A Tale of Two Europes
What we’re showing:
A heatmap representing the average hourly salary (in Euros), across Europe. The bluer the hue, the higher the hourly salary.
Key takeaway
Luxembourg, Europe’s financial services capital, has the highest average salary (€47/hour) across the continent. The country also has the highest per capita GDP in the world.
Scandinavia’s Denmark and Norway also pay well (€42/hour) though Sweden (€26/hour) falls more in the middle of the pack.
General trends indicate Northern and Western Europe have higher average wages than Southern and Eastern Europe, reflecting the differences in economies, wealth, and cost of living.
Bulgaria records the lowest average salary in this dataset at €8/hour.
Data for the UK, Switzerland, Serbia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina is missing from this dataset.