How much does a professor 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 $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$110,100
- Luxembourg$90,410
- United States$84,060
- Iceland$78,790
- Germany$76,780
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$101,400
- Qatar$94,770
- Luxembourg$91,650
- Switzerland$85,920
- United States$84,060
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $110,100 | $9,177 | CHF 99,100 | $85,920 |
| 2 | Luxembourg estimate | $90,410 | $7,534 | €80,970 | $91,650 |
| 3 | United States | $84,060 | $7,005 | $84,060 | |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $78,790 | $6,565 | kr 10,037,100 | $68,890 |
| 5 | Germany | $76,780 | $6,399 | €68,770 | $101,400 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $73,700 | $6,142 | QAR 268,300 | $94,770 |
| 7 | Canada | $71,670 | $5,972 | CA$100,800 | |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $70,920 | $5,910 | kr 472,600 | $67,850 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $70,720 | $5,893 | £52,840 | $76,560 |
| 10 | Norway estimate | $67,640 | $5,637 | kr 612,000 | $70,310 |
| 11 | Belgium estimate | $65,050 | $5,421 | €58,270 | $74,600 |
| 12 | Austria estimate | $65,020 | $5,418 | €58,230 | $76,680 |
| 13 | Ireland estimate | $64,140 | $5,345 | €57,440 | $62,790 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $62,590 | $5,216 | €56,060 | $72,190 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $57,150 | $4,762 | €51,190 | $63,060 |
| 16 | Australia | $56,800 | $4,734 | A$82,670 | |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $51,570 | $4,298 | SGD 69,290 | $65,430 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $51,220 | $4,268 | HK$397,600 | $61,580 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $49,340 | $4,112 | kr 469,800 | $54,510 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $47,690 | $3,974 | ₪154,100 | $38,060 |
| 21 | France estimate | $47,550 | $3,962 | €42,590 | $57,440 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $43,190 | $3,599 | €38,680 | $62,880 |
| 23 | Italy estimate | $41,930 | $3,494 | €37,550 | $57,540 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $37,050 | $3,087 | AED 136,100 | $55,100 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $35,700 | $2,975 | ₩46,107,500 | $51,000 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $35,600 | $2,966 | €31,880 | $53,190 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $35,060 | $2,922 | €31,400 | $52,340 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $34,140 | $2,845 | €29,890 | $47,550 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $33,350 | $2,779 | €29,870 | $51,360 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $31,000 | $2,583 | SAR 116,200 | $59,910 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $29,230 | $2,436 | BSD 29,230 | $26,410 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $29,130 | $2,427 | $31,070 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $27,980 | $2,332 | Kč 615,700 | $41,770 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $27,950 | $2,329 | €25,030 | $42,640 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $27,690 | $2,307 | BND 35,080 | $46,310 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $27,130 | $2,261 | €24,300 | $43,680 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $26,890 | $2,241 | BBD 53,790 | $22,410 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $26,790 | $2,232 | €23,990 | $35,290 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $25,640 | $2,137 | ₡12,911,100 | $41,050 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $24,660 | $2,055 | €22,090 | $39,530 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $23,550 | $1,962 | lei 104,000 | $48,280 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $22,680 | $1,890 | €153,100 | $38,550 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $22,230 | $1,853 | €19,910 | $34,780 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $22,040 | $1,837 | Ft 7,725,200 | $38,060 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $19,390 | $1,616 | zł 81,370 | $35,340 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $17,780 | $1,482 | ₺701,600 | $39,540 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $17,450 | $1,454 | UYU 701,600 | $23,950 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $16,520 | $1,377 | KM 28,950 | $37,300 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $16,370 | $1,364 | PAB 16,370 | $32,960 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $16,310 | $1,359 | €28,560 | $34,800 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $15,820 | $1,318 | RSD 1,664,300 | $31,080 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $15,520 | $1,293 | P 210,500 | $39,620 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $15,320 | $1,277 | CLP 14,455,400 | $31,100 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $15,080 | $1,257 | $15,070 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $13,010 | $1,084 | €9,790 | $22,290 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $12,850 | $1,071 | BZD 25,700 | $20,130 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $12,720 | $1,060 | MKD 702,300 | $25,650 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $12,530 | $1,045 | RM 52,690 | $33,520 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $12,080 | $1,006 | R 198,800 | $26,800 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $11,690 | $974 | $11,770 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $11,170 | $931 | L£16,838,000 | $22,500 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $10,510 | $876 | L 272,800 | $21,620 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $10,490 | $874 | PEN 37,420 | $19,420 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $10,460 | $872 | R$58,470 | $22,650 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $10,390 | $865 | COP 42,095,000 | $25,270 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $10,220 | $851 | DOP 633,400 | $26,600 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $10,080 | $840 | Rs 467,700 | $23,480 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $9,805 | $817 | SZL 175,400 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $9,496 | $791 | Q 72,930 | $21,250 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $9,438 | $787 | MVR 145,200 | $14,330 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $9,423 | $785 | ARS 11,693,100 | $17,680 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $9,354 | $780 | $21,190 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $9,132 | $761 | ฿300,300 | $28,310 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $8,962 | $747 | MX$172,400 | $15,250 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $8,843 | $737 | $18,860 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $8,579 | $715 | ₽631,900 | $24,530 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $8,224 | $685 | DJF 1,461,600 | $14,840 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $8,128 | $677 | FJD 18,440 | $19,910 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $7,984 | $665 | WST 21,470 | $11,680 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $7,883 | $657 | ALL 840,000 | $18,230 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $7,851 | $654 | GYD 1,637,000 | $16,840 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,615 | $635 | Bs 52,620 | $19,490 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $7,411 | $618 | JOD 5,262 | $16,380 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $6,974 | $581 | ₲52,618,800 | $18,300 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $6,597 | $550 | ₮23,386,100 | $19,810 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $6,588 | $549 | JMD 730,800 | $10,460 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $6,513 | $543 | MDL 113,200 | $12,900 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $6,364 | $530 | TOP 15,040 | $8,259 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,208 | $517 | ₱355,700 | $17,150 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $5,851 | $488 | CVE 581,500 | $11,540 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $5,730 | $477 | BTN 479,400 | $22,960 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,430 | $452 | VUV 526,200 | $4,442 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,371 | $448 | ₫129,792,900 | $18,130 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,023 | $419 | F CFA 2,923,300 | $12,910 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $4,991 | $416 | ₸1,627,000 | $12,960 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $4,782 | $398 | TND 14,030 | $17,110 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,687 | $391 | F CFA 2,923,300 | $12,580 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $4,662 | $388 | ៛18,708,900 | $12,700 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,478 | $373 | A$6,740 | $7,179 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,293 | $358 | ₹374,200 | $18,860 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,115 | $343 | ₾13,260 | $12,350 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,938 | $328 | FCFA 2,388,500 | $8,662 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $3,892 | $324 | FCFA 2,427,600 | $11,480 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,719 | $310 | UZS 41,099,600 | $13,700 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,575 | $298 | ZK 93,540 | $12,360 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,313 | $276 | SRD 81,850 | $9,154 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,296 | $275 | MZN 210,500 | $8,726 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,157 | $263 | $7,086 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,024 | $252 | YER 664,100 | $10,020 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,014 | $251 | F CFA 1,754,000 | $9,083 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,893 | $241 | F CFA 1,754,000 | $9,118 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,825 | $235 | KES 288,100 | $6,660 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,811 | $234 | CF 1,169,300 | $5,127 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,607 | $217 | GH₵32,740 | $6,236 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,605 | $217 | FCFA 1,286,200 | $5,376 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,516 | $210 | Rs 760,000 | $8,687 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,486 | $207 | FCFA 1,169,300 | $3,751 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,461 | $205 | Rs 257,200 | $8,475 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,292 | $191 | FG 21,047,500 | $6,990 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,268 | $189 | Rp 35,959,400 | $7,044 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,250 | $187 | F CFA 1,403,200 | $6,355 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,233 | $186 | LSL 40,930 | $6,667 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,225 | $185 | ৳257,200 | $7,798 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,154 | $179 | ₴55,030 | $8,858 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,059 | $172 | ֏993,900 | $5,970 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,016 | $168 | Kz 1,754,000 | $5,636 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,793 | $149 | UGX 6,431,200 | $4,890 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,791 | $149 | ETB 78,340 | $5,831 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,783 | $149 | F CFA 1,110,800 | $5,405 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,777 | $148 | F CFA 1,108,500 | $5,453 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,776 | $148 | F CFA 1,107,700 | $5,021 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,750 | $146 | ₭24,555,400 | $6,616 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,736 | $145 | CDF 1,754,000 | $3,573 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,693 | $141 | K 2,338,600 | $5,370 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,441 | $120 | Rs 405,000 | $6,194 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,291 | $108 | E£58,470 | $8,410 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,283 | $107 | SDG 701,600 | $3,128 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,241 | $103 | ؋95,350 | $6,040 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,207 | $101 | BIF 2,311,300 | $3,646 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,169 | $97 | LRD 1,169 | $2,901 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,153 | $96 | RF 1,520,100 | $4,206 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,032 | $86 | GMD 49,700 | $3,334 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,027 | $86 | MWK 374,200 | $3,147 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $395 | $33 | ₦584,700 | $2,202 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).