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💶 Average annual salary of full-time employees in EU countries (2025)
1. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: €85,609
2. 🇩🇰 Denmark: €73,500
3. 🇮🇪 Ireland: €64,387
4. 🇧🇪 Belgium: €61,984
5. 🇦🇹 Austria: €60,727
6. 🇩🇪 Germany: €56,360
7. 🇫🇮 Finland: €50,960
8. 🇸🇪 Sweden: €49,622
9. 🇫🇷 France: €44,734
🇪🇺 EU: €41,464
10. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: €37,586
11. 🇪🇸 Spain: €35,125
12. 🇲🇹 Malta: €35,003
13. 🇮🇹 Italy: €34,213
14. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: €32,170
15. 🇨🇾 Cyprus: €29,547
16. 🇪🇪 Estonia: €27,821
17. 🇭🇷 Croatia: €26,933
18. 🇵🇹 Portugal: €26,202
19. 🇨🇿 Czechia: €25,755
20. 🇵🇱 Poland: €23,853
21. 🇱🇻 Latvia: €22,688
22. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: €21,661
23. 🇷🇴 Romania: €20,818
24. 🇭🇺 Hungary: €20,138
25. 🇬🇷 Greece: €18,772
26. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: €16,201
Gross annual salaries, before tax, adjusted to full-time equivalent. Not adjusted for differences in living costs. No data for the Netherlands.
Source: Eurostat
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