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.

Unit: Euro per year Frequency: Annual Coverage: 34 countries and 1 group 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2023 €82,060 per year Switzerland Lowest in 2023 €8,768 per year Türkiye
European Union, 2023 €28,324 per year Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023 33 Updated by the source on 19 October 2026

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.

Net earnings of a single worker on average pay (euro per year), 2001 to 2025
Period GermanyLithuania
2025 €36,535 per year €19,093 per year
2024 €35,483 per yearb (break in time series) €17,618 per yearb (break in time series)
2023 €37,908 per year €14,783 per year
2022 €35,597 per year €13,298 per year
2021 €32,850 per year €11,798 per year
2020 €31,293 per year €10,788 per year
2019 €31,486 per year €9,795 per year
2018 €30,420 per year €8,691 per year
2017 €29,469 per year €7,898 per year
2016 €28,986 per year €7,217 per year
2015 €28,411 per year €6,652 per year
2014 €27,791 per year €6,284 per year
2013 €27,171 per year €5,955 per year
2012 €26,730 per year €5,636 per year
2011 €26,088 per year €5,401 per year
2010 €25,374 per year €5,245 per year
2009 €23,871 per year €5,361 per year
2008 €23,842 per year €5,667 per year
2007 €23,195 per year €4,714 per year
2006 €22,505 per year €3,752 per year
2005 €22,363 per year €3,137 per year
2004 €21,993 per year €2,872 per year
2003 €21,067 per year €2,694 per year
2002 €20,872 per year €2,510 per year
2001 €20,407 per year €2,343 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%).

About this measure

Definition
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.
Population covered
Model case: single worker, no children, average wage
Unit
Euro per year
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
earn_nt_net · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A estruct=NET ecase=P1_NCH_AW100 currency=EUR
Observation period
2000 to 2025
Provider update
19 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Switzerland €82,060 per year
  2. 2 Iceland €54,539 per year
  3. 3 Luxembourg €48,798 per year
  4. 4 United States €47,398 per year
  5. 5 Norway €45,795 per year
  6. 6 Netherlands €45,156 per year
  7. 7 Ireland €43,897 per year
  8. 8 Denmark €42,358 per year
  9. 9 Austria €38,376 per year
  10. 10 Germany €37,908 per year
  11. 11 Finland €36,266 per year
  12. 12 Belgium €35,439 per year
  13. 13 Sweden €34,207 per year
  14. 14 France €31,574 per year
  15. 15 Japan €26,862 per year
  16. 16 Italy €24,593 per year
  17. 17 Spain €23,597 per year
  18. 18 Cyprus €23,477 per year
  19. 19 Malta €20,555 per year
  20. 20 Estonia €18,142 per year
  21. 21 Greece €18,022 per year
  22. 22 Czechia €17,266 per year
  23. 23 Slovenia €17,114 per year
  24. 24 Portugal €15,301 per year
  25. 25 Lithuania €14,783 per year
  26. 26 Poland €14,487 per year
  27. 27 Latvia €13,418 per year
  28. 28 Slovakia €13,028 per year
  29. 29 Hungary €12,720 per year
  30. 30 Croatia €12,601 per year
  31. 31 Romania €10,525 per year
  32. 32 Bulgaria €9,890 per year
  33. 33 Türkiye €8,768 per year
  34. European Union €28,324 per year
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