How much does a medical writer 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$95,660
- United States$82,630
- Luxembourg$78,530
- Iceland$68,430
- Qatar$64,020
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$82,920
- United States$82,630
- Qatar$82,320
- Luxembourg$79,600
- Switzerland$74,630
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $95,660 | $7,972 | CHF 86,080 | $74,630 |
| 2 | United States | $82,630 | $6,886 | $82,630 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $78,530 | $6,544 | €70,330 | $79,600 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $68,430 | $5,703 | kr 8,718,300 | $59,840 |
| 5 | Qatar estimate | $64,020 | $5,335 | QAR 233,000 | $82,320 |
| 6 | Germany | $62,800 | $5,234 | €56,250 | $82,920 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $61,600 | $5,134 | kr 410,500 | $58,940 |
| 8 | Norway estimate | $58,750 | $4,896 | kr 531,600 | $61,070 |
| 9 | Belgium estimate | $56,510 | $4,709 | €50,610 | $64,790 |
| 10 | Austria estimate | $56,480 | $4,706 | €50,580 | $66,610 |
| 11 | Ireland estimate | $55,710 | $4,642 | €49,900 | $54,540 |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $54,370 | $4,531 | €48,690 | $62,700 |
| 13 | Canada | $52,980 | $4,415 | CA$74,530 | |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $52,820 | $4,401 | £39,460 | $57,180 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $49,640 | $4,137 | €44,460 | $54,770 |
| 16 | Australia | $47,730 | $3,977 | A$69,460 | |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $44,800 | $3,733 | SGD 60,180 | $56,830 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $44,490 | $3,707 | HK$345,300 | $53,490 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $42,860 | $3,572 | kr 408,000 | $47,350 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $41,430 | $3,452 | ₪133,800 | $33,060 |
| 21 | France estimate | $41,300 | $3,442 | €36,990 | $49,900 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $36,420 | $3,035 | €32,620 | $49,980 |
| 23 | Spain estimate | $34,150 | $2,846 | €30,580 | $49,710 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $32,180 | $2,682 | AED 118,200 | $47,860 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $31,010 | $2,584 | ₩40,049,500 | $44,300 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $30,920 | $2,577 | €27,690 | $46,200 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $30,450 | $2,538 | €27,280 | $45,460 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $29,650 | $2,471 | €25,960 | $41,300 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $28,970 | $2,414 | €25,950 | $44,610 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $26,930 | $2,244 | SAR 101,000 | $52,040 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $25,390 | $2,116 | BSD 25,390 | $22,940 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $25,300 | $2,109 | $26,990 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $24,310 | $2,025 | Kč 534,800 | $36,280 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $24,280 | $2,023 | €21,740 | $37,030 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $24,050 | $2,004 | BND 30,470 | $40,230 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $23,560 | $1,964 | €21,110 | $37,940 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $23,360 | $1,947 | BBD 46,720 | $19,470 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $23,270 | $1,939 | €20,840 | $30,650 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $22,270 | $1,856 | ₡11,214,700 | $35,650 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $21,420 | $1,785 | €19,190 | $34,330 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $20,460 | $1,705 | lei 90,350 | $41,940 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $19,700 | $1,642 | €133,000 | $33,480 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $19,310 | $1,609 | €17,300 | $30,210 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $19,150 | $1,596 | Ft 6,710,200 | $33,060 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $16,840 | $1,403 | zł 70,680 | $30,690 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $15,450 | $1,287 | ₺609,400 | $34,340 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $15,150 | $1,263 | UYU 609,400 | $20,800 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $14,350 | $1,196 | KM 25,140 | $32,400 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $14,220 | $1,185 | PAB 14,220 | $28,630 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $14,160 | $1,180 | €24,810 | $30,230 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $13,740 | $1,145 | RSD 1,445,600 | $26,990 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $13,480 | $1,123 | P 182,800 | $34,410 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $13,310 | $1,109 | CLP 12,556,200 | $27,010 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $13,100 | $1,092 | $13,090 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $11,300 | $941 | €8,504 | $19,360 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $11,160 | $930 | BZD 22,320 | $17,480 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $11,050 | $921 | MKD 610,000 | $22,280 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $10,890 | $907 | RM 45,760 | $29,110 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $10,490 | $874 | R 172,700 | $23,280 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $10,160 | $846 | $10,220 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $9,702 | $808 | L£14,625,700 | $19,540 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $9,132 | $761 | L 237,000 | $18,780 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $9,112 | $759 | PEN 32,500 | $16,870 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $9,089 | $757 | R$50,780 | $19,670 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $9,021 | $752 | COP 36,564,200 | $21,950 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $8,875 | $740 | DOP 550,200 | $23,110 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $8,753 | $729 | Rs 406,300 | $20,400 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $8,517 | $710 | SZL 152,400 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $8,248 | $687 | Q 63,350 | $18,460 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $8,198 | $683 | MVR 126,100 | $12,450 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $8,185 | $682 | ARS 10,156,700 | $15,360 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $8,125 | $677 | $18,400 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $7,932 | $661 | ฿260,800 | $24,590 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $7,785 | $649 | MX$149,800 | $13,240 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $7,681 | $640 | $16,380 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $7,452 | $621 | ₽548,800 | $21,310 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $7,144 | $595 | DJF 1,269,600 | $12,890 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $7,060 | $588 | FJD 16,020 | $17,290 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $6,935 | $578 | WST 18,650 | $10,150 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $6,847 | $571 | ALL 729,600 | $15,840 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $6,820 | $568 | GYD 1,421,900 | $14,630 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $6,614 | $551 | Bs 45,710 | $16,930 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $6,437 | $536 | JOD 4,571 | $14,230 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $6,057 | $505 | ₲45,705,300 | $15,900 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $5,730 | $477 | ₮20,313,500 | $17,200 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $5,722 | $477 | JMD 634,800 | $9,082 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $5,658 | $471 | MDL 98,320 | $11,210 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $5,528 | $461 | TOP 13,070 | $7,174 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $5,392 | $449 | ₱308,900 | $14,890 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $5,083 | $424 | CVE 505,100 | $10,030 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $4,977 | $415 | BTN 416,400 | $19,950 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $4,716 | $393 | VUV 457,100 | $3,859 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $4,665 | $389 | ₫112,739,700 | $15,740 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $4,363 | $364 | F CFA 2,539,200 | $11,210 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,335 | $361 | ₸1,413,300 | $11,260 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $4,153 | $346 | TND 12,190 | $14,860 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,071 | $339 | F CFA 2,539,200 | $10,920 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $4,049 | $337 | ៛16,250,800 | $11,030 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $3,890 | $324 | A$5,855 | $6,235 |
| 100 | India estimate | $3,729 | $311 | ₹325,000 | $16,380 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $3,574 | $298 | ₾11,510 | $10,730 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,420 | $285 | FCFA 2,074,600 | $7,524 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $3,381 | $282 | FCFA 2,108,700 | $9,973 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,231 | $269 | UZS 35,699,600 | $11,900 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,105 | $259 | ZK 81,250 | $10,740 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $2,877 | $240 | SRD 71,100 | $7,951 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $2,863 | $239 | MZN 182,800 | $7,579 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,742 | $229 | $6,155 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $2,627 | $219 | YER 576,800 | $8,708 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $2,618 | $218 | F CFA 1,523,500 | $7,889 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,513 | $209 | F CFA 1,523,500 | $7,920 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,454 | $204 | KES 250,300 | $5,785 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,442 | $203 | CF 1,015,700 | $4,454 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,265 | $189 | GH₵28,440 | $5,417 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,263 | $189 | FCFA 1,117,200 | $4,669 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,185 | $182 | Rs 660,200 | $7,546 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,160 | $180 | FCFA 1,015,700 | $3,258 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,138 | $178 | Rs 223,400 | $7,362 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $1,991 | $166 | FG 18,282,100 | $6,072 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $1,970 | $164 | Rp 31,234,800 | $6,118 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,954 | $163 | F CFA 1,218,800 | $5,520 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $1,940 | $162 | LSL 35,550 | $5,791 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,933 | $161 | ৳223,400 | $6,773 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $1,871 | $156 | ₴47,800 | $7,694 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $1,788 | $149 | ֏863,300 | $5,186 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $1,751 | $146 | Kz 1,523,500 | $4,896 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,557 | $130 | UGX 5,586,200 | $4,247 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,556 | $130 | ETB 68,050 | $5,064 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,549 | $129 | F CFA 964,900 | $4,695 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,544 | $129 | F CFA 962,900 | $4,736 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,542 | $129 | F CFA 962,100 | $4,361 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,520 | $127 | ₭21,329,100 | $5,747 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,508 | $126 | CDF 1,523,500 | $3,103 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,470 | $123 | K 2,031,300 | $4,664 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,251 | $104 | Rs 351,800 | $5,380 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,121 | $93 | E£50,780 | $7,305 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,115 | $93 | SDG 609,400 | $2,717 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,078 | $90 | ؋82,820 | $5,246 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,048 | $87 | BIF 2,007,600 | $3,167 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,016 | $85 | LRD 1,016 | $2,520 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,002 | $83 | RF 1,320,400 | $3,654 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $896 | $75 | GMD 43,170 | $2,896 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $892 | $74 | MWK 325,000 | $2,733 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $343 | $29 | ₦507,800 | $1,912 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).