The average real wages worldwide saw *********** every year since 2006. However, in 2022, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising inflation rates in led to a decrease in real average wages worldwide. In 2023, real global wage growth was positive again.

Key information about United States Monthly Earnings

• United States Monthly Earnings stood at 4,901 USD in Feb 2025, compared with the previous figure of 4,887 USD in Jan 2025
• US Monthly Earnings data is updated monthly, available from Mar 2006 to Feb 2025, with an average number of 3,469 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 4,901 USD in Feb 2025 and a record low of 2,743 USD in Mar 2006

• In the latest reports, US Population reached 341 million people in Dec 2024
• Unemployment Rate of US increased to 4 % in Feb 2025
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate remained the same rate at 62 % in Feb 2025

As of 2023, Rwanda had the lowest average monthly salary of employees in the world in terms of purchasing power parities (PPP), which takes the average cost of living in a country into account. Gambia had the second lowest average wages, with Ethiopia in third. Of the 20 countries with the lowest average salaries in the world, 17 were located in Africa. On the other hand, Luxembourg had the highest average monthly salaries of employees.

Kenya Average Wage Earnings data was reported at 894,232.800 KES in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 864,750.100 KES for 2022. Kenya Average Wage Earnings data is updated yearly, averaging 617,900.550 KES from Jun 2008 (Median) to 2023, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 894,232.800 KES in 2023 and a record low of 366,613.600 KES in 2008. Kenya Average Wage Earnings data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.G009: Average Wage Earnings: by Sector and Industry: International Standard of Industrial Classification Rev 4.

Luxembourg had the highest average monthly salary of employees in the world in 2024 in terms of purchasing power parities (PPP), which takes the average cost of living in a country into account. Belgium followed in second, with the Netherlands in third.

Latvia Average Wages and Salaries: Gross: AR: Gambling and Betting Activities data was reported at 1,184.340 EUR in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,032.700 EUR for May 2018. Latvia Average Wages and Salaries: Gross: AR: Gambling and Betting Activities data is updated monthly, averaging 759.345 EUR from Jan 2008 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 126 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,184.340 EUR in Jun 2018 and a record low of 558.460 EUR in Feb 2010. Latvia Average Wages and Salaries: Gross: AR: Gambling and Betting Activities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.G018: Average Wages and Salaries: Statistical Classification of Economic Activities Revision 2.

This graph shows average wages around the world in 2012 as calculated by purchasing power parity. In 2012 the highest average wage was earned in Luxembourg at 4,089 purchasing power parity dollars. Wages and salaries Wages and salaries in the United States have increased during the last decades. The median weekly earnings of a full-time wage and salary worker were about 241 U.S. dollars in 1979 and shifted up to 768 U.S. dollars in 2012.

The median earnings of U.S. full-time wage and salary workers vary across their educational attainment. The highest paid workers are those who hold a bachelor’s degree, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. federal government specified minimum wage laws for workers in the United States, which say that workers must be paid no less than the current federal minimum wage. The minimum wage was set at 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour by federal law. The actual minimum wage varies from state to state, as some states have additional minimum wage laws.

For instance, the minimum wage in Washington was around 9.04 U.S. dollars per hour, while the worst minimum wage can be found in Georgia, where workers earn at least 5.15 U.S. dollars per hour. No minimum wages can be found in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi, as of January 1, 2012.

The number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. was at its highest in the industry type of leisure and hospitality in 2013.

Recent statistics show that the share of female workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States decreased since 1979. In that year, 20.2 percent of the female wage and salary workers were paid below the federal minimum wage, while only 2.9 percent of the female workers were paid below the federal minimum wage in 2006.

Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary: Annual data was reported at 999.134 GEL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 940.010 GEL for 2016. Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary: Annual data is updated yearly, averaging 277.872 GEL from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 999.134 GEL in 2017 and a record low of 13.500 GEL in 1995. Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary: Annual data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Office of Georgia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Georgia – Table GE.G010: Monthly Average Gross Salary.

Wages in China increased to 120698 CNY/Year in 2023 from 114029 CNY/Year in 2022. This dataset provides - China Average Yearly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Age: 25 to 29 data was reported at 3,049.000 EUR in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,007.000 EUR for 2020. Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Age: 25 to 29 data is updated yearly, averaging 2,491.000 EUR from Sep 1999 (Median) to 2021, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,049.000 EUR in 2021 and a record low of 1,880.000 EUR in 1999. Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Age: 25 to 29 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate-General Statistics - Statistics Belgium. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.G036: Average Monthly Salary.

As of September 2024, the average annual salary for software developers in Switzerland amounted to over ** thousand U.S. dollars. By contrast, annual software developers' salaries in the Netherlands were approximately **** thousand U.S. dollars.

Net national incomes have grown globally, growing from 694 U.S. dollars in 1970 to 9,750 in 2021. Much of this growth can be attributed to improvements in overall global development, as economies in developing countries have grown rapidly. Net national incomes grew steadily from the 1970s to the 2000s, and then experienced a sharper increase during the 2000s until the Great Recession, falling slightly in 2008.

Latvia Wages and Salaries: Net data was reported at 1,325.000 EUR in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,225.000 EUR for Nov 2024. Latvia Wages and Salaries: Net data is updated monthly, averaging 486.000 EUR from Jan 1997 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 336 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,325.000 EUR in Dec 2024 and a record low of 113.000 EUR in Jan 1997. Latvia Wages and Salaries: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.G017: Average Wages and Salaries: by Sector.

With only 1,100 euros after accounting for purchasing power parity (PPP), Yemen had the lowest average income per adult worldwide in 2022. However, most of the countries on the list are located in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The difference between the earnings of women and men shrank slightly over the past years. Considering the controlled gender pay gap, which measures the median salary for men and women with the same job and qualifications, women earned one U.S. cent less. By comparison, the uncontrolled gender pay gap measures the median salary for all men and all women across all sectors and industries and regardless of location and qualification. In 2025, the uncontrolled gender pay gap in the world stood at 0.83, meaning that women earned 0.83 dollars for every dollar earned by men.

In 2024, senior executives in the IT market reported the highest total annual compensation, with a median of over 127,388 thousand U.S. dollars. Developer advocates, managers, and developer experience engineers earned well over 100 thousand U.S. dollars annually. Site reliability engineers and cloud infrastructure engineers had median earnings of one thousand and 97 thousand U.S. dollars, respectively. At the lower end of the spectrum, academic researchers, front-end developers, and students earned less than 50 thousand U.S. dollars in total annual compensation.

Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary data was reported at 2,217.519 GEL in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,056.678 GEL for Sep 2024. Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary data is updated quarterly, averaging 961.913 GEL from Mar 2007 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 72 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,217.519 GEL in Dec 2024 and a record low of 320.766 GEL in Mar 2007. Georgia Monthly Average Gross Salary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Office of Georgia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Georgia – Table GE.G012: Monthly Average Gross Salary.

Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Industry data was reported at 3,981.000 EUR in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,901.000 EUR for 2020. Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Industry data is updated yearly, averaging 3,110.000 EUR from Sep 1999 (Median) to 2021, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,981.000 EUR in 2021 and a record low of 2,238.000 EUR in 1999. Belgium Average Monthly Salary: Industry data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate-General Statistics - Statistics Belgium. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.G036: Average Monthly Salary.

Long-term contracted employees of the oil and gas sector are the best paid employees in the energy industry, except for nuclear energy employees in North America. As of 2024, the average annual salary of the oil and gas sector was ****** U.S. dollars in North America, and ******* U.S. dollars in Australasia. On average, employees in Australasia were paid the most in ***** of the **** energy sectors shown.

Senior Executive was the highest-earning software development job worldwide as of 2024, with the average annual salary amounting to around *** thousand U.S. dollars. Developer advocate and engineering manager were the other developer jobs with high salaries. Software developer A software developer, or more commonly known as a programmer or a coder, is a person who creates software by using computer languages. There are two main types of software developers: application developer – those who design computer or mobile applications – and system developer – those who focus on operating systems-level software and network distribution software. In 2021, there were around **** million software developers worldwide. Programming languages A programming language is a formal language that instruct a computer or computing device to perform certain tasks. Languages that software developers use to write code are called “high-level languages”; these can be complied into a “low-level language” which can be understood by the computer hardware. Programming languages that are most used by developers include JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, and Python. Clojure, F# and Elixir, on the other hand, are the languages associated with the highest salaries.