How much does a mining 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$76,680
- Iceland$76,310
- Australia$60,520
- Germany$58,320
- Denmark$57,290
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$77,000
- Iceland$66,730
- Switzerland$59,830
- Norway$57,990
- United Kingdom$55,500
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $76,680 | $6,390 | CHF 69,000 | $59,830 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $76,310 | $6,360 | kr 9,722,200 | $66,730 |
| 3 | Australia | $60,520 | $5,043 | A$88,080 | |
| 4 | Germany | $58,320 | $4,860 | €52,240 | $77,000 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $57,290 | $4,774 | kr 381,700 | $54,810 |
| 6 | Norway estimate | $55,790 | $4,649 | kr 504,800 | $57,990 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | $51,270 | $4,272 | £38,300 | $55,500 |
| 8 | United States | $50,440 | $4,204 | $50,440 | |
| 9 | Luxembourg estimate | $48,600 | $4,050 | €43,530 | $49,270 |
| 10 | Canada | $48,060 | $4,005 | CA$67,600 | |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $47,030 | $3,919 | €42,120 | $53,930 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $40,250 | $3,354 | €36,050 | $39,410 |
| 13 | Austria estimate | $39,780 | $3,315 | €35,630 | $46,910 |
| 14 | Sweden estimate | $38,960 | $3,246 | kr 370,900 | $43,040 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $38,950 | $3,245 | €34,880 | $42,970 |
| 16 | Netherlands estimate | $34,770 | $2,897 | €31,140 | $40,100 |
| 17 | Italy estimate | $30,530 | $2,544 | €27,340 | $41,900 |
| 18 | France estimate | $30,290 | $2,525 | €27,130 | $36,600 |
| 19 | Slovenia estimate | $25,150 | $2,096 | €22,530 | $37,550 |
| 20 | South Korea estimate | $24,070 | $2,006 | ₩31,089,200 | $34,390 |
| 21 | Spain estimate | $22,340 | $1,861 | €20,010 | $32,520 |
| 22 | Greece estimate | $21,910 | $1,826 | €19,620 | $33,420 |
| 23 | Malta estimate | $20,690 | $1,724 | €18,120 | $28,820 |
| 24 | Israel estimate | $20,660 | $1,722 | ₪66,730 | $16,490 |
| 25 | Bahamas estimate | $19,890 | $1,657 | BSD 19,890 | $17,970 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $18,860 | $1,572 | €16,890 | $28,180 |
| 27 | Puerto Rico estimate | $17,710 | $1,476 | $18,890 | |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $16,960 | $1,413 | €15,190 | $26,110 |
| 29 | Singapore estimate | $15,870 | $1,322 | SGD 21,320 | $20,130 |
| 30 | Estonia estimate | $15,590 | $1,299 | €13,960 | $20,540 |
| 31 | Lithuania estimate | $14,790 | $1,233 | €13,250 | $23,820 |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $14,590 | $1,216 | Kč 321,000 | $21,780 |
| 33 | Slovakia estimate | $13,850 | $1,154 | €12,400 | $21,660 |
| 34 | Latvia estimate | $13,210 | $1,101 | €11,830 | $21,180 |
| 35 | Poland estimate | $13,120 | $1,093 | zł 55,070 | $23,920 |
| 36 | Croatia estimate | $12,850 | $1,071 | €86,710 | $21,830 |
| 37 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $11,740 | $978 | HK$91,090 | $14,110 |
| 38 | Qatar estimate | $11,600 | $966 | QAR 42,220 | $14,910 |
| 39 | Barbados estimate | $11,470 | $956 | BBD 22,950 | $9,562 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $11,400 | $950 | lei 50,370 | $23,380 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $10,780 | $899 | Ft 3,779,600 | $18,620 |
| 42 | Costa Rica estimate | $10,640 | $887 | ₡5,358,500 | $17,040 |
| 43 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $9,993 | $833 | KM 17,500 | $22,560 |
| 44 | Palau estimate | $9,741 | $812 | $9,736 | |
| 45 | Uruguay estimate | $9,518 | $793 | UYU 382,700 | $13,060 |
| 46 | Serbia estimate | $9,062 | $755 | RSD 953,300 | $17,800 |
| 47 | North Macedonia estimate | $8,934 | $745 | MKD 493,100 | $18,010 |
| 48 | Türkiye estimate | $8,925 | $744 | ₺352,100 | $19,840 |
| 49 | Marshall Islands estimate | $8,574 | $714 | $8,630 | |
| 50 | Tonga estimate | $8,420 | $702 | TOP 19,900 | $10,930 |
| 51 | Chile estimate | $8,113 | $676 | CLP 7,655,000 | $16,470 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $7,950 | $663 | SAR 29,810 | $15,370 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $7,655 | $638 | PAB 7,655 | $15,410 |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $7,624 | $635 | €5,739 | $13,070 |
| 55 | Bulgaria estimate | $7,590 | $633 | €13,300 | $16,200 |
| 56 | Guyana estimate | $6,609 | $551 | GYD 1,377,900 | $14,170 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $6,368 | $531 | AED 23,390 | $9,471 |
| 58 | Ecuador estimate | $6,124 | $510 | $13,870 | |
| 59 | Lebanon estimate | $6,094 | $508 | L£9,186,000 | $12,280 |
| 60 | Belize estimate | $5,971 | $498 | BZD 11,940 | $9,353 |
| 61 | Mauritius estimate | $5,937 | $495 | Rs 275,600 | $13,840 |
| 62 | Fiji estimate | $5,813 | $484 | FJD 13,190 | $14,240 |
| 63 | Maldives estimate | $5,624 | $469 | MVR 86,500 | $8,541 |
| 64 | Brunei estimate | $5,437 | $453 | BND 6,889 | $9,096 |
| 65 | Jordan estimate | $5,391 | $449 | JOD 3,827 | $11,920 |
| 66 | Malaysia estimate | $5,347 | $446 | RM 22,470 | $14,300 |
| 67 | Colombia estimate | $5,288 | $441 | COP 21,434,000 | $12,870 |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $5,221 | $435 | MX$100,400 | $8,881 |
| 69 | Albania estimate | $5,217 | $435 | ALL 556,000 | $12,070 |
| 70 | Mongolia estimate | $5,182 | $432 | ₮18,372,000 | $15,560 |
| 71 | Peru estimate | $5,150 | $429 | PEN 18,370 | $9,534 |
| 72 | Russia estimate | $5,064 | $422 | ₽373,000 | $14,480 |
| 73 | El Salvador estimate | $4,976 | $415 | $10,610 | |
| 74 | Argentina estimate | $4,935 | $411 | ARS 6,124,000 | $9,261 |
| 75 | Samoa estimate | $4,931 | $411 | WST 13,260 | $7,214 |
| 76 | Moldova estimate | $4,846 | $404 | MDL 84,200 | $9,598 |
| 77 | Bolivia estimate | $4,797 | $400 | Bs 33,150 | $12,280 |
| 78 | Thailand estimate | $4,479 | $373 | ฿147,300 | $13,890 |
| 79 | Paraguay estimate | $4,261 | $355 | ₲32,151,000 | $11,180 |
| 80 | Brazil estimate | $4,160 | $347 | R$23,240 | $9,003 |
| 81 | Guatemala estimate | $3,987 | $332 | Q 30,620 | $8,921 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic estimate | $3,952 | $329 | DOP 245,000 | $10,290 |
| 83 | Kiribati estimate | $3,929 | $327 | A$5,913 | $6,298 |
| 84 | Vietnam estimate | $3,928 | $327 | ₫94,921,900 | $13,260 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,903 | $325 | VUV 378,200 | $3,193 |
| 86 | Philippines estimate | $3,251 | $271 | ₱186,300 | $8,980 |
| 87 | Djibouti estimate | $3,015 | $251 | DJF 535,800 | $5,441 |
| 88 | Honduras estimate | $2,950 | $246 | L 76,550 | $6,067 |
| 89 | Bhutan estimate | $2,945 | $245 | BTN 246,400 | $11,800 |
| 90 | Cambodia estimate | $2,747 | $229 | ៛11,023,200 | $7,484 |
| 91 | Georgia estimate | $2,723 | $227 | ₾8,772 | $8,172 |
| 92 | Sudan estimate | $2,548 | $212 | SDG 1,393,200 | $6,212 |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $2,524 | $210 | FCFA 1,531,000 | $5,552 |
| 94 | Suriname estimate | $2,478 | $207 | SRD 61,240 | $6,849 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $2,467 | $206 | ₸804,200 | $6,407 |
| 96 | Comoros estimate | $2,392 | $199 | CF 995,100 | $4,364 |
| 97 | Tunisia estimate | $2,348 | $196 | TND 6,889 | $8,400 |
| 98 | South Africa estimate | $2,325 | $194 | R 38,270 | $5,161 |
| 99 | Jamaica estimate | $2,312 | $193 | JMD 256,400 | $3,669 |
| 100 | Cape Verde estimate | $2,303 | $192 | CVE 228,800 | $4,543 |
| 101 | Yemen estimate | $2,260 | $188 | YER 496,200 | $7,491 |
| 102 | Eswatini estimate | $2,231 | $186 | SZL 39,920 | |
| 103 | Laos estimate | $2,182 | $182 | ₭30,620,000 | $8,250 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,160 | $180 | UZS 23,864,800 | $7,957 |
| 105 | Armenia estimate | $2,062 | $172 | ֏995,100 | $5,978 |
| 106 | Nepal estimate | $1,782 | $149 | Rs 186,300 | $6,137 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $1,761 | $147 | $3,952 | |
| 108 | India estimate | $1,757 | $146 | ₹153,100 | $7,717 |
| 109 | Indonesia estimate | $1,681 | $140 | Rp 26,647,400 | $5,220 |
| 110 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $1,628 | $136 | FCFA 765,500 | $2,456 |
| 111 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,595 | $133 | ؋122,500 | $7,758 |
| 112 | Ghana estimate | $1,585 | $132 | GH₵19,900 | $3,791 |
| 113 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,551 | $129 | K 2,143,400 | $4,922 |
| 114 | Liberia estimate | $1,531 | $128 | LRD 1,531 | $3,798 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,520 | $127 | Rs 459,300 | $5,250 |
| 116 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $1,473 | $123 | F CFA 918,600 | $3,952 |
| 117 | Botswana estimate | $1,467 | $122 | P 19,900 | $3,746 |
| 118 | Senegal estimate | $1,425 | $119 | F CFA 829,300 | $3,661 |
| 119 | Egypt estimate | $1,352 | $113 | E£61,240 | $8,809 |
| 120 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,324 | $110 | ৳153,100 | $4,641 |
| 121 | Pakistan estimate | $1,320 | $110 | Rs 371,200 | $5,677 |
| 122 | Guinea estimate | $1,319 | $110 | FG 12,116,200 | $4,024 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $1,296 | $108 | ₴33,120 | $5,331 |
| 124 | Chad estimate | $1,276 | $106 | FCFA 796,100 | $3,765 |
| 125 | Cameroon estimate | $1,240 | $103 | FCFA 612,400 | $2,559 |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,105 | $92 | F CFA 688,900 | $3,120 |
| 127 | Togo estimate | $1,105 | $92 | F CFA 688,900 | $3,123 |
| 128 | Mozambique estimate | $959 | $80 | MZN 61,240 | $2,539 |
| 129 | Gambia estimate | $874 | $73 | GMD 42,100 | $2,825 |
| 130 | Lesotho estimate | $835 | $70 | LSL 15,310 | $2,494 |
| 131 | Burkina Faso estimate | $789 | $66 | F CFA 459,300 | $2,378 |
| 132 | Mali estimate | $757 | $63 | F CFA 459,300 | $2,388 |
| 133 | Benin estimate | $737 | $61 | F CFA 459,300 | $2,235 |
| 134 | Niger estimate | $736 | $61 | F CFA 459,300 | $2,259 |
| 135 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $705 | $59 | CDF 711,900 | $1,450 |
| 136 | Zambia estimate | $702 | $59 | ZK 18,370 | $2,428 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $569 | $47 | ETB 24,860 | $1,850 |
| 138 | Angola estimate | $528 | $44 | Kz 459,300 | $1,476 |
| 139 | Nigeria estimate | $497 | $41 | ₦735,200 | $2,769 |
| 140 | Uganda estimate | $462 | $39 | UGX 1,658,600 | $1,261 |
| 141 | Malawi estimate | $336 | $28 | MWK 122,500 | $1,030 |
| 142 | Rwanda estimate | $302 | $25 | RF 398,100 | $1,101 |
| 143 | Burundi estimate | $256 | $21 | BIF 489,900 | $773 |
| 144 | Kenya estimate | $150 | $13 | KES 15,310 | $354 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).