How much does a social care worker make in each country?
142 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$83,310
- Iceland$67,690
- Luxembourg$64,830
- Norway$61,460
- Denmark$60,920
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$78,190
- Luxembourg$65,710
- Switzerland$65,000
- Norway$63,880
- Qatar$59,200
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $83,310 | $6,942 | CHF 74,970 | $65,000 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $67,690 | $5,641 | kr 8,623,900 | $59,190 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $64,830 | $5,402 | €58,060 | $65,710 |
| 4 | Norway estimate | $61,460 | $5,121 | kr 556,100 | $63,880 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $60,920 | $5,076 | kr 405,900 | $58,280 |
| 6 | Germany | $59,220 | $4,935 | €53,040 | $78,190 |
| 7 | Australia | $49,960 | $4,163 | A$72,710 | |
| 8 | Ireland estimate | $49,440 | $4,120 | €44,280 | $48,400 |
| 9 | Austria estimate | $49,000 | $4,083 | €43,890 | $57,790 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $48,110 | $4,009 | €43,090 | $55,160 |
| 11 | Qatar estimate | $46,040 | $3,836 | QAR 167,600 | $59,200 |
| 12 | United States | $45,930 | $3,828 | $45,930 | |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $45,620 | $3,802 | €40,860 | $52,610 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $42,350 | $3,529 | £31,640 | $45,850 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $40,940 | $3,412 | €36,670 | $45,170 |
| 16 | Sweden estimate | $39,820 | $3,318 | kr 379,100 | $43,990 |
| 17 | Italy estimate | $35,790 | $2,982 | €32,050 | $49,110 |
| 18 | France estimate | $32,780 | $2,731 | €29,360 | $39,600 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $30,860 | $2,572 | ₪99,690 | $24,630 |
| 20 | Singapore estimate | $27,720 | $2,310 | SGD 37,240 | $35,170 |
| 21 | Slovenia estimate | $26,240 | $2,187 | €23,510 | $39,180 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $25,160 | $2,096 | AED 92,390 | $37,410 |
| 23 | Cyprus estimate | $24,970 | $2,081 | €22,370 | $37,310 |
| 24 | Malta estimate | $24,070 | $2,006 | €21,070 | $33,520 |
| 25 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $23,290 | $1,941 | HK$180,800 | $28,000 |
| 26 | Portugal estimate | $23,240 | $1,937 | €20,810 | $35,780 |
| 27 | Greece estimate | $22,850 | $1,904 | €20,460 | $34,860 |
| 28 | Bahamas estimate | $21,270 | $1,772 | BSD 21,270 | $19,220 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico estimate | $21,130 | $1,761 | $22,540 | |
| 30 | Estonia estimate | $19,930 | $1,661 | €17,850 | $26,260 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $19,780 | $1,648 | SAR 74,160 | $38,220 |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $18,870 | $1,572 | Kč 415,200 | $28,170 |
| 33 | Spain estimate | $18,680 | $1,557 | €16,730 | $27,200 |
| 34 | Lithuania estimate | $18,350 | $1,529 | €16,440 | $29,550 |
| 35 | Slovakia estimate | $16,900 | $1,408 | €15,130 | $26,430 |
| 36 | Latvia estimate | $16,550 | $1,379 | €14,830 | $26,530 |
| 37 | Croatia estimate | $15,430 | $1,286 | €104,100 | $26,220 |
| 38 | Barbados estimate | $15,330 | $1,277 | BBD 30,650 | $12,770 |
| 39 | Brunei estimate | $15,110 | $1,259 | BND 19,140 | $25,270 |
| 40 | Hungary estimate | $14,730 | $1,227 | Ft 5,160,600 | $25,420 |
| 41 | Poland estimate | $14,530 | $1,211 | zł 60,980 | $26,480 |
| 42 | Romania estimate | $14,470 | $1,206 | lei 63,890 | $29,660 |
| 43 | Uruguay estimate | $14,010 | $1,168 | UYU 563,600 | $19,240 |
| 44 | Costa Rica estimate | $13,650 | $1,137 | ₡6,871,600 | $21,850 |
| 45 | Palau estimate | $12,340 | $1,029 | $12,340 | |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $11,320 | $943 | ₺446,600 | $25,170 |
| 47 | Serbia estimate | $10,940 | $911 | RSD 1,150,700 | $21,490 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $10,850 | $904 | KM 19,010 | $24,500 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $10,610 | $884 | €18,580 | $22,640 |
| 50 | Belize estimate | $10,200 | $850 | BZD 20,400 | $15,980 |
| 51 | Montenegro estimate | $9,834 | $820 | €7,403 | $16,850 |
| 52 | Panama estimate | $9,570 | $798 | PAB 9,570 | $19,270 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $8,993 | $749 | CLP 8,485,600 | $18,250 |
| 54 | North Macedonia estimate | $8,750 | $729 | MKD 482,900 | $17,640 |
| 55 | Marshall Islands estimate | $8,585 | $715 | $8,642 | |
| 56 | Argentina estimate | $8,570 | $714 | ARS 10,633,500 | $16,080 |
| 57 | Lebanon estimate | $8,464 | $705 | L£12,760,200 | $17,050 |
| 58 | Maldives estimate | $8,296 | $691 | MVR 127,600 | $12,600 |
| 59 | Botswana estimate | $7,953 | $663 | P 107,900 | $20,300 |
| 60 | Honduras estimate | $7,573 | $631 | L 196,500 | $15,580 |
| 61 | Mauritius estimate | $7,331 | $611 | Rs 340,300 | $17,090 |
| 62 | Malaysia estimate | $7,124 | $594 | RM 29,940 | $19,050 |
| 63 | Guatemala estimate | $6,935 | $578 | Q 53,260 | $15,520 |
| 64 | Guyana estimate | $6,756 | $563 | GYD 1,408,600 | $14,490 |
| 65 | Albania estimate | $6,748 | $562 | ALL 719,100 | $15,610 |
| 66 | Ecuador estimate | $6,699 | $558 | $15,170 | |
| 67 | Mexico estimate | $6,633 | $553 | MX$127,600 | $11,280 |
| 68 | Russia estimate | $6,577 | $548 | ₽484,400 | $18,810 |
| 69 | Thailand estimate | $6,468 | $539 | ฿212,700 | $20,050 |
| 70 | Fiji estimate | $6,037 | $503 | FJD 13,690 | $14,780 |
| 71 | Jordan estimate | $5,991 | $499 | JOD 4,253 | $13,240 |
| 72 | Peru estimate | $5,962 | $497 | PEN 21,270 | $11,040 |
| 73 | Djibouti estimate | $5,917 | $493 | DJF 1,051,600 | $10,680 |
| 74 | Samoa estimate | $5,830 | $486 | WST 15,680 | $8,531 |
| 75 | South Africa estimate | $5,815 | $485 | R 95,700 | $12,900 |
| 76 | El Salvador estimate | $5,760 | $480 | $12,290 | |
| 77 | Tonga estimate | $5,745 | $479 | TOP 13,580 | $7,456 |
| 78 | Brazil estimate | $5,709 | $476 | R$31,900 | $12,360 |
| 79 | Moldova estimate | $5,465 | $455 | MDL 94,970 | $10,830 |
| 80 | Mongolia estimate | $5,399 | $450 | ₮19,140,300 | $16,210 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $5,386 | $449 | Bs 37,220 | $13,790 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic estimate | $5,251 | $438 | DOP 325,500 | $13,670 |
| 83 | Colombia estimate | $5,247 | $437 | COP 21,267,000 | $12,770 |
| 84 | Vanuatu estimate | $4,970 | $414 | VUV 481,600 | $4,066 |
| 85 | Paraguay estimate | $4,453 | $371 | ₲33,597,500 | $11,690 |
| 86 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,262 | $355 | F CFA 2,658,400 | $11,440 |
| 87 | Kiribati estimate | $4,234 | $353 | A$6,373 | $6,788 |
| 88 | Vietnam estimate | $4,004 | $334 | ₫96,764,900 | $13,510 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $3,952 | $329 | ₱226,400 | $10,910 |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,857 | $321 | FCFA 2,339,400 | $8,484 |
| 91 | Cambodia estimate | $3,709 | $309 | ៛14,886,900 | $10,110 |
| 92 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,609 | $301 | CVE 358,700 | $7,121 |
| 93 | Bhutan estimate | $3,547 | $296 | BTN 296,800 | $14,210 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,531 | $294 | ₸1,151,100 | $9,170 |
| 95 | Georgia estimate | $3,349 | $279 | ₾10,790 | $10,050 |
| 96 | Jamaica estimate | $3,115 | $260 | JMD 345,600 | $4,944 |
| 97 | Tunisia estimate | $3,080 | $257 | TND 9,038 | $11,020 |
| 98 | Zambia estimate | $2,871 | $239 | ZK 75,120 | $9,928 |
| 99 | Yemen estimate | $2,858 | $238 | YER 627,600 | $9,475 |
| 100 | Suriname estimate | $2,797 | $233 | SRD 69,120 | $7,730 |
| 101 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,746 | $229 | UZS 30,348,900 | $10,120 |
| 102 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,658 | $222 | $5,967 | |
| 103 | Senegal estimate | $2,655 | $221 | F CFA 1,545,300 | $6,822 |
| 104 | Ghana estimate | $2,540 | $212 | GH₵31,900 | $6,076 |
| 105 | Indonesia estimate | $2,528 | $211 | Rp 40,077,600 | $7,851 |
| 106 | India estimate | $2,440 | $203 | ₹212,700 | $10,720 |
| 107 | Nepal estimate | $2,387 | $199 | Rs 249,500 | $8,220 |
| 108 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,261 | $188 | FCFA 1,063,400 | $3,411 |
| 109 | Liberia estimate | $2,127 | $177 | LRD 2,127 | $5,276 |
| 110 | Kenya estimate | $2,085 | $174 | KES 212,700 | $4,916 |
| 111 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $2,018 | $168 | K 2,788,400 | $6,403 |
| 112 | Mozambique estimate | $2,007 | $167 | MZN 128,100 | $5,312 |
| 113 | Angola estimate | $1,956 | $163 | Kz 1,701,400 | $5,467 |
| 114 | Comoros estimate | $1,917 | $160 | CF 797,500 | $3,497 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,883 | $157 | Rs 568,900 | $6,502 |
| 116 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,875 | $156 | ৳216,700 | $6,570 |
| 117 | Eswatini estimate | $1,808 | $151 | SZL 32,340 | |
| 118 | Armenia estimate | $1,762 | $147 | ֏850,700 | $5,110 |
| 119 | Mali estimate | $1,754 | $146 | F CFA 1,063,400 | $5,528 |
| 120 | Guinea estimate | $1,655 | $138 | FG 15,198,600 | $5,048 |
| 121 | Uganda estimate | $1,630 | $136 | UGX 5,848,400 | $4,447 |
| 122 | Rwanda estimate | $1,613 | $134 | RF 2,126,300 | $5,884 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $1,610 | $134 | ₴41,140 | $6,622 |
| 124 | Lesotho estimate | $1,533 | $128 | LSL 28,090 | $4,575 |
| 125 | Laos estimate | $1,515 | $126 | ₭21,267,000 | $5,730 |
| 126 | Cameroon estimate | $1,508 | $126 | FCFA 744,300 | $3,111 |
| 127 | Pakistan estimate | $1,507 | $126 | Rs 423,600 | $6,477 |
| 128 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,426 | $119 | F CFA 830,000 | $4,298 |
| 129 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,384 | $115 | ؋106,300 | $6,733 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,364 | $114 | F CFA 850,700 | $4,185 |
| 131 | Benin estimate | $1,280 | $107 | F CFA 797,500 | $3,880 |
| 132 | Chad estimate | $1,280 | $107 | FCFA 798,500 | $3,776 |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,242 | $103 | F CFA 774,500 | $3,508 |
| 134 | Sudan estimate | $1,212 | $101 | SDG 662,600 | $2,954 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,174 | $98 | E£53,170 | $7,648 |
| 136 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,143 | $95 | ETB 49,980 | $3,719 |
| 137 | Burundi estimate | $1,111 | $93 | BIF 2,126,700 | $3,355 |
| 138 | Togo estimate | $1,006 | $84 | F CFA 627,600 | $2,845 |
| 139 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $947 | $79 | CDF 957,000 | $1,949 |
| 140 | Gambia estimate | $939 | $78 | GMD 45,190 | $3,032 |
| 141 | Nigeria estimate | $603 | $50 | ₦891,700 | $3,358 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $361 | $30 | MWK 131,700 | $1,108 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).