Professional & scientific salaries across Europe
Average gross monthly earnings in Professional & scientific, ranked across European countries with published data.
Gross monthly pay in firms with 10 or more employees.
- 1Switzerland€10,297
- 2Norway€6,688
- 3Luxembourg€6,638
- 4Denmark€6,521
- 5Belgium€5,441
- 6Ireland€5,160
- 7Sweden€4,616
- 8Germany€4,614
- 9Netherlands€4,596
- 10Finland€4,334
- 11Austria€4,281
- 12France€4,061
- 13Italy€3,259
- 14Slovenia€2,668
- 15Cyprus€2,652
- 16Spain€2,588
- 17Malta€2,566
- 18Lithuania€2,504
- 19Estonia€2,296
- 20Czechia€2,207
- 21Latvia€2,152
- 22Portugal€1,980
- 23Poland€1,978
- 24Slovakia€1,959
- 25Croatia€1,886
- 26Greece€1,824
- 27Hungary€1,778
- 28Romania€1,717
- 29Serbia€1,372
- 30Bulgaria€1,310
- 31Bosnia & Herzegovina€1,097
- 32North Macedonia€1,022
- 33Albania€779
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Occupation-level figures come from the 2022 Structure of Earnings Survey, the latest round of this four-yearly survey. The next round covers 2026.
Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (NACE Rev. 2 sections). 33 countries with data. Data updated 2026-07