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Elementary occupations salaries across Europe

Average gross monthly earnings for elementary occupations, ranked across European countries with published data.

  1. 1Switzerland€3,893
  2. 2Iceland€3,773
  3. 3Denmark€3,414
  4. 4Norway€2,808
  5. 5Luxembourg€2,616
  6. 6Sweden€2,587
  7. 7Belgium€2,383
  8. 8Ireland€2,362
  9. 9Finland€2,337
  10. 10Austria€2,092
  11. 11United Kingdom€1,988
  12. 12France€1,963
  13. 13Germany€1,919
  14. 14Italy€1,838
  15. 15Netherlands€1,771
  16. 16Spain€1,440
  17. 17Malta€1,296
  18. 18Cyprus€1,195
  19. 19Slovenia€1,116
  20. 20Greece€876
  21. 21Estonia€830
  22. 22Croatia€791
  23. 23Portugal€791
  24. 24Slovakia€761
  25. 25Czechia€760
  26. 26Latvia€758
  27. 27Poland€704
  28. 28Lithuania€609
  29. 29North Macedonia€598
  30. 30Hungary€595
  31. 31Romania€557
  32. 32Montenegro€487
  33. 33Türkiye€460
  34. 34Serbia€447
  35. 35Bulgaria€357
  36. 36Albania€258

Other occupations

Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (ISCO-08 major groups). 36 countries with data. Data updated 2026-06.