How much does a library assistant 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 $100,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$73,420
- Luxembourg$55,540
- Germany$55,120
- Iceland$55,050
- Denmark$51,170
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$72,780
- Qatar$64,620
- Switzerland$57,280
- Luxembourg$56,300
- Norway$50,560
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $73,420 | $6,118 | CHF 66,070 | $57,280 |
| 2 | Luxembourg estimate | $55,540 | $4,628 | €49,740 | $56,300 |
| 3 | Germany | $55,120 | $4,593 | €49,370 | $72,780 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $55,050 | $4,588 | kr 7,013,500 | $48,140 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $51,170 | $4,264 | kr 340,900 | $48,950 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $50,260 | $4,188 | QAR 182,900 | $64,620 |
| 7 | Norway estimate | $48,650 | $4,054 | kr 440,200 | $50,560 |
| 8 | Belgium estimate | $43,520 | $3,626 | €38,970 | $49,900 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $42,790 | $3,566 | €38,330 | $50,470 |
| 10 | United States | $39,110 | $3,259 | $39,110 | |
| 11 | Netherlands estimate | $38,910 | $3,242 | €34,850 | $44,870 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | $37,660 | $3,138 | £28,130 | $40,770 |
| 13 | Canada | $36,640 | $3,054 | CA$51,540 | |
| 14 | Ireland estimate | $35,920 | $2,993 | €32,170 | $35,160 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $34,370 | $2,864 | €30,780 | $37,920 |
| 16 | South Korea estimate | $33,690 | $2,808 | ₩43,510,400 | $48,130 |
| 17 | Sweden estimate | $33,120 | $2,760 | kr 315,400 | $36,600 |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $30,110 | $2,509 | €26,970 | $41,320 |
| 19 | Australia | $29,230 | $2,436 | A$42,540 | |
| 20 | France estimate | $25,830 | $2,153 | €23,140 | $31,210 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $23,150 | $1,929 | €20,730 | $34,560 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $22,710 | $1,892 | €20,340 | $33,060 |
| 23 | Israel estimate | $21,870 | $1,823 | ₪70,650 | $17,450 |
| 24 | Singapore estimate | $21,620 | $1,802 | SGD 29,050 | $27,440 |
| 25 | Greece estimate | $21,370 | $1,781 | €19,140 | $32,600 |
| 26 | Malta estimate | $20,750 | $1,729 | €18,170 | $28,900 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $18,580 | $1,548 | AED 68,230 | $27,630 |
| 28 | Bahamas estimate | $18,220 | $1,518 | BSD 18,220 | $16,460 |
| 29 | Cyprus estimate | $16,990 | $1,416 | €15,210 | $25,380 |
| 30 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $16,980 | $1,415 | HK$131,800 | $20,420 |
| 31 | Estonia estimate | $16,720 | $1,393 | €14,970 | $22,020 |
| 32 | Lithuania estimate | $16,700 | $1,391 | €14,950 | $26,880 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $16,440 | $1,370 | SAR 61,660 | $31,780 |
| 34 | Portugal estimate | $16,220 | $1,352 | €14,530 | $24,980 |
| 35 | Czechia estimate | $15,010 | $1,251 | Kč 330,200 | $22,400 |
| 36 | Puerto Rico estimate | $14,700 | $1,225 | $15,680 | |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $14,610 | $1,217 | BBD 29,210 | $12,170 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $14,150 | $1,180 | €95,520 | $24,050 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $14,090 | $1,174 | €12,620 | $22,590 |
| 40 | Slovakia estimate | $13,890 | $1,157 | €12,440 | $21,720 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $12,950 | $1,079 | Ft 4,536,900 | $22,350 |
| 42 | Uruguay estimate | $12,290 | $1,024 | UYU 494,400 | $16,870 |
| 43 | Poland estimate | $12,220 | $1,019 | zł 51,300 | $22,280 |
| 44 | Romania estimate | $11,600 | $967 | lei 51,240 | $23,780 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $10,880 | $907 | ₡5,477,300 | $17,410 |
| 46 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $10,260 | $855 | KM 17,970 | $23,160 |
| 47 | Palau estimate | $10,110 | $843 | $10,110 | |
| 48 | Brunei estimate | $9,898 | $825 | BND 12,540 | $16,560 |
| 49 | Türkiye estimate | $9,397 | $783 | ₺370,800 | $20,900 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $9,323 | $777 | RSD 980,700 | $18,310 |
| 51 | Argentina estimate | $9,055 | $755 | ARS 11,235,400 | $16,990 |
| 52 | Lebanon estimate | $8,944 | $745 | L£13,482,500 | $18,020 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $8,427 | $702 | PAB 8,427 | $16,960 |
| 54 | North Macedonia estimate | $8,177 | $681 | MKD 451,300 | $16,480 |
| 55 | Chile estimate | $8,176 | $681 | CLP 7,714,600 | $16,590 |
| 56 | Bulgaria estimate | $7,701 | $642 | €13,490 | $16,440 |
| 57 | Montenegro estimate | $7,511 | $626 | €5,654 | $12,870 |
| 58 | Honduras estimate | $7,071 | $589 | L 183,500 | $14,540 |
| 59 | Guatemala estimate | $6,784 | $565 | Q 52,100 | $15,180 |
| 60 | Belize estimate | $6,742 | $562 | BZD 13,480 | $10,560 |
| 61 | Jordan estimate | $6,330 | $527 | JOD 4,494 | $13,990 |
| 62 | Maldives estimate | $6,326 | $527 | MVR 97,310 | $9,608 |
| 63 | Guyana estimate | $6,197 | $516 | GYD 1,292,100 | $13,290 |
| 64 | Albania estimate | $6,137 | $511 | ALL 654,000 | $14,200 |
| 65 | Mexico estimate | $6,057 | $505 | MX$116,500 | $10,300 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $6,052 | $504 | Rs 280,900 | $14,100 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $5,854 | $488 | $13,260 | |
| 68 | Peru estimate | $5,670 | $472 | PEN 20,220 | $10,490 |
| 69 | Marshall Islands estimate | $5,661 | $472 | $5,698 | |
| 70 | El Salvador estimate | $5,602 | $467 | $11,950 | |
| 71 | Malaysia estimate | $5,385 | $449 | RM 22,630 | $14,400 |
| 72 | Fiji estimate | $5,362 | $447 | FJD 12,160 | $13,130 |
| 73 | Samoa estimate | $5,338 | $445 | WST 14,350 | $7,811 |
| 74 | Moldova estimate | $5,172 | $431 | MDL 89,880 | $10,250 |
| 75 | Tonga estimate | $5,149 | $429 | TOP 12,170 | $6,683 |
| 76 | Thailand estimate | $5,125 | $427 | ฿168,500 | $15,890 |
| 77 | Russia estimate | $4,833 | $403 | ₽356,000 | $13,820 |
| 78 | Mongolia estimate | $4,754 | $396 | ₮16,853,200 | $14,270 |
| 79 | Eswatini estimate | $4,571 | $381 | SZL 81,760 | |
| 80 | Bolivia estimate | $4,553 | $379 | Bs 31,460 | $11,650 |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,510 | $376 | FCFA 2,735,600 | $9,920 |
| 82 | Colombia estimate | $4,435 | $370 | COP 17,976,700 | $10,790 |
| 83 | Djibouti estimate | $4,425 | $369 | DJF 786,500 | $7,986 |
| 84 | Vanuatu estimate | $4,406 | $367 | VUV 426,900 | $3,604 |
| 85 | Cambodia estimate | $4,199 | $350 | ៛16,853,200 | $11,440 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $4,169 | $347 | ₲31,459,200 | $10,940 |
| 87 | Kiribati estimate | $4,029 | $336 | A$6,064 | $6,459 |
| 88 | Brazil estimate | $4,022 | $335 | R$22,470 | $8,705 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $3,999 | $333 | ₫96,624,800 | $13,490 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $3,847 | $321 | ₱220,400 | $10,630 |
| 91 | Senegal estimate | $3,837 | $320 | F CFA 2,232,700 | $9,857 |
| 92 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,835 | $320 | ₸1,250,100 | $9,959 |
| 93 | Dominican Republic estimate | $3,806 | $317 | DOP 235,900 | $9,910 |
| 94 | Georgia estimate | $3,393 | $283 | ₾10,930 | $10,180 |
| 95 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,391 | $283 | CVE 337,100 | $6,691 |
| 96 | Jamaica estimate | $3,292 | $274 | JMD 365,100 | $5,224 |
| 97 | Bhutan estimate | $3,089 | $257 | BTN 258,400 | $12,380 |
| 98 | South Africa estimate | $3,072 | $256 | R 50,560 | $6,817 |
| 99 | Tunisia estimate | $2,872 | $239 | TND 8,427 | $10,270 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,849 | $237 | UZS 31,482,600 | $10,500 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $2,728 | $227 | SRD 67,410 | $7,539 |
| 102 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $2,702 | $225 | F CFA 1,685,300 | $7,251 |
| 103 | Comoros estimate | $2,701 | $225 | CF 1,123,500 | $4,927 |
| 104 | Botswana estimate | $2,651 | $221 | P 35,950 | $6,767 |
| 105 | India estimate | $2,514 | $209 | ₹219,100 | $11,040 |
| 106 | Chad estimate | $2,252 | $188 | FCFA 1,404,400 | $6,643 |
| 107 | Liberia estimate | $2,247 | $187 | LRD 2,247 | $5,574 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,247 | $187 | $5,043 | |
| 109 | Indonesia estimate | $2,228 | $186 | Rp 35,326,100 | $6,920 |
| 110 | Kenya estimate | $2,203 | $184 | KES 224,700 | $5,194 |
| 111 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,043 | $170 | FCFA 960,600 | $3,082 |
| 112 | Laos estimate | $1,997 | $166 | ₭28,024,000 | $7,550 |
| 113 | Zambia estimate | $1,950 | $163 | ZK 51,030 | $6,744 |
| 114 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,944 | $162 | ৳224,700 | $6,811 |
| 115 | Mozambique estimate | $1,936 | $161 | MZN 123,600 | $5,124 |
| 116 | Armenia estimate | $1,920 | $160 | ֏926,900 | $5,568 |
| 117 | Yemen estimate | $1,852 | $154 | YER 406,700 | $6,140 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $1,835 | $153 | FG 16,853,200 | $5,597 |
| 119 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,830 | $152 | K 2,528,000 | $5,805 |
| 120 | Niger estimate | $1,808 | $151 | F CFA 1,127,800 | $5,548 |
| 121 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,755 | $146 | ؋134,800 | $8,540 |
| 122 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,748 | $146 | Rs 528,100 | $6,036 |
| 123 | Cameroon estimate | $1,707 | $142 | FCFA 842,700 | $3,522 |
| 124 | Benin estimate | $1,701 | $142 | F CFA 1,059,600 | $5,156 |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,631 | $136 | F CFA 1,017,100 | $4,607 |
| 126 | Nepal estimate | $1,613 | $134 | Rs 168,500 | $5,552 |
| 127 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,574 | $131 | CDF 1,589,800 | $3,238 |
| 128 | Lesotho estimate | $1,458 | $121 | LSL 26,710 | $4,352 |
| 129 | Togo estimate | $1,441 | $120 | F CFA 898,800 | $4,075 |
| 130 | Uganda estimate | $1,409 | $117 | UGX 5,055,900 | $3,844 |
| 131 | Mali estimate | $1,390 | $116 | F CFA 842,700 | $4,381 |
| 132 | Ghana estimate | $1,342 | $112 | GH₵16,850 | $3,210 |
| 133 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,338 | $112 | F CFA 778,800 | $4,033 |
| 134 | Burundi estimate | $1,247 | $104 | BIF 2,388,100 | $3,767 |
| 135 | Ukraine estimate | $1,212 | $101 | ₴30,970 | $4,985 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,191 | $99 | E£53,930 | $7,758 |
| 137 | Rwanda estimate | $1,108 | $92 | RF 1,460,600 | $4,042 |
| 138 | Angola estimate | $1,031 | $86 | Kz 897,100 | $2,883 |
| 139 | Pakistan estimate | $1,024 | $85 | Rs 288,000 | $4,404 |
| 140 | Gambia estimate | $992 | $83 | GMD 47,750 | $3,204 |
| 141 | Malawi estimate | $925 | $77 | MWK 337,100 | $2,835 |
| 142 | Ethiopia estimate | $899 | $75 | ETB 39,320 | $2,927 |
| 143 | Sudan estimate | $616 | $51 | SDG 337,100 | $1,503 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $494 | $41 | ₦730,300 | $2,750 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).