EU countries by average annual wage

Luxembourg had the highest average annual wage of 22 EU countries in 2016, at 88,495 USD at PPP. Hungary had the lowest, at 26,829 USD at PPP. The median was 56,139 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Highest88,495Luxembourg

Lowest26,829Hungary

Median56,13922 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2016

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USD at PPP, 2016. 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 EU countries, 2016

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	EU countries	2016 USD at PPP	Change on 2015
1	Luxembourg	88,495	-0.3%
2	Netherlands	83,103	+0.5%
3	Belgium	77,106	+0.5%
4	Austria	75,002	+1.1%
5	Denmark	73,865	+1.1%
6	Germany	72,398	+1.6%
7	Ireland	67,797	+1.1%
8	Finland	61,375	+1%
9	Sweden	60,388	+1.4%
10	France	60,120	+1.1%
11	Italy	56,266	+0.4%
12	Spain	56,012	-0.6%
13	Slovenia	50,909	+3.9%
14	Lithuania	39,199	+4.8%
15	Czechia	37,051	+3.8%
16	Portugal	36,501	-0.1%
17	Poland	36,377	+5.3%
18	Latvia	33,981	+5.5%
19	Greece	33,713	-2.3%
20	Estonia	33,646	+4.6%
21	Slovakia	32,832	+3.3%
22	Hungary	26,829	+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 EU 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) (EU countries by average annual wage, 2016) [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), EU countries by average annual wage, 2016. 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/eu-countries?period=2016. 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). EU countries by average annual wage, 2016. 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/eu-countries?period=2016.

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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), EU countries by average annual wage, 2016 [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/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest average annual wage?

Luxembourg, with 88,495 USD at PPP in 2016, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which EU country has the lowest average annual wage?

Hungary, with 26,829 USD at PPP in 2016.

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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