Los salarios en Islandia aumentaron a 909,000 ISK/mes en 2024 desde 867,000 ISK/mes en 2023. Esta página ofrece - Índice Salarial de Islandia - valores actuales, datos históricos, pronóstico, gráfico, estadísticas, calendario económico y noticias.

Between 2014 and 2022 in Iceland, men earned more than women. Whereas the average wage in the country has increased steadily over the past six years for both genders, men earn over 120,000 Icelandic Krona (ISK) more than women. The average earnings of Icelandic men was 932,000 Icelandic Krona in 2022 compared to 625,000 in 2014. For women, the mean income was 808,000 Icelandic Krona in 2022 and 492,000 in 2014.

Between 2014 and 2022 in Iceland, there was a steady increase in average monthly earnings. While the mean income was 563,000 Icelandic Krona in 2014, it rose to 871,000 Krona in 2022, showing an increase of 54 percent over these nine years.

Key information about Iceland Household Income per Capita

• Iceland Annual Household Income per Capita reached 61,901.130 USD in Dec 2022, compared with the previous value of 60,523.130 USD in Dec 2021.
• Iceland Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1990 to Dec 2022, with an averaged value of 36,152.955 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 71,650.752 USD in Dec 2007 and a record low of 18,156.928 USD in Dec 1994.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Iceland grew 9.708 % YoY in Apr 2023.

CEIC converts Annual Household Income per Capita into USD. Statistics Iceland provides Average Household Income per Capita in local currency. The Central Bank of Iceland average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

Among all occupational groups in Iceland, men have higher average wages than women. Managers was the occupational group with the highest average earnings in 2022, with men earning around 1.3 million Icelandic krona per month, compared to women's 1.1 million. Elementary occupations was the group with the lowest average earnings, with men and women earning 480,000 and 480,000 Icelandic krona per month, respectively. There is a significant income gap between the genders in Iceland.

Iceland Average Income: Work data was reported at 4,563.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,291.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Work data is updated yearly, averaging 2,053.500 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,563.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 922.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Work data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

Iceland Average Income: Total: Female data was reported at 5,603.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,071.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Total: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 2,295.000 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,603.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 753.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Total: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

In Iceland, there is a significant income gap between men and women. Even though the average income of both sexes increased steadily from 2008 to 2021, men have consistently earned around 500 Icelandic Krona more than women every hour. Whereas Icelandic men earned over 4,100 Krona per hour in 2021 compared to 2,110 in 2008, the numbers were respectively close to 3,700 and 1,680 for women, showing that the income gap in Iceland was almost just as high in 2021 as it was 13 years earlier.

In Iceland, people working in the financial and insurance industry had the highest average wages in 2022, earning more than one million Icelandic krona per month. The electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning industry had the second highest average wages. With short of 530,000 Icelandic krona per month, the accommodation and food industry had the lowest average wages in Iceland in 2022.

Iceland Average Income: Disposable: Male data was reported at 5,224.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,868.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Disposable: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 2,528.500 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,224.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 1,185.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Disposable: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

Iceland Average Income: Total data was reported at 6,418.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,910.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 2,855.000 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,418.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 1,116.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

The income level in Iceland generally correlates with educational levels across the country; the higher the educational level, the higher the average income. In 2020, people with a doctoral degree or an equivalent education had the highest average income in Iceland, earning 13.8 million Icelandic Krona on average. In contrast, people with a basic educational only earned 5.2 million Icelandic Krona on average in 2020.

Iceland Average Income: Tax: Female data was reported at 1,214.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,089.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Tax: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 420.000 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,214.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 86.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Tax: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

Although Iceland was the first country in the world to enforce equal pay for men and women, and despite Iceland being one of the top places in the world to work for women, a gender pay gap still existed in 2022. That year, the gender pay gap favoring the men was the highest among directors and chief executives. On the other hand, female senior government officials received almost the same monthly salary as their male counterparts.

Primary school teachers in Iceland earn less than the total average income level in the country. Even though they have had an increase in earnings since 2014, they still earned 195,000 Icelandic Krona less than the average population in 2022. Primary school teachers in Iceland earned averagely 650,000 Icelandic krona in 2022, whereas the total average income was 745,000. Despite the gap growing from 176,000 Krona in 2014 to 195,000 in 2021, the margin actually fell; in 2014, primary school teachers' wages were 69 percent of the national average, but this grew to almost 89 percent in 2022.

An income gap between men and women in Iceland still exists, and a high share of primary school teachers are women.

Iceland Average Income: Other: Male data was reported at 1,123.000 ISK th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,004.000 ISK th for 2016. Iceland Average Income: Other: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 394.500 ISK th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,123.000 ISK th in 2017 and a record low of 109.000 ISK th in 1990. Iceland Average Income: Other: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Iceland . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.G028: Average Income: by Age and Sex.

Adjusted net national income (annual % growth) in Iceland was reported at 2.5901 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Iceland - Adjusted net national income (annual % growth) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

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The public sector - central government was the sector with the highest mean wages in Iceland in 2022, 776,000 and 708,000 Icelandic krona per month for men and women, respectively. While men working in the private sector earned more than men in the local government, women in local government had higher average earnings than women in the private sector. There is a significant income gap between the genders in Iceland.

The median hourly earnings for full-time employees in the United Kingdom was 18.72 British pounds in 2024, compared with 17.48 pounds in the previous year. At the start of this provided time period, in 1997, the average hourly wage in the UK was 7.92 pounds per hour, rising to more than ten pounds per hour by 2003, and above 15 pounds per hour by 2020. Minimum and living wage in the UK In the United Kingdom, employers are expected to pay their employees a minimum wage that is determined by how old they are. Under 18s for example, had a minimum wage of 5.28 British pounds in 2023, with the figure increasing to 7.49 pounds those aged 18 to 20, 10.18 for 21 to 22 year old's, and 10.42 for those aged 23 and over. There is also a voluntarily paid living Wage that employers can choose to pay their workers. For the 2023/24 financial year this was twelve pounds an hour, rising to 13.15 pounds an hour for workers based in London. Icelandic the highest earners in Europe Iceland had the highest average annual wage in the Europe in 2022 at around 79,500 U.S dollars. This was followed by Luxembourg at 78,300 dollars, Switzerland at 72,990 and Belgium at 64,850 dollars. The United Kingdom’s average annual wage amounted to around 53,985 U.S dollars in the same year. In this year, the country with the lowest annual salary in Europe was Greece, at 25,980 pounds per year.