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 | Cyprus | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €28,340 per year | €45,430 per year |
| 2024 | €27,583 per yearb (break in time series) | €43,927 per yearb (break in time series) |
| 2023 | €23,477 per year | €42,358 per year |
| 2022 | €22,006 per year | €40,710 per year |
| 2021 | €20,459 per year | €39,316 per year |
| 2020 | €20,057 per year | €37,879 per year |
| 2019 | €20,283 per year | €37,134 per year |
| 2018 | €20,027 per year | €36,307 per year |
| 2017 | €19,531 per year | €35,559 per year |
| 2016 | – | €35,022 per year |
| 2015 | – | €34,689 per year |
| 2014 | €19,096 per year | €34,330 per year |
| 2013 | – | €33,873 per year |
| 2012 | – | €33,617 per year |
| 2011 | – | €33,153 per year |
| 2010 | – | €32,349 per year |
| 2009 | – | €30,962 per year |
| 2008 | – | €29,596 per year |
| 2007 | €17,572 per year | €28,470 per year |
| 2006 | €16,658 per year | €27,243 per year |
| 2005 | €15,592 per year | €26,440 per year |
| 2004 | – | €26,118 per year |
| 2003 | – | €25,154 per year |
| 2002 | – | €24,440 per year |
| 2001 | – | €23,268 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.