Average annual wage
Average annual gross wage per full-time equivalent employee in the whole economy, in US dollars at constant prices and purchasing power parities for private consumption of the OECD's current base year. The OECD divides the national accounts wage bill by the average number of employees and converts the result to full-time equivalents with usual weekly hours.
A mean, not a median, so high earners pull it up. The OECD moves the price base forward each year and restates every past year, so values change when a new base is published; the source title names the base year.
Key facts
- Average annual wage in the United States was 86,977 USD at PPP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Luxembourg had the highest average annual wage of 36 countries in 2024, at 97,462 USD at PPP, and Mexico the lowest, at 24,140 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Published for 37 places, with figures from 1990 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by average annual wage, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- United States
- Mexico
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Colombia
- South Korea
- Chile
- Poland
- Ireland
- Canada
- Finland
- Slovakia
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest average annual wage? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"average_annual_wage_usd_ppp","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=average_annual_wage_usd_ppp&level=country