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Average Hourly Wages Across Europe, Mapped

Darcy Jimenez
Darcy Jimenez
Average Hourly Wages Across Europe, Mapped
On average, Luxembourg's workers earn the highest hourly salary of any country analyzed.
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The average hourly wage in the US currently sits at around $34 — real, inflation-adjusted earnings are a different story — but how much do people make over in Europe?

Using Eurostat data, Visual Capitalist mapped the average hourly salaries in different EU countries. Wages are presented in euros, and are accurate as of 2023.

The highest salary is found in Luxembourg, where people earn an average of €47.20. Following behind are Denmark and Norway, with average hourly wages of €42 and €41.70, respectively.

Of the European countries analyzed, the lowest average hourly earnings are in Bulgaria (€8.10), Romania (€10.40) and Latvia (€10.70).

The average wage across the EU is €24 an hour, which equates to roughly $26.


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Via Visual Capitalist.

Comments

  1. Spaced Cowboy 3 weeks ago

    Four things:

    1) Why does the currency fluctuate in the comments, and why is the US one not given in a way that can be easily compared ? Make everything in euros, or everything in dollars, but don't mix and match because €1 is worth more than $1

    2) The UK is still a part of Europe, and I believe it still has an average salary. If you mean "The EU" then say "The EU", not Europe, which is a continent, not a political union.

    3) None of this matters without a comparison to the cost of living. Your money will go farther in different countries, and raw comparisons are therefore just not valid

    4) To take (3) even further, which "average" is being used. The most-correct one would be the median, generally, but I fear we see the mean being used here. Where I live in the USA in Silicon Valley is one of the most expensive places on the planet, and salaries are commensurately humungous, which skews the data for 'mean'. It does not affect the data for 'median' anywhere near as much. The median value would be "the most common salary", which seems a better measure all round, when the likes of Jeff Bezos exist.

    In all, this is a terrible map masquerading as showing something informative. Sorry.

    1. Jason S 3 weeks ago

      You are correct. It looks like Denmark is the best and Bulgaria is the worst but the cost of living is key. I agree that this map is a lot of non-information.

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