EU Wages by Country
Across the 27 EU member states the average annual net wage is about €25,827, and 22 set a statutory minimum wage. Compare every country — real Eurostat data, in euros.
What are wages across the European Union by country?
Across the 27 EU member states, the average annual NET wage is about €25,827 (Eurostat, 2025), and 22 states set a statutory minimum wage (mean €1,346/month, 2026-S1). The highest-paying state is Luxembourg at €54,260 net. This page ranks every member state. Figures are real Eurostat data, refreshed each Eurostat release.
Avg net earnings (EU mean)
€25,827
per year · Eurostat 2025
Min wage (mean where set)
€1,346
per month · 22 states
Highest-paying state
€54,260
Luxembourg
EU member states ranked by average net wage
All 27 member states, ranked by average annual net earnings (highest first). Click any country for its minimum wage, average net pay, EU rank and FAQ. States with no statutory minimum wage show "—".
| # | Country | Avg net / yr | Min wage / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | €54,260 | €2,704 |
| 2 | Ireland | €44,263 | €2,391 |
| 3 | Denmark | €41,981 | — |
| 4 | Austria | €36,798 | — |
| 5 | Netherlands | €35,837 | €2,295 |
| 6 | Belgium | €34,642 | €2,112 |
| 7 | Sweden | €34,624 | — |
| 8 | Finland | €33,641 | — |
| 9 | Germany | €31,000 | €2,343 |
| 10 | France | €30,832 | €1,823 |
| 11 | Malta | €25,544 | €994 |
| 12 | Spain | €25,263 | €1,381 |
| 13 | Italy | €24,471 | — |
| 14 | Cyprus | €23,524 | €1,088 |
| 15 | Slovenia | €22,503 | €1,278 |
| 16 | Estonia | €20,045 | €886 |
| 17 | Portugal | €19,709 | €1,073 |
| 18 | Czechia | €19,569 | €924 |
| 19 | Lithuania | €18,650 | €1,153 |
| 20 | Croatia | €17,256 | €1,050 |
| 21 | Latvia | €16,793 | €780 |
| 22 | Poland | €16,163 | €1,139 |
| 23 | Slovakia | €15,686 | €915 |
| 24 | Greece | €15,050 | €1,027 |
| 25 | Romania | €13,233 | €795 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | €13,017 | €620 |
| 27 | Hungary | €12,967 | €838 |
Frequently asked questions
- Which EU country has the highest average wage?
- By average annual net earnings (Eurostat earn_nt_net, 2025), Luxembourg tops the EU-27 at €54,260 for a single person with no children at 100% of the average wage. The full ranking of all 27 member states is in the table on this page.
- What is the minimum wage in the EU?
- There is no single EU-wide minimum wage. 22 of the 27 member states set a statutory national minimum monthly wage (Eurostat earn_mw_cur, 2026-S1); the simple average across those states is €1,346 per month. Five states — Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden — have no statutory minimum and set pay through collective bargaining instead.
- Why do five EU countries show no minimum wage?
- Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden have no statutory national minimum wage. In those countries pay floors are agreed by sector through collective bargaining between unions and employers, not set in law. This is a genuine "not applicable", so GeraJobs shows it as "—" rather than zero.
- Is the average wage gross or net?
- The average annual earnings figure is NET — take-home pay after income tax and employee social contributions, for a single person without children earning 100% of the national average wage (Eurostat earn_nt_net). The minimum wage figure is GROSS statutory monthly pay (Eurostat earn_mw_cur).
- Where does this EU wage data come from?
- Every figure is real Eurostat data, retrieved keyless from the official Eurostat dissemination API: minimum monthly wages from dataset earn_mw_cur (2026-S1) and average annual net earnings from earn_nt_net (2025). Eurostat content is reusable under the European Commission reuse policy (CC BY 4.0 equivalent) with attribution. GeraJobs publishes the values verbatim.
- How often is this data updated?
- Eurostat publishes minimum wages twice a year (the S1 and S2 semesters) and net earnings annually. GeraJobs re-dates the cluster on each Eurostat release; this snapshot was retrieved on 2026-06-27.
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Methodology
Figures are real Eurostat data retrieved keyless from the official Eurostat API. Minimum monthly wage is the gross statutory national minimum (dataset earn_mw_cur, period 2026-S1); five EU member states (Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden) have no statutory minimum wage and show null. Average annual earnings is NET pay for a single person without children at 100% of the average wage (dataset earn_nt_net, period 2025), expressed in EUR. Source: Eurostat.
The "EU mean" figures above are GeraJobs's simple unweighted average of the published per-country values — not an official Eurostat EU-27 aggregate.
Data source
Eurostat — Monthly minimum wages (earn_mw_cur) & Annual net earnings (earn_nt_net) · Minimum wage 2026-S1 · Net earnings 2025 · European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU), CC BY 4.0 equivalent
Published verbatim by GeraJobs. Last updated: 2026-06-27.