How much does a power plant operator 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 $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$109,700
- Australia$102,700
- Iceland$89,110
- Luxembourg$85,340
- Norway$80,900
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$100,100
- Luxembourg$86,510
- Switzerland$85,570
- Norway$84,090
- United States$79,440
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $109,700 | $9,139 | CHF 98,690 | $85,570 |
| 2 | Australia | $102,700 | $8,556 | A$149,400 | |
| 3 | Iceland estimate | $89,110 | $7,426 | kr 11,352,900 | $77,930 |
| 4 | Luxembourg estimate | $85,340 | $7,112 | €76,430 | $86,510 |
| 5 | Norway estimate | $80,900 | $6,742 | kr 732,100 | $84,090 |
| 6 | Denmark estimate | $80,190 | $6,683 | kr 534,300 | $76,720 |
| 7 | United States | $79,440 | $6,620 | $79,440 | |
| 8 | Germany | $75,820 | $6,318 | €67,910 | $100,100 |
| 9 | Ireland estimate | $65,090 | $5,424 | €58,290 | $63,720 |
| 10 | Austria estimate | $64,510 | $5,376 | €57,780 | $76,080 |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $63,330 | $5,278 | €56,720 | $72,620 |
| 12 | Qatar estimate | $60,600 | $5,050 | QAR 220,600 | $77,930 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $60,060 | $5,005 | €53,790 | $69,260 |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $53,900 | $4,491 | €48,270 | $59,470 |
| 15 | Canada | $52,420 | $4,368 | CA$73,730 | |
| 16 | Sweden estimate | $52,420 | $4,368 | kr 499,000 | $57,910 |
| 17 | United Kingdom estimate | $51,440 | $4,286 | £39,060 | $55,690 |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $47,110 | $3,926 | €42,200 | $64,660 |
| 19 | France estimate | $43,150 | $3,596 | €38,650 | $52,130 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $40,630 | $3,386 | ₪131,200 | $32,420 |
| 21 | Singapore estimate | $36,490 | $3,041 | SGD 49,020 | $46,300 |
| 22 | Slovenia estimate | $34,550 | $2,879 | €30,940 | $51,580 |
| 23 | Spain estimate | $34,130 | $2,844 | €30,570 | $49,690 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $33,120 | $2,760 | AED 121,600 | $49,250 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $32,870 | $2,739 | €29,440 | $49,120 |
| 26 | Malta estimate | $31,690 | $2,641 | €27,740 | $44,130 |
| 27 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $30,660 | $2,555 | HK$238,000 | $36,860 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $30,590 | $2,549 | €27,400 | $47,110 |
| 29 | Greece estimate | $30,080 | $2,507 | €26,940 | $45,890 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $28,000 | $2,333 | BSD 28,000 | $25,300 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $27,810 | $2,318 | $29,670 | |
| 32 | Estonia estimate | $26,240 | $2,187 | €23,500 | $34,570 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $26,030 | $2,170 | SAR 97,630 | $50,310 |
| 34 | Czechia estimate | $24,840 | $2,070 | Kč 546,600 | $37,080 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $24,160 | $2,013 | €21,640 | $38,900 |
| 36 | Slovakia estimate | $22,240 | $1,854 | €19,920 | $34,790 |
| 37 | Latvia estimate | $21,790 | $1,816 | €19,520 | $34,930 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $20,310 | $1,693 | €137,100 | $34,520 |
| 39 | Barbados estimate | $20,180 | $1,681 | BBD 40,350 | $16,820 |
| 40 | Brunei estimate | $19,890 | $1,657 | BND 25,200 | $33,270 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $19,380 | $1,615 | Ft 6,793,700 | $33,470 |
| 42 | Poland estimate | $19,130 | $1,594 | zł 80,280 | $34,860 |
| 43 | Romania estimate | $19,040 | $1,587 | lei 84,110 | $39,040 |
| 44 | Uruguay estimate | $18,450 | $1,537 | UYU 741,900 | $25,320 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $17,970 | $1,497 | ₡9,046,100 | $28,760 |
| 46 | Palau estimate | $16,250 | $1,354 | $16,240 | |
| 47 | Türkiye estimate | $14,900 | $1,242 | ₺587,900 | $33,130 |
| 48 | Serbia estimate | $14,400 | $1,200 | RSD 1,514,800 | $28,280 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $14,290 | $1,190 | KM 25,020 | $32,250 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $13,960 | $1,164 | €24,460 | $29,810 |
| 51 | Belize estimate | $13,430 | $1,119 | BZD 26,860 | $21,030 |
| 52 | Montenegro estimate | $12,950 | $1,079 | €9,745 | $22,190 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $12,600 | $1,050 | PAB 12,600 | $25,360 |
| 54 | Chile estimate | $11,840 | $987 | CLP 11,170,800 | $24,030 |
| 55 | North Macedonia estimate | $11,520 | $960 | MKD 635,700 | $23,220 |
| 56 | Marshall Islands estimate | $11,300 | $942 | $11,380 | |
| 57 | Argentina estimate | $11,280 | $940 | ARS 13,998,400 | $21,170 |
| 58 | Lebanon estimate | $11,140 | $929 | L£16,798,100 | $22,450 |
| 59 | Maldives estimate | $10,920 | $910 | MVR 168,000 | $16,590 |
| 60 | Botswana estimate | $10,470 | $873 | P 142,000 | $26,730 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $9,970 | $831 | L 258,700 | $20,510 |
| 62 | Mauritius estimate | $9,651 | $804 | Rs 447,900 | $22,490 |
| 63 | Malaysia estimate | $9,378 | $781 | RM 39,420 | $25,080 |
| 64 | Guatemala estimate | $9,129 | $761 | Q 70,110 | $20,430 |
| 65 | Guyana estimate | $8,894 | $741 | GYD 1,854,300 | $19,080 |
| 66 | Albania estimate | $8,883 | $740 | ALL 946,700 | $20,550 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $8,819 | $735 | $19,970 | |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $8,732 | $728 | MX$168,000 | $14,850 |
| 69 | Russia estimate | $8,658 | $722 | ₽637,700 | $24,760 |
| 70 | Thailand estimate | $8,514 | $710 | ฿280,000 | $26,400 |
| 71 | Fiji estimate | $7,947 | $662 | FJD 18,030 | $19,460 |
| 72 | Jordan estimate | $7,886 | $657 | JOD 5,599 | $17,430 |
| 73 | Peru estimate | $7,849 | $654 | PEN 28,000 | $14,530 |
| 74 | Djibouti estimate | $7,790 | $649 | DJF 1,384,400 | $14,060 |
| 75 | Samoa estimate | $7,675 | $640 | WST 20,640 | $11,230 |
| 76 | South Africa estimate | $7,654 | $638 | R 126,000 | $16,990 |
| 77 | El Salvador estimate | $7,582 | $632 | $16,170 | |
| 78 | Tonga estimate | $7,563 | $630 | TOP 17,880 | $9,815 |
| 79 | Brazil estimate | $7,516 | $626 | R$42,000 | $16,270 |
| 80 | Moldova estimate | $7,194 | $600 | MDL 125,000 | $14,250 |
| 81 | Mongolia estimate | $7,108 | $592 | ₮25,197,200 | $21,340 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,090 | $591 | Bs 48,990 | $18,150 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic estimate | $6,912 | $576 | DOP 428,500 | $18,000 |
| 84 | Colombia estimate | $6,907 | $576 | COP 27,996,800 | $16,810 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $6,543 | $545 | VUV 634,000 | $5,353 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $5,862 | $488 | ₲44,229,300 | $15,390 |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,610 | $468 | F CFA 3,499,600 | $15,060 |
| 88 | Kiribati estimate | $5,574 | $465 | A$8,390 | $8,936 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $5,272 | $439 | ₫127,385,600 | $17,790 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $5,202 | $434 | ₱298,000 | $14,370 |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $5,077 | $423 | FCFA 3,079,700 | $11,170 |
| 92 | Cambodia estimate | $4,883 | $407 | ៛19,597,800 | $13,310 |
| 93 | Cape Verde estimate | $4,751 | $396 | CVE 472,200 | $9,375 |
| 94 | Bhutan estimate | $4,669 | $389 | BTN 390,700 | $18,710 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,648 | $387 | ₸1,515,300 | $12,070 |
| 96 | Georgia estimate | $4,409 | $367 | ₾14,200 | $13,230 |
| 97 | Jamaica estimate | $4,101 | $342 | JMD 454,900 | $6,509 |
| 98 | Tunisia estimate | $4,055 | $338 | TND 11,900 | $14,510 |
| 99 | Zambia estimate | $3,779 | $315 | ZK 98,890 | $13,070 |
| 100 | Yemen estimate | $3,763 | $314 | YER 826,200 | $12,470 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $3,682 | $307 | SRD 90,990 | $10,180 |
| 102 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,616 | $301 | UZS 39,952,700 | $13,320 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,500 | $292 | $7,855 | |
| 104 | Senegal estimate | $3,496 | $291 | F CFA 2,034,300 | $8,981 |
| 105 | Ghana estimate | $3,344 | $279 | GH₵42,000 | $7,999 |
| 106 | Indonesia estimate | $3,328 | $277 | Rp 52,759,900 | $10,330 |
| 107 | India estimate | $3,212 | $268 | ₹280,000 | $14,110 |
| 108 | Nepal estimate | $3,143 | $262 | Rs 328,500 | $10,820 |
| 109 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,977 | $248 | FCFA 1,399,800 | $4,491 |
| 110 | Liberia estimate | $2,800 | $233 | LRD 2,800 | $6,945 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $2,745 | $229 | KES 280,000 | $6,471 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,657 | $221 | K 3,670,800 | $8,429 |
| 113 | Mozambique estimate | $2,642 | $220 | MZN 168,700 | $6,993 |
| 114 | Angola estimate | $2,575 | $215 | Kz 2,239,700 | $7,197 |
| 115 | Comoros estimate | $2,524 | $210 | CF 1,049,900 | $4,604 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,479 | $207 | Rs 748,900 | $8,560 |
| 117 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,468 | $206 | ৳285,300 | $8,648 |
| 118 | Eswatini estimate | $2,380 | $198 | SZL 42,580 | |
| 119 | Armenia estimate | $2,320 | $193 | ֏1,119,900 | $6,727 |
| 120 | Mali estimate | $2,309 | $192 | F CFA 1,399,800 | $7,277 |
| 121 | Guinea estimate | $2,179 | $182 | FG 20,008,100 | $6,645 |
| 122 | Uganda estimate | $2,146 | $179 | UGX 7,699,100 | $5,854 |
| 123 | Rwanda estimate | $2,124 | $177 | RF 2,799,200 | $7,745 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,120 | $177 | ₴54,160 | $8,718 |
| 125 | Lesotho estimate | $2,017 | $168 | LSL 36,980 | $6,023 |
| 126 | Laos estimate | $1,995 | $166 | ₭27,996,800 | $7,543 |
| 127 | Cameroon estimate | $1,985 | $165 | FCFA 979,900 | $4,095 |
| 128 | Pakistan estimate | $1,983 | $165 | Rs 557,600 | $8,527 |
| 129 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,878 | $156 | F CFA 1,092,600 | $5,658 |
| 130 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,822 | $152 | ؋139,900 | $8,863 |
| 131 | Niger estimate | $1,795 | $150 | F CFA 1,119,900 | $5,509 |
| 132 | Benin estimate | $1,685 | $140 | F CFA 1,049,900 | $5,108 |
| 133 | Chad estimate | $1,685 | $140 | FCFA 1,051,100 | $4,971 |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,635 | $136 | F CFA 1,019,600 | $4,618 |
| 135 | Sudan estimate | $1,595 | $133 | SDG 872,200 | $3,889 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,545 | $129 | E£69,990 | $10,070 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,504 | $125 | ETB 65,790 | $4,896 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,462 | $122 | BIF 2,799,700 | $4,417 |
| 139 | Togo estimate | $1,325 | $110 | F CFA 826,200 | $3,745 |
| 140 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,247 | $104 | CDF 1,259,900 | $2,566 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,236 | $103 | GMD 59,490 | $3,992 |
| 142 | Nigeria estimate | $794 | $66 | ₦1,173,900 | $4,421 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $476 | $40 | MWK 173,400 | $1,458 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).