How much does a midwife 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
- United States$134,000
- Switzerland$109,700
- Canada$91,000
- Luxembourg$90,030
- Iceland$78,450
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$134,000
- Qatar$94,370
- Luxembourg$91,260
- Germany$85,720
- Switzerland$85,560
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $134,000 | $11,170 | $134,000 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $109,700 | $9,139 | CHF 98,680 | $85,560 |
| 3 | Canada | $91,000 | $7,583 | CA$128,000 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $90,030 | $7,502 | €80,630 | $91,260 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $78,450 | $6,538 | kr 9,994,800 | $68,600 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $73,400 | $6,116 | QAR 267,200 | $94,370 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $70,620 | $5,885 | kr 470,600 | $67,570 |
| 8 | Norway estimate | $67,350 | $5,613 | kr 609,500 | $70,010 |
| 9 | Germany | $64,930 | $5,411 | €58,150 | $85,720 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $64,780 | $5,398 | €58,020 | $74,280 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $64,740 | $5,395 | €57,990 | $76,360 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $63,870 | $5,322 | €57,200 | $62,520 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $62,900 | $5,241 | £46,990 | $68,090 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $62,330 | $5,194 | €55,820 | $71,880 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $56,910 | $4,742 | €50,970 | $62,790 |
| 16 | Singapore estimate | $51,350 | $4,280 | SGD 68,990 | $65,160 |
| 17 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $51,000 | $4,250 | HK$395,900 | $61,330 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $49,140 | $4,095 | kr 467,800 | $54,290 |
| 19 | Spain estimate | $48,660 | $4,055 | €43,580 | $70,840 |
| 20 | Australia | $47,650 | $3,971 | A$69,350 | |
| 21 | Israel estimate | $47,490 | $3,958 | ₪153,400 | $37,900 |
| 22 | France estimate | $47,350 | $3,946 | €42,410 | $57,200 |
| 23 | Italy estimate | $41,750 | $3,479 | €37,400 | $57,300 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $36,890 | $3,074 | AED 135,500 | $54,870 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $35,550 | $2,963 | ₩45,913,600 | $50,790 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $35,450 | $2,954 | €31,750 | $52,970 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $34,910 | $2,909 | €31,270 | $52,120 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $34,000 | $2,833 | €29,760 | $47,350 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $33,210 | $2,768 | €29,750 | $51,140 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $30,870 | $2,572 | SAR 115,800 | $59,660 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $29,110 | $2,426 | BSD 29,110 | $26,300 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $29,010 | $2,417 | $30,940 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $27,860 | $2,322 | Kč 613,100 | $41,600 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $27,830 | $2,319 | €24,930 | $42,460 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $27,570 | $2,297 | BND 34,930 | $46,120 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $27,020 | $2,251 | €24,200 | $43,500 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $26,780 | $2,232 | BBD 53,560 | $22,320 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $26,670 | $2,223 | €23,890 | $35,140 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $25,530 | $2,128 | ₡12,856,800 | $40,880 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $24,560 | $2,046 | €22,000 | $39,360 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $23,450 | $1,954 | lei 103,600 | $48,080 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $22,590 | $1,882 | €152,400 | $38,390 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $22,140 | $1,845 | €19,830 | $34,630 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $21,950 | $1,829 | Ft 7,692,700 | $37,900 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $19,310 | $1,609 | zł 81,030 | $35,190 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $17,710 | $1,476 | ₺698,600 | $39,370 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $17,370 | $1,448 | UYU 698,600 | $23,850 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $16,450 | $1,371 | KM 28,830 | $37,140 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $16,300 | $1,358 | PAB 16,300 | $32,820 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $16,240 | $1,353 | €28,440 | $34,660 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $15,750 | $1,313 | RSD 1,657,300 | $30,950 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $15,450 | $1,288 | P 209,600 | $39,450 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $15,260 | $1,271 | CLP 14,394,600 | $30,960 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $15,020 | $1,251 | $15,010 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $12,950 | $1,079 | €9,749 | $22,190 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $12,790 | $1,066 | BZD 25,590 | $20,040 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $12,670 | $1,056 | MKD 699,300 | $25,540 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $12,480 | $1,040 | RM 52,470 | $33,380 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $12,030 | $1,002 | R 197,900 | $26,690 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $11,640 | $970 | $11,720 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $11,120 | $927 | L£16,767,200 | $22,410 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $10,470 | $872 | L 271,700 | $21,530 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $10,450 | $870 | PEN 37,260 | $19,340 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $10,420 | $868 | R$58,220 | $22,550 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $10,340 | $862 | COP 41,918,000 | $25,170 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $10,170 | $848 | DOP 630,700 | $26,490 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $10,030 | $836 | Rs 465,800 | $23,390 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $9,763 | $814 | SZL 174,700 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $9,456 | $788 | Q 72,620 | $21,160 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $9,398 | $783 | MVR 144,600 | $14,270 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $9,384 | $782 | ARS 11,643,900 | $17,610 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $9,315 | $776 | $21,100 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $9,093 | $758 | ฿299,000 | $28,190 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $8,925 | $744 | MX$171,700 | $15,180 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $8,806 | $734 | $18,780 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $8,543 | $712 | ₽629,200 | $24,430 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $8,190 | $682 | DJF 1,455,500 | $14,780 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $8,094 | $675 | FJD 18,360 | $19,820 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $7,950 | $663 | WST 21,380 | $11,630 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $7,849 | $654 | ALL 836,500 | $18,160 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $7,818 | $652 | GYD 1,630,100 | $16,770 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,583 | $632 | Bs 52,400 | $19,410 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $7,380 | $615 | JOD 5,240 | $16,310 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $6,944 | $579 | ₲52,397,500 | $18,230 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $6,569 | $547 | ₮23,287,800 | $19,720 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $6,560 | $547 | JMD 727,700 | $10,410 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $6,486 | $541 | MDL 112,700 | $12,850 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $6,337 | $528 | TOP 14,980 | $8,225 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,182 | $515 | ₱354,200 | $17,070 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $5,827 | $486 | CVE 579,100 | $11,500 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $5,706 | $475 | BTN 477,400 | $22,870 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,407 | $451 | VUV 524,000 | $4,424 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,349 | $446 | ₫129,247,100 | $18,050 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,002 | $417 | F CFA 2,911,000 | $12,850 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,970 | $414 | ₸1,620,200 | $12,910 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $4,762 | $397 | TND 13,970 | $17,040 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,667 | $389 | F CFA 2,911,000 | $12,520 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $4,642 | $387 | ៛18,630,200 | $12,650 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,459 | $372 | A$6,712 | $7,148 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,275 | $356 | ₹372,600 | $18,780 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,097 | $341 | ₾13,200 | $12,300 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,921 | $327 | FCFA 2,378,400 | $8,625 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $3,876 | $323 | FCFA 2,417,400 | $11,430 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,704 | $309 | UZS 40,926,800 | $13,650 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,560 | $297 | ZK 93,150 | $12,310 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,299 | $275 | SRD 81,510 | $9,115 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,282 | $274 | MZN 209,600 | $8,689 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,144 | $262 | $7,056 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,011 | $251 | YER 661,300 | $9,983 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,001 | $250 | F CFA 1,746,600 | $9,045 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,881 | $240 | F CFA 1,746,600 | $9,080 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,813 | $234 | KES 286,900 | $6,632 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,799 | $233 | CF 1,164,400 | $5,106 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,596 | $216 | GH₵32,600 | $6,210 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,594 | $216 | FCFA 1,280,800 | $5,353 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,505 | $209 | Rs 756,900 | $8,651 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,476 | $206 | FCFA 1,164,400 | $3,735 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,451 | $204 | Rs 256,200 | $8,440 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,282 | $190 | FG 20,959,000 | $6,961 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,258 | $188 | Rp 35,808,200 | $7,014 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,240 | $187 | F CFA 1,397,300 | $6,329 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,223 | $185 | LSL 40,750 | $6,638 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,216 | $185 | ৳256,200 | $7,765 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,145 | $179 | ₴54,800 | $8,820 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,050 | $171 | ֏989,700 | $5,945 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,008 | $167 | Kz 1,746,600 | $5,613 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,785 | $149 | UGX 6,404,100 | $4,869 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,784 | $149 | ETB 78,010 | $5,806 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,776 | $148 | F CFA 1,106,200 | $5,382 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,770 | $147 | F CFA 1,103,800 | $5,430 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,768 | $147 | F CFA 1,103,000 | $5,000 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,742 | $145 | ₭24,452,200 | $6,588 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,729 | $144 | CDF 1,746,600 | $3,558 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,686 | $140 | K 2,328,800 | $5,347 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,435 | $120 | Rs 403,300 | $6,168 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,285 | $107 | E£58,220 | $8,375 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,278 | $106 | SDG 698,600 | $3,115 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,236 | $103 | ؋94,950 | $6,014 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,202 | $100 | BIF 2,301,500 | $3,631 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,164 | $97 | LRD 1,164 | $2,888 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,148 | $96 | RF 1,513,700 | $4,189 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,028 | $86 | GMD 49,490 | $3,320 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,022 | $85 | MWK 372,600 | $3,133 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $394 | $33 | ₦582,200 | $2,192 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).