How much does a laboratory technologist make in each country?
142 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$87,070
- Iceland$70,750
- Luxembourg$67,750
- Norway$64,230
- Denmark$63,670
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$78,630
- Luxembourg$68,680
- Switzerland$67,930
- Norway$66,770
- Qatar$61,870
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $87,070 | $7,256 | CHF 78,350 | $67,930 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $70,750 | $5,896 | kr 9,013,400 | $61,870 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $67,750 | $5,646 | €60,680 | $68,680 |
| 4 | Norway estimate | $64,230 | $5,353 | kr 581,200 | $66,770 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $63,670 | $5,306 | kr 424,200 | $60,910 |
| 6 | Germany | $59,550 | $4,963 | €53,340 | $78,630 |
| 7 | United States | $56,710 | $4,725 | $56,710 | |
| 8 | Ireland estimate | $51,670 | $4,306 | €46,280 | $50,590 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $51,210 | $4,268 | €45,870 | $60,400 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $50,280 | $4,190 | €45,030 | $57,660 |
| 11 | Qatar estimate | $48,120 | $4,010 | QAR 175,100 | $61,870 |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $47,680 | $3,973 | €42,700 | $54,990 |
| 13 | Canada | $43,060 | $3,588 | CA$60,570 | |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $42,790 | $3,566 | €38,320 | $47,210 |
| 15 | Sweden estimate | $41,610 | $3,468 | kr 396,200 | $45,980 |
| 16 | United Kingdom estimate | $40,840 | $3,403 | £31,010 | $44,210 |
| 17 | Italy estimate | $37,400 | $3,117 | €33,500 | $51,330 |
| 18 | France estimate | $34,260 | $2,855 | €30,680 | $41,390 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $32,250 | $2,688 | ₪104,200 | $25,740 |
| 20 | Singapore estimate | $28,970 | $2,414 | SGD 38,920 | $36,750 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $28,830 | $2,403 | €25,830 | $41,980 |
| 22 | Slovenia estimate | $27,430 | $2,286 | €24,570 | $40,950 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $26,290 | $2,191 | AED 96,560 | $39,100 |
| 24 | Cyprus estimate | $26,100 | $2,175 | €23,380 | $39,000 |
| 25 | Malta estimate | $25,160 | $2,096 | €22,030 | $35,040 |
| 26 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $24,340 | $2,028 | HK$188,900 | $29,270 |
| 27 | Portugal estimate | $24,290 | $2,024 | €21,750 | $37,400 |
| 28 | Greece estimate | $23,880 | $1,990 | €21,390 | $36,430 |
| 29 | Bahamas estimate | $22,230 | $1,852 | BSD 22,230 | $20,080 |
| 30 | Puerto Rico estimate | $22,080 | $1,840 | $23,550 | |
| 31 | Estonia estimate | $20,830 | $1,736 | €18,660 | $27,440 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $20,670 | $1,722 | SAR 77,510 | $39,950 |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $19,720 | $1,643 | Kč 433,900 | $29,440 |
| 34 | Lithuania estimate | $19,180 | $1,599 | €17,180 | $30,890 |
| 35 | Slovakia estimate | $17,660 | $1,472 | €15,820 | $27,620 |
| 36 | Latvia estimate | $17,300 | $1,442 | €15,490 | $27,730 |
| 37 | Croatia estimate | $16,130 | $1,344 | €108,800 | $27,410 |
| 38 | Barbados estimate | $16,020 | $1,335 | BBD 32,040 | $13,350 |
| 39 | Brunei estimate | $15,790 | $1,316 | BND 20,000 | $26,410 |
| 40 | Hungary estimate | $15,390 | $1,283 | Ft 5,393,700 | $26,570 |
| 41 | Poland estimate | $15,190 | $1,265 | zł 63,730 | $27,680 |
| 42 | Romania estimate | $15,120 | $1,260 | lei 66,780 | $31,000 |
| 43 | Uruguay estimate | $14,650 | $1,221 | UYU 589,000 | $20,100 |
| 44 | Costa Rica estimate | $14,260 | $1,189 | ₡7,181,900 | $22,830 |
| 45 | Palau estimate | $12,900 | $1,075 | $12,890 | |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $11,830 | $986 | ₺466,800 | $26,310 |
| 47 | Serbia estimate | $11,430 | $953 | RSD 1,202,600 | $22,460 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $11,340 | $945 | KM 19,870 | $25,600 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $11,090 | $924 | €19,420 | $23,660 |
| 50 | Belize estimate | $10,660 | $888 | BZD 21,320 | $16,700 |
| 51 | Montenegro estimate | $10,280 | $857 | €7,737 | $17,610 |
| 52 | Panama estimate | $10,000 | $834 | PAB 10,000 | $20,140 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $9,399 | $783 | CLP 8,868,800 | $19,080 |
| 54 | North Macedonia estimate | $9,145 | $762 | MKD 504,700 | $18,440 |
| 55 | Marshall Islands estimate | $8,973 | $748 | $9,032 | |
| 56 | Argentina estimate | $8,957 | $746 | ARS 11,113,700 | $16,810 |
| 57 | Lebanon estimate | $8,847 | $737 | L£13,336,500 | $17,820 |
| 58 | Maldives estimate | $8,670 | $723 | MVR 133,400 | $13,170 |
| 59 | Botswana estimate | $8,312 | $693 | P 112,700 | $21,220 |
| 60 | Honduras estimate | $7,915 | $660 | L 205,400 | $16,280 |
| 61 | Mauritius estimate | $7,662 | $639 | Rs 355,600 | $17,860 |
| 62 | Malaysia estimate | $7,445 | $620 | RM 31,300 | $19,910 |
| 63 | Guatemala estimate | $7,248 | $604 | Q 55,660 | $16,220 |
| 64 | Guyana estimate | $7,061 | $588 | GYD 1,472,200 | $15,150 |
| 65 | Albania estimate | $7,053 | $588 | ALL 751,600 | $16,310 |
| 66 | Ecuador estimate | $7,002 | $583 | $15,860 | |
| 67 | Mexico estimate | $6,933 | $578 | MX$133,400 | $11,790 |
| 68 | Russia estimate | $6,874 | $573 | ₽506,300 | $19,660 |
| 69 | Thailand estimate | $6,760 | $563 | ฿222,300 | $20,960 |
| 70 | Fiji estimate | $6,309 | $526 | FJD 14,310 | $15,450 |
| 71 | Jordan estimate | $6,261 | $522 | JOD 4,445 | $13,840 |
| 72 | Peru estimate | $6,231 | $519 | PEN 22,230 | $11,530 |
| 73 | Djibouti estimate | $6,184 | $515 | DJF 1,099,100 | $11,160 |
| 74 | Samoa estimate | $6,094 | $508 | WST 16,390 | $8,916 |
| 75 | South Africa estimate | $6,077 | $506 | R 100,000 | $13,490 |
| 76 | El Salvador estimate | $6,020 | $502 | $12,840 | |
| 77 | Tonga estimate | $6,004 | $500 | TOP 14,190 | $7,793 |
| 78 | Brazil estimate | $5,967 | $497 | R$33,340 | $12,920 |
| 79 | Moldova estimate | $5,712 | $476 | MDL 99,260 | $11,310 |
| 80 | Mongolia estimate | $5,643 | $470 | ₮20,004,700 | $16,940 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $5,629 | $469 | Bs 38,900 | $14,410 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic estimate | $5,488 | $457 | DOP 340,200 | $14,290 |
| 83 | Colombia estimate | $5,484 | $457 | COP 22,227,500 | $13,350 |
| 84 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,194 | $433 | VUV 503,400 | $4,250 |
| 85 | Paraguay estimate | $4,654 | $388 | ₲35,114,900 | $12,220 |
| 86 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,454 | $371 | F CFA 2,778,400 | $11,950 |
| 87 | Kiribati estimate | $4,426 | $369 | A$6,661 | $7,095 |
| 88 | Vietnam estimate | $4,185 | $349 | ₫101,134,900 | $14,120 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $4,130 | $344 | ₱236,600 | $11,410 |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,031 | $336 | FCFA 2,445,000 | $8,867 |
| 91 | Cambodia estimate | $3,877 | $323 | ៛15,559,200 | $10,560 |
| 92 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,772 | $314 | CVE 374,900 | $7,443 |
| 93 | Bhutan estimate | $3,707 | $309 | BTN 310,200 | $14,860 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,690 | $308 | ₸1,203,100 | $9,585 |
| 95 | Georgia estimate | $3,500 | $292 | ₾11,280 | $10,500 |
| 96 | Jamaica estimate | $3,256 | $271 | JMD 361,200 | $5,167 |
| 97 | Tunisia estimate | $3,219 | $268 | TND 9,447 | $11,520 |
| 98 | Zambia estimate | $3,000 | $250 | ZK 78,510 | $10,380 |
| 99 | Yemen estimate | $2,987 | $249 | YER 656,000 | $9,902 |
| 100 | Suriname estimate | $2,924 | $244 | SRD 72,240 | $8,079 |
| 101 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,871 | $239 | UZS 31,719,500 | $10,580 |
| 102 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,778 | $232 | $6,236 | |
| 103 | Senegal estimate | $2,775 | $231 | F CFA 1,615,100 | $7,130 |
| 104 | Ghana estimate | $2,655 | $221 | GH₵33,340 | $6,351 |
| 105 | Indonesia estimate | $2,642 | $220 | Rp 41,887,600 | $8,205 |
| 106 | India estimate | $2,550 | $213 | ₹222,300 | $11,200 |
| 107 | Nepal estimate | $2,495 | $208 | Rs 260,800 | $8,592 |
| 108 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,363 | $197 | FCFA 1,111,400 | $3,565 |
| 109 | Liberia estimate | $2,223 | $185 | LRD 2,223 | $5,514 |
| 110 | Kenya estimate | $2,179 | $182 | KES 222,300 | $5,138 |
| 111 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,109 | $176 | K 2,914,300 | $6,692 |
| 112 | Mozambique estimate | $2,097 | $175 | MZN 133,900 | $5,552 |
| 113 | Angola estimate | $2,044 | $170 | Kz 1,778,200 | $5,714 |
| 114 | Comoros estimate | $2,004 | $167 | CF 833,500 | $3,655 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,968 | $164 | Rs 594,600 | $6,796 |
| 116 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,959 | $163 | ৳226,500 | $6,866 |
| 117 | Eswatini estimate | $1,890 | $157 | SZL 33,800 | |
| 118 | Armenia estimate | $1,842 | $153 | ֏889,100 | $5,341 |
| 119 | Mali estimate | $1,833 | $153 | F CFA 1,111,400 | $5,777 |
| 120 | Guinea estimate | $1,730 | $144 | FG 15,885,000 | $5,276 |
| 121 | Uganda estimate | $1,704 | $142 | UGX 6,112,600 | $4,647 |
| 122 | Rwanda estimate | $1,686 | $140 | RF 2,222,300 | $6,149 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $1,683 | $140 | ₴43,000 | $6,921 |
| 124 | Lesotho estimate | $1,602 | $133 | LSL 29,360 | $4,782 |
| 125 | Laos estimate | $1,584 | $132 | ₭22,227,500 | $5,989 |
| 126 | Cameroon estimate | $1,576 | $131 | FCFA 778,000 | $3,251 |
| 127 | Pakistan estimate | $1,575 | $131 | Rs 442,700 | $6,770 |
| 128 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,491 | $124 | F CFA 867,400 | $4,492 |
| 129 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,446 | $121 | ؋111,100 | $7,037 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,425 | $119 | F CFA 889,100 | $4,374 |
| 131 | Benin estimate | $1,338 | $112 | F CFA 833,500 | $4,056 |
| 132 | Chad estimate | $1,338 | $111 | FCFA 834,500 | $3,947 |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,298 | $108 | F CFA 809,500 | $3,666 |
| 134 | Sudan estimate | $1,267 | $106 | SDG 692,500 | $3,088 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,227 | $102 | E£55,570 | $7,993 |
| 136 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,194 | $100 | ETB 52,230 | $3,887 |
| 137 | Burundi estimate | $1,161 | $97 | BIF 2,222,700 | $3,507 |
| 138 | Togo estimate | $1,052 | $88 | F CFA 655,900 | $2,973 |
| 139 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $990 | $83 | CDF 1,000,200 | $2,037 |
| 140 | Gambia estimate | $981 | $82 | GMD 47,230 | $3,169 |
| 141 | Nigeria estimate | $630 | $53 | ₦932,000 | $3,510 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $378 | $31 | MWK 137,700 | $1,158 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).