How much does a street sweeper 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$63,480
- Iceland$63,170
- Germany$50,980
- Denmark$47,420
- United States$46,860
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$67,310
- Iceland$55,240
- Switzerland$49,530
- Norway$48,010
- United States$46,860
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $63,480 | $5,290 | CHF 57,120 | $49,530 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $63,170 | $5,264 | kr 8,047,900 | $55,240 |
| 3 | Germany | $50,980 | $4,248 | €45,660 | $67,310 |
| 4 | Denmark estimate | $47,420 | $3,952 | kr 316,000 | $45,370 |
| 5 | United States | $46,860 | $3,905 | $46,860 | |
| 6 | Norway estimate | $46,180 | $3,849 | kr 417,900 | $48,010 |
| 7 | Luxembourg estimate | $40,230 | $3,353 | €36,040 | $40,790 |
| 8 | Belgium estimate | $38,930 | $3,244 | €34,870 | $44,640 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $36,990 | $3,082 | £27,630 | $40,040 |
| 10 | Australia | $35,310 | $2,942 | A$51,390 | |
| 11 | Ireland estimate | $33,320 | $2,777 | €29,840 | $32,620 |
| 12 | Austria estimate | $32,930 | $2,744 | €29,490 | $38,830 |
| 13 | Sweden estimate | $32,250 | $2,687 | kr 307,000 | $35,630 |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $32,240 | $2,687 | €28,870 | $35,570 |
| 15 | Netherlands estimate | $28,780 | $2,398 | €25,780 | $33,190 |
| 16 | Italy estimate | $25,270 | $2,106 | €22,630 | $34,680 |
| 17 | France estimate | $25,080 | $2,090 | €22,460 | $30,300 |
| 18 | Spain estimate | $24,060 | $2,005 | €21,550 | $35,020 |
| 19 | Slovenia estimate | $20,820 | $1,735 | €18,650 | $31,080 |
| 20 | South Korea estimate | $19,930 | $1,661 | ₩25,735,200 | $28,470 |
| 21 | Greece estimate | $18,140 | $1,511 | €16,240 | $27,670 |
| 22 | Malta estimate | $17,130 | $1,427 | €15,000 | $23,860 |
| 23 | Israel estimate | $17,100 | $1,425 | ₪55,240 | $13,650 |
| 24 | Bahamas estimate | $16,460 | $1,372 | BSD 16,460 | $14,870 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $15,610 | $1,301 | €13,980 | $23,330 |
| 26 | Puerto Rico estimate | $14,660 | $1,222 | $15,640 | |
| 27 | Portugal estimate | $14,040 | $1,170 | €12,570 | $21,620 |
| 28 | Singapore estimate | $13,130 | $1,094 | SGD 17,650 | $16,660 |
| 29 | Estonia estimate | $12,910 | $1,075 | €11,560 | $17,000 |
| 30 | Lithuania estimate | $12,240 | $1,020 | €10,970 | $19,720 |
| 31 | Czechia estimate | $12,080 | $1,006 | Kč 265,700 | $18,030 |
| 32 | Slovakia estimate | $11,460 | $955 | €10,270 | $17,930 |
| 33 | Latvia estimate | $10,940 | $911 | €9,796 | $17,530 |
| 34 | Poland estimate | $10,860 | $905 | zł 45,590 | $19,800 |
| 35 | Croatia estimate | $10,640 | $886 | €71,780 | $18,070 |
| 36 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $9,715 | $810 | HK$75,410 | $11,680 |
| 37 | Qatar estimate | $9,600 | $800 | QAR 34,950 | $12,340 |
| 38 | Barbados estimate | $9,498 | $791 | BBD 19,000 | $7,915 |
| 39 | Romania estimate | $9,440 | $787 | lei 41,700 | $19,350 |
| 40 | Hungary estimate | $8,927 | $744 | Ft 3,128,700 | $15,410 |
| 41 | Costa Rica estimate | $8,810 | $734 | ₡4,435,700 | $14,100 |
| 42 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $8,272 | $689 | KM 14,490 | $18,670 |
| 43 | Palau estimate | $8,063 | $672 | $8,060 | |
| 44 | Uruguay estimate | $7,879 | $657 | UYU 316,800 | $10,810 |
| 45 | Serbia estimate | $7,501 | $625 | RSD 789,100 | $14,740 |
| 46 | North Macedonia estimate | $7,396 | $616 | MKD 408,200 | $14,910 |
| 47 | Türkiye estimate | $7,388 | $616 | ₺291,500 | $16,430 |
| 48 | Marshall Islands estimate | $7,097 | $591 | $7,144 | |
| 49 | Tonga estimate | $6,970 | $581 | TOP 16,480 | $9,046 |
| 50 | Chile estimate | $6,716 | $560 | CLP 6,336,700 | $13,630 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $6,581 | $548 | SAR 24,680 | $12,720 |
| 52 | Panama estimate | $6,337 | $528 | PAB 6,337 | $12,760 |
| 53 | Montenegro estimate | $6,311 | $526 | €4,751 | $10,820 |
| 54 | Bulgaria estimate | $6,283 | $524 | €11,010 | $13,410 |
| 55 | Guyana estimate | $5,471 | $456 | GYD 1,140,600 | $11,730 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $5,271 | $439 | AED 19,360 | $7,840 |
| 57 | Ecuador estimate | $5,069 | $422 | $11,480 | |
| 58 | Lebanon estimate | $5,044 | $420 | L£7,604,000 | $10,160 |
| 59 | Belize estimate | $4,943 | $412 | BZD 9,885 | $7,742 |
| 60 | Mauritius estimate | $4,915 | $410 | Rs 228,100 | $11,450 |
| 61 | Fiji estimate | $4,812 | $401 | FJD 10,920 | $11,780 |
| 62 | Maldives estimate | $4,655 | $388 | MVR 71,600 | $7,070 |
| 63 | Brunei estimate | $4,501 | $375 | BND 5,703 | $7,529 |
| 64 | Jordan estimate | $4,462 | $372 | JOD 3,168 | $9,864 |
| 65 | Malaysia estimate | $4,426 | $369 | RM 18,600 | $11,840 |
| 66 | Colombia estimate | $4,378 | $365 | COP 17,742,700 | $10,650 |
| 67 | Mexico estimate | $4,322 | $360 | MX$83,140 | $7,352 |
| 68 | Albania estimate | $4,319 | $360 | ALL 460,300 | $9,990 |
| 69 | Mongolia estimate | $4,290 | $357 | ₮15,208,000 | $12,880 |
| 70 | Peru estimate | $4,263 | $355 | PEN 15,210 | $7,892 |
| 71 | Russia estimate | $4,192 | $349 | ₽308,800 | $11,990 |
| 72 | El Salvador estimate | $4,119 | $343 | $8,785 | |
| 73 | Argentina estimate | $4,085 | $340 | ARS 5,069,300 | $7,666 |
| 74 | Samoa estimate | $4,081 | $340 | WST 10,980 | $5,972 |
| 75 | Moldova estimate | $4,011 | $334 | MDL 69,700 | $7,945 |
| 76 | Bolivia estimate | $3,971 | $331 | Bs 27,440 | $10,170 |
| 77 | Thailand estimate | $3,708 | $309 | ฿121,900 | $11,490 |
| 78 | Paraguay estimate | $3,527 | $294 | ₲26,614,100 | $9,258 |
| 79 | Brazil estimate | $3,443 | $287 | R$19,240 | $7,452 |
| 80 | Guatemala estimate | $3,300 | $275 | Q 25,350 | $7,385 |
| 81 | Dominican Republic estimate | $3,271 | $273 | DOP 202,800 | $8,517 |
| 82 | Kiribati estimate | $3,252 | $271 | A$4,895 | $5,213 |
| 83 | Vietnam estimate | $3,252 | $271 | ₫78,574,900 | $10,970 |
| 84 | Vanuatu estimate | $3,231 | $269 | VUV 313,100 | $2,643 |
| 85 | Philippines estimate | $2,691 | $224 | ₱154,200 | $7,433 |
| 86 | Djibouti estimate | $2,496 | $208 | DJF 443,600 | $4,504 |
| 87 | Honduras estimate | $2,442 | $203 | L 63,370 | $5,022 |
| 88 | Bhutan estimate | $2,438 | $203 | BTN 204,000 | $9,769 |
| 89 | Cambodia estimate | $2,274 | $189 | ៛9,124,800 | $6,196 |
| 90 | Georgia estimate | $2,254 | $188 | ₾7,262 | $6,765 |
| 91 | Sudan estimate | $2,109 | $176 | SDG 1,153,300 | $5,142 |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $2,089 | $174 | FCFA 1,267,300 | $4,596 |
| 93 | Suriname estimate | $2,052 | $171 | SRD 50,690 | $5,669 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $2,042 | $170 | ₸665,700 | $5,303 |
| 95 | Comoros estimate | $1,980 | $165 | CF 823,800 | $3,612 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $1,943 | $162 | TND 5,703 | $6,953 |
| 97 | South Africa estimate | $1,925 | $160 | R 31,680 | $4,272 |
| 98 | Jamaica estimate | $1,913 | $159 | JMD 212,300 | $3,037 |
| 99 | Cape Verde estimate | $1,906 | $159 | CVE 189,400 | $3,761 |
| 100 | Yemen estimate | $1,871 | $156 | YER 410,800 | $6,201 |
| 101 | Eswatini estimate | $1,847 | $154 | SZL 33,040 | |
| 102 | Laos estimate | $1,806 | $150 | ₭25,346,700 | $6,829 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $1,788 | $149 | UZS 19,754,900 | $6,587 |
| 104 | Armenia estimate | $1,707 | $142 | ֏823,800 | $4,948 |
| 105 | Nepal estimate | $1,475 | $123 | Rs 154,200 | $5,080 |
| 106 | Timor-Leste estimate | $1,457 | $121 | $3,271 | |
| 107 | India estimate | $1,454 | $121 | ₹126,700 | $6,388 |
| 108 | Indonesia estimate | $1,391 | $116 | Rp 22,058,300 | $4,321 |
| 109 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $1,347 | $112 | FCFA 633,700 | $2,033 |
| 110 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,320 | $110 | ؋101,400 | $6,422 |
| 111 | Ghana estimate | $1,312 | $109 | GH₵16,480 | $3,138 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,284 | $107 | K 1,774,300 | $4,074 |
| 113 | Liberia estimate | $1,267 | $106 | LRD 1,267 | $3,144 |
| 114 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,258 | $105 | Rs 380,200 | $4,346 |
| 115 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $1,219 | $102 | F CFA 760,400 | $3,272 |
| 116 | Botswana estimate | $1,215 | $101 | P 16,480 | $3,101 |
| 117 | Senegal estimate | $1,180 | $98 | F CFA 686,500 | $3,031 |
| 118 | Egypt estimate | $1,119 | $93 | E£50,690 | $7,292 |
| 119 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,096 | $91 | ৳126,700 | $3,842 |
| 120 | Pakistan estimate | $1,093 | $91 | Rs 307,300 | $4,699 |
| 121 | Guinea estimate | $1,092 | $91 | FG 10,029,600 | $3,331 |
| 122 | Ukraine estimate | $1,073 | $89 | ₴27,420 | $4,413 |
| 123 | Chad estimate | $1,057 | $88 | FCFA 659,000 | $3,117 |
| 124 | Cameroon estimate | $1,027 | $86 | FCFA 506,900 | $2,119 |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $914 | $76 | F CFA 570,300 | $2,583 |
| 126 | Togo estimate | $914 | $76 | F CFA 570,300 | $2,585 |
| 127 | Mozambique estimate | $794 | $66 | MZN 50,690 | $2,102 |
| 128 | Gambia estimate | $724 | $60 | GMD 34,850 | $2,338 |
| 129 | Lesotho estimate | $691 | $58 | LSL 12,670 | $2,064 |
| 130 | Burkina Faso estimate | $653 | $54 | F CFA 380,200 | $1,969 |
| 131 | Mali estimate | $627 | $52 | F CFA 380,200 | $1,976 |
| 132 | Benin estimate | $610 | $51 | F CFA 380,200 | $1,850 |
| 133 | Niger estimate | $610 | $51 | F CFA 380,200 | $1,870 |
| 134 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $583 | $49 | CDF 589,300 | $1,200 |
| 135 | Zambia estimate | $581 | $48 | ZK 15,210 | $2,010 |
| 136 | Ethiopia estimate | $471 | $39 | ETB 20,580 | $1,532 |
| 137 | Angola estimate | $437 | $36 | Kz 380,200 | $1,222 |
| 138 | Nigeria estimate | $411 | $34 | ₦608,600 | $2,292 |
| 139 | Uganda estimate | $383 | $32 | UGX 1,372,900 | $1,044 |
| 140 | Malawi estimate | $278 | $23 | MWK 101,400 | $853 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $250 | $21 | RF 329,500 | $912 |
| 142 | Burundi estimate | $212 | $18 | BIF 405,500 | $640 |
| 143 | Kenya estimate | $124 | $10 | KES 12,670 | $293 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).