How much does a musician 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
- United States$92,810
- Switzerland$89,240
- Germany$78,620
- Luxembourg$73,260
- Iceland$63,840
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$103,800
- United States$92,810
- Qatar$76,790
- Luxembourg$74,260
- Switzerland$69,620
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $92,810 | $7,734 | $92,810 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $89,240 | $7,436 | CHF 80,300 | $69,620 |
| 3 | Germany | $78,620 | $6,552 | €70,420 | $103,800 |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $73,260 | $6,105 | €65,610 | $74,260 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $63,840 | $5,320 | kr 8,133,000 | $55,830 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | $62,360 | $5,197 | £46,590 | $67,510 |
| 7 | Qatar estimate | $59,720 | $4,977 | QAR 217,400 | $76,790 |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $57,470 | $4,789 | kr 382,900 | $54,980 |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $54,810 | $4,567 | kr 495,900 | $56,970 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $52,710 | $4,393 | €47,210 | $60,440 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $52,680 | $4,390 | €47,190 | $62,140 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $51,970 | $4,331 | €46,550 | $50,880 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $50,720 | $4,226 | €45,430 | $58,490 |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $46,310 | $3,859 | €41,480 | $51,100 |
| 15 | Singapore estimate | $41,790 | $3,482 | SGD 56,140 | $53,020 |
| 16 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $41,500 | $3,458 | HK$322,100 | $49,900 |
| 17 | Sweden estimate | $39,980 | $3,332 | kr 380,600 | $44,170 |
| 18 | Israel estimate | $38,650 | $3,220 | ₪124,800 | $30,840 |
| 19 | France estimate | $38,530 | $3,211 | €34,510 | $46,550 |
| 20 | Spain estimate | $36,190 | $3,016 | €32,410 | $52,680 |
| 21 | Italy estimate | $33,980 | $2,831 | €30,430 | $46,630 |
| 22 | Australia | $33,710 | $2,810 | A$49,070 | |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $30,020 | $2,502 | AED 110,200 | $44,650 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $28,930 | $2,411 | ₩37,360,800 | $41,330 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $28,840 | $2,404 | €25,830 | $43,100 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $28,410 | $2,367 | €25,450 | $42,410 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $27,660 | $2,305 | €24,220 | $38,530 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $27,030 | $2,252 | €24,210 | $41,610 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $25,120 | $2,093 | SAR 94,200 | $48,550 |
| 30 | Canada | $24,480 | $2,040 | CA$34,430 | |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $23,690 | $1,974 | BSD 23,690 | $21,400 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $23,600 | $1,967 | $25,180 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $22,670 | $1,889 | Kč 498,900 | $33,850 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $22,650 | $1,887 | €20,280 | $34,550 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $22,430 | $1,869 | BND 28,420 | $37,530 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $21,980 | $1,832 | €19,690 | $35,400 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $21,790 | $1,816 | BBD 43,580 | $18,160 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $21,700 | $1,809 | €19,440 | $28,590 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $20,780 | $1,732 | ₡10,461,800 | $33,260 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $19,980 | $1,665 | €17,900 | $32,030 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $19,080 | $1,590 | lei 84,280 | $39,120 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $18,380 | $1,532 | €124,000 | $31,240 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $18,020 | $1,501 | €16,140 | $28,180 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $17,860 | $1,488 | Ft 6,259,700 | $30,840 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $15,710 | $1,309 | zł 65,930 | $28,630 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $14,410 | $1,201 | ₺568,500 | $32,040 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $14,140 | $1,178 | UYU 568,500 | $19,400 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $13,390 | $1,116 | KM 23,460 | $30,220 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $13,260 | $1,105 | PAB 13,260 | $26,710 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $13,210 | $1,101 | €23,150 | $28,200 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $12,820 | $1,068 | RSD 1,348,600 | $25,180 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $12,570 | $1,048 | P 170,500 | $32,100 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $12,410 | $1,034 | CLP 11,713,200 | $25,200 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $12,220 | $1,018 | $12,210 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $10,540 | $878 | €7,933 | $18,060 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $10,410 | $868 | BZD 20,820 | $16,310 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $10,310 | $859 | MKD 569,100 | $20,780 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $10,160 | $846 | RM 42,690 | $27,160 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $9,786 | $816 | R 161,100 | $21,720 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $9,475 | $790 | $9,537 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $9,051 | $754 | L£13,643,800 | $18,230 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $8,519 | $710 | L 221,100 | $17,520 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $8,500 | $708 | PEN 30,320 | $15,730 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $8,479 | $707 | R$47,370 | $18,350 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $8,416 | $701 | COP 34,109,500 | $20,480 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $8,280 | $690 | DOP 513,200 | $21,560 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $8,165 | $680 | Rs 379,000 | $19,030 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $7,945 | $662 | SZL 142,100 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $7,695 | $641 | Q 59,100 | $17,220 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $7,648 | $637 | MVR 117,600 | $11,610 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $7,636 | $636 | ARS 9,474,900 | $14,330 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $7,580 | $632 | $17,170 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $7,399 | $617 | ฿243,300 | $22,940 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $7,262 | $605 | MX$139,700 | $12,350 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $7,165 | $597 | $15,280 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $6,951 | $579 | ₽512,000 | $19,880 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $6,664 | $555 | DJF 1,184,400 | $12,030 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $6,586 | $549 | FJD 14,940 | $16,130 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $6,469 | $539 | WST 17,400 | $9,465 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $6,387 | $532 | ALL 680,700 | $14,770 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $6,362 | $530 | GYD 1,326,500 | $13,650 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $6,170 | $514 | Bs 42,640 | $15,800 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $6,005 | $500 | JOD 4,264 | $13,270 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $5,651 | $471 | ₲42,636,900 | $14,830 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $5,345 | $445 | ₮18,949,700 | $16,050 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $5,338 | $445 | JMD 592,200 | $8,472 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $5,278 | $440 | MDL 91,720 | $10,450 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $5,157 | $430 | TOP 12,190 | $6,692 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $5,030 | $419 | ₱288,200 | $13,890 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $4,741 | $395 | CVE 471,200 | $9,355 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $4,643 | $387 | BTN 388,500 | $18,610 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $4,400 | $367 | VUV 426,400 | $3,600 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $4,352 | $363 | ₫105,171,000 | $14,690 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $4,070 | $339 | F CFA 2,368,700 | $10,460 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,044 | $337 | ₸1,318,400 | $10,500 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $3,875 | $323 | TND 11,370 | $13,860 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $3,797 | $316 | F CFA 2,368,700 | $10,190 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $3,777 | $315 | ៛15,159,800 | $10,290 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $3,629 | $302 | A$5,462 | $5,817 |
| 100 | India estimate | $3,479 | $290 | ₹303,200 | $15,280 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $3,334 | $278 | ₾10,740 | $10,010 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,191 | $266 | FCFA 1,935,400 | $7,018 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $3,154 | $263 | FCFA 1,967,100 | $9,304 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,014 | $251 | UZS 33,302,900 | $11,100 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $2,897 | $241 | ZK 75,800 | $10,020 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $2,684 | $224 | SRD 66,320 | $7,417 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $2,671 | $223 | MZN 170,500 | $7,070 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,558 | $213 | $5,742 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $2,450 | $204 | YER 538,100 | $8,123 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $2,442 | $204 | F CFA 1,421,200 | $7,360 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,344 | $195 | F CFA 1,421,200 | $7,388 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,289 | $191 | KES 233,500 | $5,396 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,278 | $190 | CF 947,500 | $4,155 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,113 | $176 | GH₵26,530 | $5,053 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,111 | $176 | FCFA 1,042,200 | $4,356 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,039 | $170 | Rs 615,900 | $7,039 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,015 | $168 | FCFA 947,500 | $3,040 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $1,994 | $166 | Rs 208,400 | $6,868 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $1,857 | $155 | FG 17,054,800 | $5,664 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $1,838 | $153 | Rp 29,137,800 | $5,708 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,823 | $152 | F CFA 1,137,000 | $5,150 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $1,809 | $151 | LSL 33,160 | $5,402 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,803 | $150 | ৳208,400 | $6,318 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $1,745 | $145 | ₴44,590 | $7,177 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $1,668 | $139 | ֏805,400 | $4,838 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $1,634 | $136 | Kz 1,421,200 | $4,567 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,453 | $121 | UGX 5,211,200 | $3,962 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,452 | $121 | ETB 63,480 | $4,724 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,445 | $120 | F CFA 900,100 | $4,380 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,440 | $120 | F CFA 898,200 | $4,418 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,439 | $120 | F CFA 897,500 | $4,069 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,418 | $118 | ₭19,897,200 | $5,361 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,407 | $117 | CDF 1,421,200 | $2,895 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,372 | $114 | K 1,895,000 | $4,351 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,167 | $97 | Rs 328,200 | $5,019 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,046 | $87 | E£47,370 | $6,815 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,040 | $87 | SDG 568,500 | $2,535 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,006 | $84 | ؋77,260 | $4,894 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $978 | $81 | BIF 1,872,800 | $2,955 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $947 | $79 | LRD 947 | $2,350 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $934 | $78 | RF 1,231,700 | $3,408 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $836 | $70 | GMD 40,270 | $2,702 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $832 | $69 | MWK 303,200 | $2,550 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $320 | $27 | ₦473,700 | $1,784 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).