Euronews takes a closer look at how average full-time adjusted salaries vary across Europe, both in nominal terms and in purchasing power standards.

Average salaries differ widely across Europe. The cost of living does too. So, which countries offer the highest pay? And how do salaries compare when adjusted for purchasing power standards?

Germany (€4,250) offers the highest average salary among the EU’s four largest economies, followed by France (€3,555). Both Italy (€2,729) and Spain (€2,716) were below the EU average by more than €400.

  • ZwuzelmausEnglish
    64·
    1 day ago

    Has Switzerland stopped being in Europe then?

    • ComfortableRaspberryEnglish
      11·
      20 hours ago

      The excerpt from the article is about EU, that’s why Germany is ranked first (but also only among the ones mentioned). When you open the link you can see a graph which ranks EU countries first and then rings in the rest of Europe including Switzerland with it’s high wages and high costs of living.