Net earnings of a single worker on average pay
Annual net earnings, after income tax and employee social contributions and including family benefits, of a single person without children earning the average wage. It is a model calculation from the OECD-EC tax-benefit model, not a survey average.
33 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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Euro per year. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €29,954 per year | €36,535 per year | €32,346 per year | €27,041 per year |
| 2024 | €28,777 per yearb (break in time series) | €35,483 per yearb (break in time series) | €31,784 per yearb (break in time series) | €26,351 per yearb (break in time series) |
| 2023 | €28,324 per year | €37,908 per year | €31,574 per year | €23,597 per year |
| 2022 | €26,654 per year | €35,597 per year | €30,241 per year | €22,578 per year |
| 2021 | €25,104 per year | €32,850 per year | €28,650 per year | €21,669 per year |
| 2020 | €24,047 per year | €31,293 per year | €27,472 per year | €20,633 per year |
| 2019 | €23,850 per year | €31,486 per year | €28,154 per year | €21,482 per year |
| 2018 | €23,167 per year | €30,420 per year | €27,663 per year | €21,198 per year |
| 2017 | €22,597 per year | €29,469 per year | €27,022 per year | €20,949 per year |
| 2016 | €22,240 per year | €28,986 per year | €26,881 per year | €20,828 per year |
| 2015 | €21,954 per year | €28,411 per year | €26,959 per year | €20,845 per year |
| 2014 | €21,608 per year | €27,791 per year | €26,578 per year | €20,169 per year |
| 2013 | €21,324 per year | €27,171 per year | €26,269 per year | €20,062 per year |
| 2012 | – | €26,730 per year | €25,979 per year | €19,975 per year |
| 2011 | – | €26,088 per year | €25,576 per year | €19,892 per year |
| 2010 | – | €25,374 per year | €25,032 per year | €19,400 per year |
| 2009 | – | €23,871 per year | €24,628 per year | €19,381 per year |
| 2008 | – | €23,842 per year | €24,250 per year | €18,765 per year |
| 2007 | – | €23,195 per year | €23,415 per year | €17,461 per year |
| 2006 | – | €22,505 per year | €22,675 per year | €16,833 per year |
| 2005 | – | €22,363 per year | €21,710 per year | €16,433 per year |
| 2004 | – | €21,993 per year | €21,132 per year | €16,019 per year |
| 2003 | – | €21,067 per year | €20,613 per year | €15,549 per year |
| 2002 | – | €20,872 per year | €20,170 per year | €14,794 per year |
| 2001 | – | €20,407 per year | €19,510 per year | €14,309 per year |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 33 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Switzerland (€82,060 per year) and the lowest Türkiye (€8,768 per year).
- Half of the countries are above €23,597 per year and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 4 countries and fell in 2.
- The figure for the European Union was €28,324 per year in 2023, against €23,167 per year in 2018 (+22.3%).
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Switzerland €82,060 per year
- 2 Iceland €54,539 per year
- 3 Luxembourg €48,798 per year
- 4 United States €47,398 per year
- 5 Norway €45,795 per year
- 6 Netherlands €45,156 per year
- 7 Ireland €43,897 per year
- 8 Denmark €42,358 per year
- 9 Austria €38,376 per year
- 10 Germany €37,908 per year
- 11 Finland €36,266 per year
- 12 Belgium €35,439 per year
- 13 Sweden €34,207 per year
- 14 France €31,574 per year
- 15 Japan €26,862 per year
- 16 Italy €24,593 per year
- 17 Spain €23,597 per year
- 18 Cyprus €23,477 per year
- 19 Malta €20,555 per year
- 20 Estonia €18,142 per year
- 21 Greece €18,022 per year
- 22 Czechia €17,266 per year
- 23 Slovenia €17,114 per year
- 24 Portugal €15,301 per year
- 25 Lithuania €14,783 per year
- 26 Poland €14,487 per year
- 27 Latvia €13,418 per year
- 28 Slovakia €13,028 per year
- 29 Hungary €12,720 per year
- 30 Croatia €12,601 per year
- 31 Romania €10,525 per year
- 32 Bulgaria €9,890 per year
- 33 Türkiye €8,768 per year
- European Union €28,324 per year
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.