Annual salaries in largest European countries 2020

Germany had an average salary of 53.7 thousand U.S dollars per year in 2020, the highest among the five biggest European economies. During this provided time period, Germans have had a higher average salary than their counterparts in the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain, with the exception of 2007, when the UK had slightly higher earnings. Throughout the 1990s, the UK had the lowest average salary among these countries, before catching up, and then outpacing earnings in France, Italy and Spain.

Average annual salaries of the largest economies in Europe from 1991 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Germany	United Kingdom	France	Italy	Spain
2020	53,745	47,147	45,481	37,769	37,922
2019	53,638	47,226	46,481	39,189	38,758
2018	52,930	46,656	46,256	38,853	38,554
2017	52,181	46,493	46,163	38,707	38,898
2016	51,623	46,088	45,610	38,982	39,413
2015	50,878	45,532	45,088	38,691	39,638
2014	49,700	45,146	44,651	38,354	39,056
2013	48,862	44,998	44,345	38,205	39,178
2012	48,392	44,428	43,975	38,086	39,176
2011	47,739	45,045	43,682	39,328	40,302
2010	46,772	45,790	43,749	39,967	41,036
2009	46,365	45,695	42,878	39,630	41,428
2008	46,354	45,608	41,557	39,331	38,971
2007	46,138	46,728	41,638	39,377	37,641
2006	46,266	45,439	41,483	39,394	37,238
2005	46,275	44,297	41,024	39,149	37,415
2004	46,085	44,100	40,536	38,632	37,252
2003	46,083	42,805	39,882	37,901	37,733
2002	45,930	41,570	39,562	38,003	37,924
2001	45,655	40,854	38,522	38,274	37,735
2000	45,310	39,233	38,278	38,009	37,933
1999	45,056	37,501	38,096	38,024	38,781
1998	44,454	35,613	37,274	37,591	38,800
1997	43,916	34,986	36,711	37,470	38,594
1996	44,098	33,616	36,302	36,430	38,554
1995	43,590	33,631	36,200	36,134	38,039
1994	42,680	33,605	35,668	36,943	38,203
1993	42,588	33,015	35,522	37,428	38,104
1992	42,307	32,474	35,116	38,013	37,806
1991	39,951	31,839	34,728	38,050	36,770