Countries by average annual wage

Luxembourg had the highest average annual wage of 37 countries in 2018, at 90,138 USD at PPP. Mexico had the lowest, at 21,379 USD at PPP. The median was 55,440 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Highest90,138Luxembourg

Lowest21,379Mexico

Median55,44037 countries

Map of countries, 2018

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USD at PPP, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD at PPP	Change on 2017
1	Luxembourg	90,138	+0.6%
2	Switzerland	86,527	-0.1%
3	Netherlands	81,126	-0.9%
4	United States	78,893	+1.2%
5	Belgium	76,862	+0.5%
6	Denmark	75,154	+1.1%
7	Austria	74,900	+0.1%
8	Germany	74,156	+1.3%
9	Australia	70,842	+0.3%
10	Ireland	69,781	+1.6%
11	Norway	67,051	+1.1%
12	Canada	65,596	+1.8%
13	United Kingdom	65,566	+0.2%
14	Finland	61,788	+0.7%
15	Sweden	61,009	+0.4%
16	France	60,672	-0.5%
17	New Zealand	56,183	+2.5%
18	South Korea	56,176	+3.4%
19	Italy	55,440	-0.6%
20	Spain	55,186	-0.2%
21	Israel	53,064	+3%
22	Slovenia	52,718	+1.7%
23	Japan	51,827	+1.5%
24	Lithuania	43,190	+4.6%
25	Costa Rica	41,192	+2.1%
26	Czechia	40,737	+5.1%
27	Poland	40,307	+6.5%
28	Chile	38,284	-13.5%
29	Portugal	37,323	+1.8%
30	Latvia	36,753	+4.3%
31	Estonia	36,501	+6.4%
32	Slovakia	35,072	+3.2%
33	Türkiye	33,349	+0.9%
34	Greece	32,363	-4.1%
35	Colombia	31,170	+3.8%
36	Hungary	30,135	+4.8%
37	Mexico	21,379	+0.4%

Other periods

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which country has the highest average annual wage?

Luxembourg, with 90,138 USD at PPP in 2018, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which country has the lowest average annual wage?

Mexico, with 21,379 USD at PPP in 2018.

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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