Average salaries in the EU Capitals 2018

Highest net salaries in December 2018 among EU capitals have been paid in Luxembourg, same as in 2017, where an average net wage was EUR 3,276.00. On the other end workers in Bucharest have reported more than five times lower average wages for this month which makes Bucharest the worst performing EU capital according to the average salaries with only EUR 607 paid.

City 2018 average NET wage
Luxembourg  €           3,276.00
Copenhagen  €           2,871.82
London  €           2,817.97
Amsterdam  €           2,603.46
Stockholm  €           2,464.49
Dublin  €           2,458.88
Helsinki  €           2,380.56
Paris  €           2,130.16
Berlin  €           2,104.17
Brussels  €           2,088.56
Vienna  €           2,002.66
Madrid  €           1,414.47
Rome  €           1,389.81
Valletta  €           1,119.39
Prague  €           1,096.82
Ljubljana  €           1,086.35
Tallinn  €           1,080.61
Nicosia  €           1,014.29
Bratislava  €               971.79
Warsaw  €               947.06
Lisbon  €               865.33
Zagreb  €               858.88
Vilnius  €               789.59
Athens  €               730.17
Budapest  €               729.53
Riga  €               718.37
Sofia  €               662.91
Bucharest  €               607.47

 

Based on the Numbeo data on average cost of living we have prepared the list of EU Capitals according to the net salaries. Unlike other surveys that take into considerations official statistics for salaries paid, Numbeo generates the data based on the feedback users have reported. According to data available for 2018, best performing cities are Luxembourg and Copenhagen in Denmark and London, UK, while the lowest wages are paid in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bucharest, Romania and Riga, Latvia.

 

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Regional discrepancies remain huge across the EU, so workers in best performing cities on average earn up to 5 times more than those in Romania, Bulgaria or Latvia.

 

 

 

EU Capital 2017 Rank   2018 Rank Increase
Sofia 28 27 20.42%
Budapest 26 25 17.63%
Tallinn 19 17 17.04%
Vilnius 24 23 16.58%
Riga 25 26 13.75%
London 4 3 11.77%
Prague 17 15 11.54%
Amsterdam 6 4 8.82%
Bucharest 27 28 7.81%
Luxembourg 1 1 7.69%
Copenhagen 2 2 5.20%
Zagreb 22 22 5.02%
Berlin 10 9 5.02%
Dublin 8 6 4.49%
Vienna 11 11 4.26%
Bratislava 18 19 4.21%
Warsaw 20 20 3.66%
Athens 23 24 3.45%
Brussels 9 10 3.23%
Stockholm 7 5 3.06%
Ljubljana 16 16 2.53%
Valletta 15 14 0.24%
Rome 13 13 -2.15%
Lisbon 21 21 -2.98%
Helsinki 3 7 -6.18%
Madrid 12 12 -6.92%
Paris 5 8 -11.17%
Nicosia 14 18 -21.39%

 

Source: Numbeo.com, JobsEurope.net

2 thoughts on “Average salaries in the EU Capitals 2018

  1. The statistic is not correct,I am from Romania and i can say that average salary in Bucharest passed 750 euros,in Budapest should be higher too,at least 850.

    1. Dear Gerorge, thank you for your feedback.
      Please note, that values reported here are not product of National Statistic office or Eurostat. Instead here we have presented user reported wages, and made an average of it.

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