How far does your salary go?
Enter your take-home pay and see the cost-of-living-equivalent salary in every country - where your money stretches furthest, and what you'd need to keep the same lifestyle.
€3,000/mo, Germany - this is how it lives elsewhere. Lowest equivalent first, so the top of the list is where it stretches furthest.
- 1North Macedonia€1,367
- 2Türkiye€1,435+96.3% vs avg
- 3Bosnia & Herzegovina€1,532
- 4Romania€1,620+40.1% vs avg
- 5Bulgaria€1,650+37.0% vs avg
- 6Montenegro€1,677
- 7Serbia€1,719
- 8Albania€1,807
- 9Poland€1,955+22.9% vs avg
- 10Hungary€1,969+53.1% vs avg
- 11Croatia€2,098+49.0% vs avg
- 12Latvia€2,216+39.7% vs avg
- 13Lithuania€2,238+40.7% vs avg
- 14Slovakia€2,238+48.4% vs avg
- 15Czechia€2,255+29.4% vs avg
- 16Greece€2,310+28.9% vs avg
- 17Portugal€2,346+31.3% vs avg
- 18Slovenia€2,505+23.8% vs avg
- 19Spain€2,505+11.2% vs avg
- 20Cyprus€2,519+6.6% vs avg
- 21Malta€2,634+25.1% vs avg
- 22Estonia€2,689+43.2% vs avg
- 23Italy€2,695+16.4% vs avg
- 24France€2,926+8.5% vs avg
- 25Belgium€3,247+7.0% vs avg
- 26Austria€3,272-7.3% vs avg
- 27Netherlands€3,311-2.6% vs avg
- 28Finland€3,467+10.4% vs avg
- 29United Kingdom€3,525+18.2% vs avg
- 30Sweden€3,531+8.8% vs avg
- 31Norway€3,806-0.3% vs avg
- 32Ireland€3,839-2.0% vs avg
- 33Denmark€3,855+1.8% vs avg
- 34Luxembourg€4,070-12.6% vs avg
- 35Switzerland€4,977-27.2% vs avg
- 36Iceland€5,051+11.1% vs avg
Equivalent = your pay × (local price level ÷ that of Germany). "vs avg" compares it to the country's average net salary. Source: Eurostat. Estimates, not budgets.
Frequently asked questions
How is the equivalent salary calculated?
Your take-home pay is scaled by the ratio of local price levels: equivalent = your pay × (destination price level ÷ home price level). It's the amount you'd need to buy the same basket of goods and services locally, using Eurostat comparative price levels.
What does 'vs local average' mean?
It compares the lifestyle-equivalent figure to that country's average net salary. Above average means your standard of living would be comfortable there; below means it would be modest.
Is this a cost-of-living guarantee?
No - it's a whole-economy purchasing-power estimate. Rent, taxes and personal spending vary from the aggregate. Treat it as a starting point, not a budget.