How much paramedical practitioners earn in each country
143 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$135,900
- Switzerland$119,100
- Luxembourg$97,780
- Canada$91,000
- Iceland$85,210
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$135,900
- Qatar$102,500
- Luxembourg$99,120
- Switzerland$92,930
- Germany$87,630
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $135,900 | $11,320 | $135,900 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $119,100 | $9,926 | CHF 107,200 | $92,930 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $97,780 | $8,148 | €87,580 | $99,120 |
| 4 | Canada | $91,000 | $7,583 | CA$128,000 | |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $85,210 | $7,101 | kr 10,855,600 | $74,510 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $79,720 | $6,643 | QAR 290,200 | $102,500 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $76,710 | $6,392 | kr 511,100 | $73,380 |
| 8 | Norway estimate | $73,160 | $6,096 | kr 661,900 | $76,040 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $72,030 | $6,003 | £53,820 | $77,980 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $70,360 | $5,863 | €63,020 | $80,680 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $70,320 | $5,860 | €62,980 | $82,940 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $69,370 | $5,781 | €62,130 | $67,910 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $67,700 | $5,641 | €60,630 | $78,070 |
| 14 | Germany | $66,370 | $5,531 | €59,450 | $87,630 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $61,810 | $5,151 | €55,360 | $68,200 |
| 16 | Singapore estimate | $55,780 | $4,648 | SGD 74,940 | $70,770 |
| 17 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $55,390 | $4,616 | HK$430,000 | $66,610 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $53,370 | $4,447 | kr 508,100 | $58,960 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $51,580 | $4,298 | ₪166,600 | $41,160 |
| 20 | France estimate | $51,430 | $4,285 | €46,060 | $62,130 |
| 21 | Italy estimate | $45,350 | $3,779 | €40,620 | $62,240 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $42,680 | $3,556 | €38,220 | $62,130 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $40,070 | $3,339 | AED 147,100 | $59,590 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $38,610 | $3,218 | ₩49,867,700 | $55,160 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $38,500 | $3,208 | €34,480 | $57,530 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $37,920 | $3,160 | €33,960 | $56,610 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $36,920 | $3,077 | €32,330 | $51,430 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $36,070 | $3,006 | €32,310 | $55,540 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $33,530 | $2,794 | SAR 125,700 | $64,800 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $31,620 | $2,635 | BSD 31,620 | $28,570 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $31,500 | $2,625 | $33,600 | |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $30,260 | $2,522 | Kč 665,900 | $45,180 |
| 33 | Greece estimate | $30,230 | $2,519 | €27,070 | $46,110 |
| 34 | Brunei estimate | $29,940 | $2,495 | BND 37,940 | $50,090 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $29,340 | $2,445 | €26,280 | $47,240 |
| 36 | Barbados estimate | $29,090 | $2,424 | BBD 58,170 | $24,240 |
| 37 | Estonia estimate | $28,970 | $2,414 | €25,950 | $38,170 |
| 38 | Costa Rica estimate | $27,730 | $2,311 | ₡13,964,000 | $44,400 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $26,670 | $2,223 | €23,890 | $42,750 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $25,470 | $2,123 | lei 112,500 | $52,220 |
| 41 | Croatia estimate | $24,530 | $2,045 | €165,600 | $41,690 |
| 42 | Slovakia estimate | $24,050 | $2,004 | €21,540 | $37,610 |
| 43 | Hungary estimate | $23,840 | $1,987 | Ft 8,355,200 | $41,160 |
| 44 | Poland estimate | $20,970 | $1,747 | zł 88,010 | $38,220 |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $19,230 | $1,603 | ₺758,800 | $42,760 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $18,870 | $1,572 | UYU 758,800 | $25,900 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $17,870 | $1,489 | KM 31,310 | $40,340 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $17,710 | $1,475 | PAB 17,710 | $35,650 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $17,640 | $1,470 | €30,890 | $37,640 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $17,110 | $1,426 | RSD 1,800,000 | $33,610 |
| 51 | Botswana estimate | $16,780 | $1,399 | P 227,600 | $42,850 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $16,570 | $1,381 | CLP 15,634,300 | $33,630 |
| 53 | Palau estimate | $16,310 | $1,359 | $16,300 | |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $14,070 | $1,172 | €10,590 | $24,110 |
| 55 | Belize estimate | $13,900 | $1,158 | BZD 27,790 | $21,770 |
| 56 | North Macedonia estimate | $13,760 | $1,147 | MKD 759,600 | $27,740 |
| 57 | Malaysia estimate | $13,560 | $1,130 | RM 56,980 | $36,250 |
| 58 | South Africa estimate | $13,060 | $1,089 | R 215,000 | $28,990 |
| 59 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,650 | $1,054 | $12,730 | |
| 60 | Lebanon estimate | $12,080 | $1,007 | L£18,211,200 | $24,340 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $11,370 | $948 | L 295,100 | $23,390 |
| 62 | Peru estimate | $11,350 | $945 | PEN 40,470 | $21,000 |
| 63 | Brazil estimate | $11,320 | $943 | R$63,230 | $24,490 |
| 64 | Colombia estimate | $11,230 | $936 | COP 45,528,000 | $27,330 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,050 | $921 | DOP 685,000 | $28,770 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $10,900 | $908 | Rs 505,900 | $25,400 |
| 67 | Eswatini estimate | $10,600 | $884 | SZL 189,700 | |
| 68 | Guatemala estimate | $10,270 | $856 | Q 78,880 | $22,980 |
| 69 | Maldives estimate | $10,210 | $851 | MVR 157,000 | $15,500 |
| 70 | Argentina estimate | $10,190 | $849 | ARS 12,646,700 | $19,120 |
| 71 | Ecuador estimate | $10,120 | $843 | $22,920 | |
| 72 | Thailand estimate | $9,876 | $823 | ฿324,800 | $30,620 |
| 73 | Mexico estimate | $9,693 | $808 | MX$186,500 | $16,490 |
| 74 | El Salvador estimate | $9,564 | $797 | $20,400 | |
| 75 | Russia estimate | $9,278 | $773 | ₽683,400 | $26,530 |
| 76 | Djibouti estimate | $8,895 | $741 | DJF 1,580,800 | $16,050 |
| 77 | Fiji estimate | $8,791 | $733 | FJD 19,940 | $21,530 |
| 78 | Samoa estimate | $8,635 | $720 | WST 23,220 | $12,630 |
| 79 | Albania estimate | $8,525 | $710 | ALL 908,500 | $19,720 |
| 80 | Guyana estimate | $8,492 | $708 | GYD 1,770,500 | $18,210 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $8,236 | $686 | Bs 56,910 | $21,080 |
| 82 | Jordan estimate | $8,016 | $668 | JOD 5,691 | $17,720 |
| 83 | Paraguay estimate | $7,542 | $629 | ₲56,910,000 | $19,800 |
| 84 | Mongolia estimate | $7,135 | $595 | ₮25,293,400 | $21,420 |
| 85 | Jamaica estimate | $7,125 | $594 | JMD 790,400 | $11,310 |
| 86 | Moldova estimate | $7,045 | $587 | MDL 122,400 | $13,950 |
| 87 | Tonga estimate | $6,883 | $574 | TOP 16,270 | $8,933 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $6,714 | $560 | ₱384,700 | $18,540 |
| 89 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,329 | $527 | CVE 629,000 | $12,490 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $6,197 | $516 | BTN 518,500 | $24,840 |
| 91 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,873 | $489 | VUV 569,100 | $4,805 |
| 92 | Vietnam estimate | $5,809 | $484 | ₫140,378,100 | $19,600 |
| 93 | Senegal estimate | $5,433 | $453 | F CFA 3,161,700 | $13,960 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,398 | $450 | ₸1,759,700 | $14,020 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $5,172 | $431 | TND 15,180 | $18,500 |
| 96 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,069 | $422 | F CFA 3,161,700 | $13,600 |
| 97 | Cambodia estimate | $5,042 | $420 | ៛20,234,700 | $13,740 |
| 98 | Kiribati estimate | $4,843 | $404 | A$7,290 | $7,764 |
| 99 | India estimate | $4,643 | $387 | ₹404,700 | $20,400 |
| 100 | Georgia estimate | $4,450 | $371 | ₾14,340 | $13,360 |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,259 | $355 | FCFA 2,583,200 | $9,368 |
| 102 | Chad estimate | $4,209 | $351 | FCFA 2,625,600 | $12,420 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,023 | $335 | UZS 44,451,500 | $14,820 |
| 104 | Zambia estimate | $3,867 | $322 | ZK 101,200 | $13,370 |
| 105 | Suriname estimate | $3,583 | $299 | SRD 88,530 | $9,900 |
| 106 | Mozambique estimate | $3,565 | $297 | MZN 227,600 | $9,437 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,415 | $285 | $7,664 | |
| 108 | Yemen estimate | $3,271 | $273 | YER 718,200 | $10,840 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,260 | $272 | F CFA 1,897,000 | $9,824 |
| 110 | Mali estimate | $3,129 | $261 | F CFA 1,897,000 | $9,862 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $3,055 | $255 | KES 311,600 | $7,203 |
| 112 | Comoros estimate | $3,040 | $253 | CF 1,264,700 | $5,546 |
| 113 | Ghana estimate | $2,820 | $235 | GH₵35,410 | $6,745 |
| 114 | Cameroon estimate | $2,817 | $235 | FCFA 1,391,100 | $5,814 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,721 | $227 | Rs 822,000 | $9,396 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,689 | $224 | FCFA 1,264,700 | $4,057 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $2,662 | $222 | Rs 278,200 | $9,167 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $2,479 | $207 | FG 22,764,000 | $7,560 |
| 119 | Indonesia estimate | $2,453 | $204 | Rp 38,892,000 | $7,618 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,433 | $203 | F CFA 1,517,600 | $6,874 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $2,415 | $201 | LSL 44,260 | $7,210 |
| 122 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,407 | $201 | ৳278,200 | $8,434 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $2,329 | $194 | ₴59,520 | $9,580 |
| 124 | Armenia estimate | $2,227 | $186 | ֏1,075,000 | $6,457 |
| 125 | Angola estimate | $2,181 | $182 | Kz 1,897,000 | $6,096 |
| 126 | Uganda estimate | $1,939 | $162 | UGX 6,955,700 | $5,288 |
| 127 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,937 | $161 | ETB 84,730 | $6,306 |
| 128 | Benin estimate | $1,929 | $161 | F CFA 1,201,400 | $5,846 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,922 | $160 | F CFA 1,198,900 | $5,897 |
| 130 | Togo estimate | $1,921 | $160 | F CFA 1,198,000 | $5,431 |
| 131 | Laos estimate | $1,892 | $158 | ₭26,558,000 | $7,155 |
| 132 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,878 | $156 | CDF 1,897,000 | $3,864 |
| 133 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,831 | $153 | K 2,529,300 | $5,808 |
| 134 | Pakistan estimate | $1,558 | $130 | Rs 438,100 | $6,699 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,396 | $116 | E£63,230 | $9,096 |
| 136 | Sudan estimate | $1,388 | $116 | SDG 758,800 | $3,383 |
| 137 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,343 | $112 | ؋103,100 | $6,532 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,305 | $109 | BIF 2,499,800 | $3,944 |
| 139 | Liberia estimate | $1,265 | $105 | LRD 1,265 | $3,137 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $1,247 | $104 | RF 1,644,100 | $4,549 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,116 | $93 | GMD 53,750 | $3,606 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $1,111 | $93 | MWK 404,700 | $3,403 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $428 | $36 | ₦632,300 | $2,381 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).