How much does a personal care attendant 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$63,690
- Iceland$63,450
- Belgium$57,300
- Luxembourg$50,100
- United States$48,580
Where pay goes furthest
- Belgium$65,710
- Germany$61,370
- Iceland$55,480
- Luxembourg$50,790
- Switzerland$49,690
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $63,690 | $5,308 | CHF 57,310 | $49,690 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $63,450 | $5,287 | kr 8,082,800 | $55,480 |
| 3 | Belgium estimate | $57,300 | $4,775 | €50,710 | $65,710 |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $50,100 | $4,175 | €44,340 | $50,790 |
| 5 | United States | $48,580 | $4,048 | $48,580 | |
| 6 | Germany | $46,480 | $3,873 | €41,630 | $61,370 |
| 7 | Norway estimate | $45,120 | $3,760 | kr 408,300 | $46,900 |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $43,470 | $3,623 | kr 289,700 | $41,590 |
| 9 | Ireland estimate | $38,360 | $3,197 | €34,360 | $37,560 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | $37,390 | $3,116 | £27,930 | $40,480 |
| 11 | Sweden estimate | $37,140 | $3,095 | kr 353,600 | $41,030 |
| 12 | Netherlands estimate | $34,570 | $2,881 | €30,960 | $39,870 |
| 13 | Austria estimate | $33,890 | $2,824 | €30,350 | $39,970 |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $33,440 | $2,787 | €29,950 | $36,900 |
| 15 | Australia | $33,040 | $2,753 | A$48,080 | |
| 16 | Canada | $30,310 | $2,526 | CA$42,640 | |
| 17 | France estimate | $28,120 | $2,343 | €25,180 | $33,970 |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $27,330 | $2,278 | €24,480 | $37,510 |
| 19 | Cyprus estimate | $24,620 | $2,051 | €21,790 | $36,780 |
| 20 | South Korea estimate | $21,710 | $1,810 | ₩28,043,300 | $31,020 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $21,670 | $1,806 | €19,410 | $32,360 |
| 22 | Singapore estimate | $19,460 | $1,622 | SGD 26,140 | $24,690 |
| 23 | Malta estimate | $18,820 | $1,569 | €16,480 | $26,220 |
| 24 | Israel estimate | $18,300 | $1,525 | ₪59,120 | $14,600 |
| 25 | Qatar estimate | $17,940 | $1,495 | QAR 65,300 | $23,070 |
| 26 | Greece estimate | $17,930 | $1,494 | €16,060 | $27,360 |
| 27 | Bahamas estimate | $16,400 | $1,367 | BSD 16,400 | $14,820 |
| 28 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $15,560 | $1,296 | HK$120,700 | $18,700 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico estimate | $15,080 | $1,257 | $16,090 | |
| 30 | Portugal estimate | $14,770 | $1,231 | €13,230 | $22,750 |
| 31 | Czechia estimate | $13,930 | $1,161 | Kč 306,600 | $20,800 |
| 32 | Lithuania estimate | $13,880 | $1,156 | €12,430 | $22,340 |
| 33 | Spain estimate | $13,800 | $1,150 | €12,360 | $20,080 |
| 34 | Slovakia estimate | $13,740 | $1,145 | €12,300 | $21,480 |
| 35 | Estonia estimate | $13,350 | $1,113 | €11,960 | $17,590 |
| 36 | Hungary estimate | $12,160 | $1,013 | Ft 4,261,500 | $20,990 |
| 37 | Croatia estimate | $11,940 | $995 | €80,570 | $20,290 |
| 38 | Latvia estimate | $11,000 | $917 | €9,853 | $17,630 |
| 39 | Poland estimate | $10,290 | $857 | zł 43,170 | $18,750 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $10,270 | $856 | SAR 38,500 | $19,840 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $10,080 | $840 | AED 37,030 | $15,000 |
| 42 | Costa Rica estimate | $9,551 | $796 | ₡4,809,100 | $15,290 |
| 43 | Barbados estimate | $9,470 | $789 | BBD 18,940 | $7,893 |
| 44 | Romania estimate | $9,344 | $779 | lei 41,270 | $19,160 |
| 45 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $8,904 | $742 | KM 15,600 | $20,100 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $8,831 | $736 | UYU 355,100 | $12,120 |
| 47 | Palau estimate | $8,523 | $710 | $8,519 | |
| 48 | North Macedonia estimate | $7,578 | $631 | MKD 418,200 | $15,280 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $7,335 | $611 | PAB 7,335 | $14,770 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $7,255 | $605 | RSD 763,200 | $14,250 |
| 51 | Türkiye estimate | $6,980 | $582 | ₺275,400 | $15,520 |
| 52 | Lebanon estimate | $6,958 | $580 | L£10,489,400 | $14,020 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $6,714 | $560 | CLP 6,335,200 | $13,630 |
| 54 | Argentina estimate | $6,678 | $557 | ARS 8,286,500 | $12,530 |
| 55 | Brunei estimate | $6,353 | $529 | BND 8,050 | $10,630 |
| 56 | Bulgaria estimate | $6,127 | $511 | €10,730 | $13,080 |
| 57 | Montenegro estimate | $5,935 | $495 | €4,468 | $10,170 |
| 58 | Marshall Islands estimate | $5,919 | $493 | $5,958 | |
| 59 | Belize estimate | $5,668 | $472 | BZD 11,340 | $8,878 |
| 60 | Mauritius estimate | $5,611 | $468 | Rs 260,400 | $13,080 |
| 61 | Guatemala estimate | $5,518 | $460 | Q 42,380 | $12,350 |
| 62 | Ecuador estimate | $5,505 | $459 | $12,470 | |
| 63 | Guyana estimate | $5,451 | $454 | GYD 1,136,400 | $11,690 |
| 64 | Maldives estimate | $5,387 | $449 | MVR 82,860 | $8,182 |
| 65 | Fiji estimate | $5,073 | $423 | FJD 11,510 | $12,420 |
| 66 | El Salvador estimate | $5,070 | $423 | $10,810 | |
| 67 | Mongolia estimate | $5,009 | $417 | ₮17,756,800 | $15,040 |
| 68 | Jordan estimate | $5,002 | $417 | JOD 3,551 | $11,060 |
| 69 | Mexico estimate | $4,987 | $416 | MX$95,950 | $8,484 |
| 70 | Tonga estimate | $4,864 | $405 | TOP 11,500 | $6,312 |
| 71 | Russia estimate | $4,836 | $403 | ₽356,200 | $13,830 |
| 72 | Albania estimate | $4,632 | $386 | ALL 493,600 | $10,720 |
| 73 | Malaysia estimate | $4,610 | $384 | RM 19,380 | $12,330 |
| 74 | Thailand estimate | $4,320 | $360 | ฿142,100 | $13,390 |
| 75 | Honduras estimate | $4,257 | $355 | L 110,500 | $8,757 |
| 76 | Paraguay estimate | $4,173 | $348 | ₲31,489,900 | $10,950 |
| 77 | Colombia estimate | $4,158 | $346 | COP 16,851,200 | $10,120 |
| 78 | Moldova estimate | $4,087 | $341 | MDL 71,030 | $8,096 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic estimate | $4,087 | $341 | DOP 253,300 | $10,640 |
| 80 | Djibouti estimate | $3,997 | $333 | DJF 710,300 | $7,212 |
| 81 | Peru estimate | $3,982 | $332 | PEN 14,210 | $7,372 |
| 82 | Brazil estimate | $3,814 | $318 | R$21,310 | $8,254 |
| 83 | Samoa estimate | $3,812 | $318 | WST 10,250 | $5,578 |
| 84 | Vietnam estimate | $3,429 | $286 | ₫82,864,900 | $11,570 |
| 85 | Bolivia estimate | $3,426 | $286 | Bs 23,680 | $8,771 |
| 86 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,419 | $285 | VUV 331,400 | $2,798 |
| 87 | South Africa estimate | $3,388 | $282 | R 55,770 | $7,519 |
| 88 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,046 | $254 | ₸993,100 | $7,912 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $2,954 | $246 | ₱169,200 | $8,158 |
| 90 | Georgia estimate | $2,847 | $237 | ₾9,173 | $8,545 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $2,830 | $236 | BTN 236,800 | $11,340 |
| 92 | Cambodia estimate | $2,655 | $221 | ៛10,654,100 | $7,234 |
| 93 | Kiribati estimate | $2,637 | $220 | A$3,969 | $4,227 |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $2,537 | $211 | FCFA 1,538,900 | $5,581 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $2,420 | $202 | TND 7,103 | $8,660 |
| 96 | Botswana estimate | $2,182 | $182 | P 29,590 | $5,571 |
| 97 | Suriname estimate | $2,156 | $180 | SRD 53,270 | $5,957 |
| 98 | Sudan estimate | $2,106 | $175 | SDG 1,151,400 | $5,134 |
| 99 | Armenia estimate | $2,023 | $169 | ֏976,600 | $5,866 |
| 100 | Eswatini estimate | $2,013 | $168 | SZL 36,010 | |
| 101 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $1,888 | $157 | FCFA 887,800 | $2,848 |
| 102 | Jamaica estimate | $1,849 | $154 | JMD 205,100 | $2,935 |
| 103 | Cape Verde estimate | $1,787 | $149 | CVE 177,600 | $3,525 |
| 104 | Timor-Leste estimate | $1,776 | $148 | $3,985 | |
| 105 | Yemen estimate | $1,688 | $141 | YER 370,700 | $5,597 |
| 106 | Uzbekistan estimate | $1,675 | $140 | UZS 18,509,600 | $6,171 |
| 107 | Liberia estimate | $1,645 | $137 | LRD 1,645 | $4,080 |
| 108 | India estimate | $1,630 | $136 | ₹142,100 | $7,160 |
| 109 | Senegal estimate | $1,627 | $136 | F CFA 947,000 | $4,181 |
| 110 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,567 | $131 | Rs 473,500 | $5,412 |
| 111 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,541 | $128 | ؋118,400 | $7,498 |
| 112 | Indonesia estimate | $1,531 | $128 | Rp 24,278,700 | $4,756 |
| 113 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,457 | $121 | K 2,012,400 | $4,621 |
| 114 | Comoros estimate | $1,423 | $119 | CF 591,900 | $2,595 |
| 115 | Laos estimate | $1,413 | $118 | ₭19,833,300 | $5,344 |
| 116 | Guinea estimate | $1,394 | $116 | FG 12,797,800 | $4,250 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $1,359 | $113 | Rs 142,100 | $4,680 |
| 118 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $1,328 | $111 | F CFA 828,600 | $3,565 |
| 119 | Chad estimate | $1,324 | $110 | FCFA 825,900 | $3,906 |
| 120 | Pakistan estimate | $1,276 | $106 | Rs 358,800 | $5,487 |
| 121 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,229 | $102 | ৳142,100 | $4,306 |
| 122 | Mozambique estimate | $1,205 | $100 | MZN 76,950 | $3,190 |
| 123 | Mali estimate | $1,171 | $98 | F CFA 710,300 | $3,692 |
| 124 | Lesotho estimate | $1,098 | $91 | LSL 20,120 | $3,278 |
| 125 | Cameroon estimate | $1,082 | $90 | FCFA 534,300 | $2,233 |
| 126 | Ukraine estimate | $1,071 | $89 | ₴27,360 | $4,403 |
| 127 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,055 | $88 | CDF 1,065,400 | $2,170 |
| 128 | Egypt estimate | $1,045 | $87 | E£47,350 | $6,811 |
| 129 | Zambia estimate | $995 | $83 | ZK 26,040 | $3,442 |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $949 | $79 | F CFA 591,900 | $2,681 |
| 131 | Niger estimate | $949 | $79 | F CFA 591,900 | $2,912 |
| 132 | Ghana estimate | $943 | $79 | GH₵11,840 | $2,255 |
| 133 | Kenya estimate | $929 | $77 | KES 94,700 | $2,189 |
| 134 | Burkina Faso estimate | $915 | $76 | F CFA 532,700 | $2,759 |
| 135 | Benin estimate | $760 | $63 | F CFA 473,500 | $2,304 |
| 136 | Togo estimate | $759 | $63 | F CFA 473,500 | $2,147 |
| 137 | Uganda estimate | $715 | $60 | UGX 2,564,900 | $1,950 |
| 138 | Gambia estimate | $676 | $56 | GMD 32,550 | $2,184 |
| 139 | Angola estimate | $612 | $51 | Kz 532,700 | $1,712 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $449 | $37 | RF 591,900 | $1,638 |
| 141 | Ethiopia estimate | $406 | $34 | ETB 17,760 | $1,322 |
| 142 | Burundi estimate | $371 | $31 | BIF 710,300 | $1,120 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $359 | $30 | MWK 130,900 | $1,101 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $347 | $29 | ₦513,000 | $1,932 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).