1-Year Change
+0.8%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+3.3%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
77.1
2024 · United States = 100
A reported PPP-adjusted average wage of $78,301 in 2025 anchors this Austria profile. The sections below add wage history, 2024 consumer price benchmarks and direct comparison links, with unavailable source values left unfilled. Each section keeps its measurement basis visible.
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$78,301
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+0.8%
5-Year Change
+3.3%
10-Year Change
+5.5%
Historical Peak
$78,301
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
Austria's sectoral agreements and social partnership provide the main wage-setting context. There is no single nationwide legal wage floor to stand in for those negotiated arrangements.
Recent settlements vary with sector and agreement timing. The longer record supports a picture of comparatively high wages with coordinated rather than uniform outcomes.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Transport
Transport has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 115 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Housing
Housing is the lowest at 62.3, −37.7 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 77.1, below the United States benchmark (−22.9 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
The latest available PPP-adjusted average wage for Austria is $78,301 for 2025. Its one-year change is +0.8%, while the ten-year change is +5.5%.
All eight consumer price categories have a reported value for 2024. 1 reported category is above the United States benchmark, 7 are below it, and 0 are at 100.
The wage observation is from 2025, while the selected consumer price view is for 2024. They remain separate records on this page and are not combined into a same-year score.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $78,301
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States7 below, 0 at 100
- 1 above
Compare Austria
See how Austria's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Denmark$78,090−0.3%lower
Belgium$80,009+2.2%higher
Netherlands$80,136+2.3%higher
Germany$76,285−2.6%lower
Norway$73,462−6.2%lower
Australia$72,018−8.0%lower
Ireland$70,113−10.5%lower
United States$86,977+11.1%higher
Canada$67,901−13.3%lower
United Kingdom$66,299−15.3%lowerA reported PPP-adjusted average wage of $78,301 in 2025 anchors this Austria profile. The sections below add wage history, 2024 consumer price benchmarks and direct comparison links, with unavailable source values left unfilled. Each section keeps its measurement basis visible.
1-Year Change
+0.8%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+3.3%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
77.1
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Austria?
The most recent figure is $78,301 for 2025, expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. That basis adjusts for price level differences between economies, so it is not a local-currency salary. The year remains visible because wage and consumer price records do not necessarily cover the same period.
How has the average wage changed in Austria?
It is currently at the top of its series: $78,301 in 2025, which is also the historical peak. The ten-year change is +5.5%. Each percentage compares reported observations in the same wage series; missing values are not estimated.
What are consumer price levels like in Austria?
Against the United States benchmark of 100, the overall level is 77.1. Transport is the most expensive category at 115, and Housing the least at 62.3. These are relative price indices for 2024, not prices in a local currency.
Is the average wage in Austria close to its historical peak?
It is the peak. The latest year (2025) records the highest value in the series, $78,301, and no earlier year in the data is higher. The answer is limited to the values shown in this country record and does not add a cross-country ranking.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
OECD Comparative Price Levels
Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024