How much does a performer make in each country?
143 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$70,640
- Luxembourg$57,990
- Germany$51,090
- Iceland$50,530
- Qatar$47,270
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$67,450
- Qatar$60,790
- Luxembourg$58,780
- Switzerland$55,110
- Austria$49,180
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $70,640 | $5,886 | CHF 63,560 | $55,110 |
| 2 | Luxembourg estimate | $57,990 | $4,832 | €51,940 | $58,780 |
| 3 | Germany | $51,090 | $4,257 | €45,760 | $67,450 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $50,530 | $4,211 | kr 6,437,700 | $44,190 |
| 5 | Qatar estimate | $47,270 | $3,939 | QAR 172,100 | $60,790 |
| 6 | Denmark estimate | $45,490 | $3,791 | kr 303,100 | $43,520 |
| 7 | Norway estimate | $43,380 | $3,615 | kr 392,500 | $45,090 |
| 8 | Belgium estimate | $41,720 | $3,477 | €37,370 | $47,840 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $41,700 | $3,475 | €37,350 | $49,180 |
| 10 | Ireland estimate | $41,140 | $3,428 | €36,840 | $40,270 |
| 11 | United States | $41,020 | $3,419 | $41,020 | |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $40,150 | $3,345 | €35,960 | $46,300 |
| 13 | Finland estimate | $36,660 | $3,055 | €32,830 | $40,450 |
| 14 | United Kingdom estimate | $34,580 | $2,881 | £26,260 | $37,430 |
| 15 | Singapore estimate | $33,080 | $2,756 | SGD 44,440 | $41,970 |
| 16 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $32,850 | $2,738 | HK$255,000 | $39,500 |
| 17 | Sweden estimate | $31,650 | $2,637 | kr 301,300 | $34,970 |
| 18 | Israel estimate | $30,590 | $2,549 | ₪98,810 | $24,410 |
| 19 | France estimate | $30,500 | $2,541 | €27,310 | $36,840 |
| 20 | Italy estimate | $26,890 | $2,241 | €24,090 | $36,910 |
| 21 | Australia | $24,550 | $2,046 | A$35,730 | |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $24,060 | $2,005 | €21,550 | $35,030 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $23,760 | $1,980 | AED 87,260 | $35,340 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $22,900 | $1,908 | ₩29,573,100 | $32,710 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $22,830 | $1,903 | €20,450 | $34,120 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $22,490 | $1,874 | €20,140 | $33,570 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $21,900 | $1,825 | €19,170 | $30,500 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $21,390 | $1,783 | €19,160 | $32,940 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $19,880 | $1,657 | SAR 74,560 | $38,430 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $18,750 | $1,562 | BSD 18,750 | $16,940 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $18,680 | $1,557 | $19,930 | |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $17,950 | $1,496 | Kč 394,900 | $26,790 |
| 33 | Greece estimate | $17,920 | $1,494 | €16,050 | $27,350 |
| 34 | Brunei estimate | $17,760 | $1,480 | BND 22,500 | $29,700 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $17,400 | $1,450 | €15,580 | $28,020 |
| 36 | Barbados estimate | $17,250 | $1,437 | BBD 34,500 | $14,380 |
| 37 | Estonia estimate | $17,180 | $1,432 | €15,390 | $22,630 |
| 38 | Costa Rica estimate | $16,450 | $1,371 | ₡8,281,100 | $26,330 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $15,820 | $1,318 | €14,170 | $25,350 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $15,100 | $1,259 | lei 66,710 | $30,970 |
| 41 | Croatia estimate | $14,550 | $1,212 | €98,190 | $24,720 |
| 42 | Slovakia estimate | $14,260 | $1,188 | €12,770 | $22,310 |
| 43 | Hungary estimate | $14,140 | $1,178 | Ft 4,954,900 | $24,410 |
| 44 | Poland estimate | $12,430 | $1,036 | zł 52,190 | $22,670 |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $11,410 | $950 | ₺450,000 | $25,360 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $11,190 | $933 | UYU 450,000 | $15,360 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $10,600 | $883 | KM 18,570 | $23,920 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $10,500 | $875 | PAB 10,500 | $21,140 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $10,460 | $872 | €18,320 | $22,320 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $10,150 | $846 | RSD 1,067,500 | $19,930 |
| 51 | Botswana estimate | $9,953 | $829 | P 135,000 | $25,410 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $9,826 | $819 | CLP 9,271,600 | $19,940 |
| 53 | Palau estimate | $9,673 | $806 | $9,669 | |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $8,342 | $695 | €6,279 | $14,300 |
| 55 | Belize estimate | $8,241 | $687 | BZD 16,480 | $12,910 |
| 56 | North Macedonia estimate | $8,161 | $680 | MKD 450,400 | $16,450 |
| 57 | Malaysia estimate | $8,039 | $670 | RM 33,790 | $21,500 |
| 58 | South Africa estimate | $7,746 | $646 | R 127,500 | $17,190 |
| 59 | Marshall Islands estimate | $7,500 | $625 | $7,549 | |
| 60 | Lebanon estimate | $7,164 | $597 | L£10,799,800 | $14,430 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $6,743 | $562 | L 175,000 | $13,870 |
| 62 | Peru estimate | $6,728 | $561 | PEN 24,000 | $12,450 |
| 63 | Brazil estimate | $6,712 | $559 | R$37,500 | $14,530 |
| 64 | Colombia estimate | $6,661 | $555 | COP 26,999,500 | $16,210 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic estimate | $6,554 | $546 | DOP 406,200 | $17,060 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $6,463 | $539 | Rs 300,000 | $15,060 |
| 67 | Eswatini estimate | $6,289 | $524 | SZL 112,500 | |
| 68 | Guatemala estimate | $6,091 | $508 | Q 46,780 | $13,630 |
| 69 | Maldives estimate | $6,054 | $504 | MVR 93,120 | $9,194 |
| 70 | Argentina estimate | $6,044 | $504 | ARS 7,499,900 | $11,340 |
| 71 | Ecuador estimate | $6,000 | $500 | $13,590 | |
| 72 | Thailand estimate | $5,857 | $488 | ฿192,600 | $18,160 |
| 73 | Mexico estimate | $5,748 | $479 | MX$110,600 | $9,779 |
| 74 | El Salvador estimate | $5,672 | $473 | $12,100 | |
| 75 | Russia estimate | $5,502 | $459 | ₽405,300 | $15,740 |
| 76 | Djibouti estimate | $5,275 | $440 | DJF 937,500 | $9,519 |
| 77 | Fiji estimate | $5,213 | $434 | FJD 11,830 | $12,770 |
| 78 | Samoa estimate | $5,121 | $427 | WST 13,770 | $7,492 |
| 79 | Albania estimate | $5,056 | $421 | ALL 538,800 | $11,690 |
| 80 | Guyana estimate | $5,036 | $420 | GYD 1,050,000 | $10,800 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $4,884 | $407 | Bs 33,750 | $12,500 |
| 82 | Jordan estimate | $4,753 | $396 | JOD 3,375 | $10,510 |
| 83 | Paraguay estimate | $4,473 | $373 | ₲33,749,300 | $11,740 |
| 84 | Mongolia estimate | $4,231 | $353 | ₮14,999,700 | $12,700 |
| 85 | Jamaica estimate | $4,225 | $352 | JMD 468,700 | $6,706 |
| 86 | Moldova estimate | $4,178 | $348 | MDL 72,600 | $8,275 |
| 87 | Tonga estimate | $4,082 | $340 | TOP 9,648 | $5,297 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $3,982 | $332 | ₱228,100 | $11,000 |
| 89 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,753 | $313 | CVE 373,000 | $7,405 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $3,675 | $306 | BTN 307,500 | $14,730 |
| 91 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,483 | $290 | VUV 337,500 | $2,849 |
| 92 | Vietnam estimate | $3,445 | $287 | ₫83,248,400 | $11,630 |
| 93 | Senegal estimate | $3,222 | $268 | F CFA 1,875,000 | $8,277 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,201 | $267 | ₸1,043,600 | $8,314 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $3,067 | $256 | TND 9,000 | $10,970 |
| 96 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $3,006 | $250 | F CFA 1,875,000 | $8,067 |
| 97 | Cambodia estimate | $2,990 | $249 | ៛11,999,800 | $8,148 |
| 98 | Kiribati estimate | $2,872 | $239 | A$4,323 | $4,604 |
| 99 | India estimate | $2,754 | $229 | ₹240,000 | $12,100 |
| 100 | Georgia estimate | $2,639 | $220 | ₾8,502 | $7,920 |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $2,526 | $210 | FCFA 1,531,900 | $5,555 |
| 102 | Chad estimate | $2,496 | $208 | FCFA 1,557,100 | $7,364 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,386 | $199 | UZS 26,361,000 | $8,789 |
| 104 | Zambia estimate | $2,293 | $191 | ZK 60,000 | $7,930 |
| 105 | Suriname estimate | $2,125 | $177 | SRD 52,500 | $5,871 |
| 106 | Mozambique estimate | $2,114 | $176 | MZN 135,000 | $5,597 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,025 | $169 | $4,545 | |
| 108 | Yemen estimate | $1,940 | $162 | YER 425,900 | $6,430 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,933 | $161 | F CFA 1,125,000 | $5,826 |
| 110 | Mali estimate | $1,855 | $155 | F CFA 1,125,000 | $5,848 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $1,812 | $151 | KES 184,800 | $4,271 |
| 112 | Comoros estimate | $1,803 | $150 | CF 750,000 | $3,289 |
| 113 | Ghana estimate | $1,672 | $139 | GH₵21,000 | $4,000 |
| 114 | Cameroon estimate | $1,671 | $139 | FCFA 825,000 | $3,448 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,614 | $134 | Rs 487,500 | $5,572 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $1,595 | $133 | FCFA 750,000 | $2,406 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $1,579 | $132 | Rs 165,000 | $5,436 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $1,470 | $122 | FG 13,499,700 | $4,484 |
| 119 | Indonesia estimate | $1,455 | $121 | Rp 23,064,100 | $4,518 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,443 | $120 | F CFA 900,000 | $4,076 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $1,432 | $119 | LSL 26,250 | $4,276 |
| 122 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,427 | $119 | ৳165,000 | $5,001 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $1,381 | $115 | ₴35,300 | $5,681 |
| 124 | Armenia estimate | $1,321 | $110 | ֏637,500 | $3,829 |
| 125 | Angola estimate | $1,293 | $108 | Kz 1,125,000 | $3,615 |
| 126 | Uganda estimate | $1,150 | $96 | UGX 4,124,900 | $3,136 |
| 127 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,149 | $96 | ETB 50,250 | $3,740 |
| 128 | Benin estimate | $1,144 | $95 | F CFA 712,500 | $3,467 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,140 | $95 | F CFA 711,000 | $3,497 |
| 130 | Togo estimate | $1,139 | $95 | F CFA 710,400 | $3,221 |
| 131 | Laos estimate | $1,122 | $94 | ₭15,749,700 | $4,243 |
| 132 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,114 | $93 | CDF 1,125,000 | $2,292 |
| 133 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,086 | $90 | K 1,500,000 | $3,444 |
| 134 | Pakistan estimate | $924 | $77 | Rs 259,800 | $3,973 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $828 | $69 | E£37,500 | $5,394 |
| 136 | Sudan estimate | $823 | $69 | SDG 450,000 | $2,006 |
| 137 | Afghanistan estimate | $796 | $66 | ؋61,160 | $3,874 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $774 | $65 | BIF 1,482,400 | $2,339 |
| 139 | Liberia estimate | $750 | $62 | LRD 750 | $1,860 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $740 | $62 | RF 975,000 | $2,698 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $662 | $55 | GMD 31,870 | $2,139 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $659 | $55 | MWK 240,000 | $2,018 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $254 | $21 | ₦375,000 | $1,412 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).