70 | Argentina estimate | $9,542 | $795 | ARS 11,840,400 | $17,910 |
| 71 | Ecuador estimate | $9,472 | $789 | $21,450 | |
| 72 | Thailand estimate | $9,247 | $771 | ฿304,100 | $28,670 |
| 73 | Mexico estimate | $9,075 | $756 | MX$174,600 | $15,440 |
| 74 | El Salvador estimate | $8,954 | $746 | $19,100 | |
| 75 | Russia estimate | $8,687 | $724 | ₽639,800 | $24,840 |
| 76 | Djibouti estimate | $8,328 | $694 | DJF 1,480,100 | $15,030 |
| 77 | Fiji estimate | $8,231 | $686 | FJD 18,670 | $20,160 |
| 78 | Samoa estimate | $8,084 | $674 | WST 21,740 | $11,830 |
| 79 | Albania estimate | $7,982 | $665 | ALL 850,600 | $18,460 |
| 80 | Guyana estimate | $7,950 | $663 | GYD 1,657,700 | $17,050 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $7,711 | $643 | Bs 53,280 | $19,740 |
| 82 | Jordan estimate | $7,505 | $625 | JOD 5,328 | $16,590 |
| 83 | Paraguay estimate | $7,061 | $588 | ₲53,282,000 | $18,540 |
| 84 | Mongolia estimate | $6,680 | $557 | ₮23,680,900 | $20,060 |
| 85 | Jamaica estimate | $6,671 | $556 | JMD 740,000 | $10,590 |
| 86 | Moldova estimate | $6,596 | $550 | MDL 114,600 | $13,060 |
| 87 | Tonga estimate | $6,444 | $537 | TOP 15,230 | $8,363 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $6,286 | $524 | ₱360,100 | $17,360 |
| 89 | Cape Verde estimate | $5,925 | $494 | CVE 588,900 | $11,690 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $5,802 | $484 | BTN 485,500 | $23,250 |
| 91 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,498 | $458 | VUV 532,800 | $4,498 |
| 92 | Vietnam estimate | $5,439 | $453 | ₫131,429,000 | $18,350 |
| 93 | Senegal estimate | $5,087 | $424 | F CFA 2,960,100 | $13,070 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,054 | $421 | ₸1,647,500 | $13,130 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $4,842 | $404 | TND 14,210 | $17,320 |
| 96 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,746 | $395 | F CFA 2,960,100 | $12,740 |
| 97 | Cambodia estimate | $4,720 | $393 | ៛18,944,700 | $12,860 |
| 98 | Kiribati estimate | $4,534 | $378 | A$6,825 | $7,269 |
| 99 | India estimate | $4,347 | $362 | ₹378,900 | $19,100 |
| 100 | Georgia estimate | $4,167 | $347 | ₾13,420 | $12,500 |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,987 | $332 | FCFA 2,418,600 | $8,771 |
| 102 | Chad estimate | $3,941 | $328 | FCFA 2,458,200 | $11,630 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,766 | $314 | UZS 41,617,700 | $13,880 |
| 104 | Zambia estimate | $3,620 | $302 | ZK 94,720 | $12,520 |
| 105 | Suriname estimate | $3,354 | $280 | SRD 82,880 | $9,269 |
| 106 | Mozambique estimate | $3,338 | $278 | MZN 213,100 | $8,836 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,197 | $266 | $7,175 | |
| 108 | Yemen estimate | $3,062 | $255 | YER 672,500 | $10,150 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,052 | $254 | F CFA 1,776,100 | $9,197 |
| 110 | Mali estimate | $2,929 | $244 | F CFA 1,776,100 | $9,233 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $2,860 | $238 | KES 291,700 | $6,744 |
| 112 | Comoros estimate | $2,847 | $237 | CF 1,184,000 | $5,192 |
| 113 | Ghana estimate | $2,640 | $220 | GH₵33,150 | $6,315 |
| 114 | Cameroon estimate | $2,638 | $220 | FCFA 1,302,400 | $5,443 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,547 | $212 | Rs 769,600 | $8,797 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,518 | $210 | FCFA 1,184,000 | $3,798 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $2,492 | $208 | Rs 260,500 | $8,582 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $2,321 | $193 | FG 21,312,800 | $7,078 |
| 119 | Indonesia estimate | $2,297 | $191 | Rp 36,412,600 | $7,133 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,278 | $190 | F CFA 1,420,900 | $6,435 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $2,261 | $188 | LSL 41,440 | $6,751 |
| 122 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,253 | $188 | ৳260,500 | $7,896 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $2,181 | $182 | ₴55,730 | $8,969 |
| 124 | Armenia estimate | $2,085 | $174 | ֏1,006,400 | $6,045 |
| 125 | Angola estimate | $2,042 | $170 | Kz 1,776,100 | $5,707 |
| 126 | Uganda estimate | $1,815 | $151 | UGX 6,512,200 | $4,951 |
| 127 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,814 | $151 | ETB 79,330 | $5,904 |
| 128 | Benin estimate | $1,806 | $150 | F CFA 1,124,800 | $5,473 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,800 | $150 | F CFA 1,122,500 | $5,521 |
| 130 | Togo estimate | $1,798 | $150 | F CFA 1,121,600 | $5,084 |
| 131 | Laos estimate | $1,772 | $148 | ₭24,864,900 | $6,699 |
| 132 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,758 | $146 | CDF 1,776,100 | $3,618 |
| 133 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,714 | $143 | K 2,368,100 | $5,438 |
| 134 | Pakistan estimate | $1,459 | $122 | Rs 410,200 | $6,272 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,307 | $109 | E£59,200 | $8,516 |
| 136 | Sudan estimate | $1,299 | $108 | SDG 710,400 | $3,168 |
| 137 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,257 | $105 | ؋96,550 | $6,116 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,222 | $102 | BIF 2,340,400 | $3,692 |
| 139 | Liberia estimate | $1,184 | $99 | LRD 1,184 | $2,937 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $1,168 | $97 | RF 1,539,300 | $4,259 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,045 | $87 | GMD 50,320 | $3,376 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $1,040 | $87 | MWK 378,900 | $3,186 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $400 | $33 | ₦592,000 | $2,229 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).