Countries by average annual wage

Luxembourg had the highest average annual wage of 37 countries in 2013, at 86,827 USD at PPP. Mexico had the lowest, at 22,109 USD at PPP. The median was 51,991 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Highest86,827Luxembourg

Lowest22,109Mexico

Median51,99137 countries

Map of countries, 2013

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USD at PPP, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: OECD, OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All countries, 2013

USD at PPP. Source: OECD, OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 USD at PPP	Change on 2012
1	Luxembourg	86,827	+1.2%
2	Switzerland	86,764	+1.5%
3	Netherlands	82,108	+0.5%
4	Belgium	76,728	+1.1%
5	United States	73,913	-0.4%
6	Austria	73,431	+0.1%
7	Denmark	70,416	+0.7%
8	Australia	70,148	-0.3%
9	Germany	68,440	+0.9%
10	Ireland	67,836	-2.5%
11	Norway	65,910	+2.2%
12	Canada	63,428	+1%
13	United Kingdom	63,111	+0.7%
14	Finland	60,513	-0.9%
15	France	58,654	+1%
16	Sweden	58,007	+1.1%
17	Spain	55,492	-0.2%
18	Italy	55,257	+0.3%
19	Japan	51,991	+0.5%
20	New Zealand	51,593	-1.3%
21	South Korea	50,369	+2.3%
22	Slovenia	47,029	-0.8%
23	Israel	46,409	+0.3%
24	Chile	43,267	+2.5%
25	Portugal	37,155	+1.9%
26	Costa Rica	36,262	+8.1%
27	Greece	34,341	-6.6%
28	Czechia	34,204	-0.7%
29	Lithuania	33,630	+3.6%
30	Poland	33,001	+1%
31	Slovakia	30,052	+0.9%
32	Colombia	29,459	+2.6%
33	Estonia	29,292	+2.4%
34	Türkiye	28,202	+4.7%
35	Latvia	27,849	+5.2%
36	Hungary	26,532	-1.1%
37	Mexico	22,109	+1.7%

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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OECD. OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE) (Countries by average annual wage, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE

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OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE), Countries by average annual wage, 2013. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-wage/countries?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE). Countries by average annual wage, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-wage/countries?period=2013.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE), Countries by average annual wage, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-wage/countries?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which country has the highest average annual wage?

Luxembourg, with 86,827 USD at PPP in 2013, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which country has the lowest average annual wage?

Mexico, with 22,109 USD at PPP in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Average annual wages: total economy, per full-time equivalent employee, US dollars at constant prices and PPPs for private consumption (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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