Belgium
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$80,009 2025
Belgium records a 2025 average annual wage of 80,008.65 USD PPP in constant prices. Consumer price indices for 2024 show transport costs exceeding the United States benchmark while health services remain significantly lower. Wage and price datasets are maintained separately without composite scoring or cross-metric adjustment.
1-Year Change
+1.8%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+6.0%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
77.5
2024 · United States = 100
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
$80,009
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.8%
5-Year Change
+6.0%
10-Year Change
+4.3%
Historical Peak
$80,009
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
The latest reported average annual wage reached 80,008.65 USD PPP in 2025. This figure represents the current peak value within the available observation series for Belgium.
Long-term growth totals 33.98 percent since observations began in 1990. The five-year change from 2020 stands at 6.01 percent in constant price terms.
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 114 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 52.8, −47.2 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 77.5, below the United States benchmark (−22.5 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
Overall consumption prices stood at 77.5 in 2024, placing Belgium 22.5 points below the United States. Transport was the sole major category exceeding the benchmark with an index of 114.
Health services registered an index of 52.8, which is 47.2 points lower than the United States. Housing costs also fell below the benchmark by 25.8 index points.
Restaurants and accommodation reached 101, sitting just one point above the United States level. Food and clothing indices remained between 10 and 12 points below the baseline.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $80,009
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States6 below, 0 at 100
- 2 above
Compare Belgium
See how Belgium's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Netherlands$80,1362025+0.2%higher
Austria$78,3012025−2.1%lower
Denmark$78,0902025−2.4%lower
Germany$76,2852025−4.7%lower
Norway$73,4622025−8.2%lower
United States$86,9772025+8.7%higher
Australia$72,0182025−10.0%lower
Ireland$70,1132025−12.4%lower
Canada$67,9012025−15.1%lower
Switzerland$92,2852025+15.3%higher
United Kingdom$66,2992025−17.1%lower
Slovenia$63,3762025−20.8%lowerSimilar Economies
How to Read This Country Page
Three boundaries keep wage and price comparisons from being misread.
- Wage basis
- The annual wage is expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. It is an average, not a median wage, local-currency amount, or take-home figure.
- Years stay separate
- The latest wage year and the price year do not have to match. Price controls read only 2022, 2023, or 2024 and never substitute another year.
- Price benchmark
- 100 represents the United States price level. A value of 120 is reported here as 20 index points above that benchmark.
Data Coverage and Limits
See which years are actually present before comparing wage and price records.
Wage observations span 35 years from 1990 through 2025 in this dataset. The series includes 36 distinct reported values tracking long-term earnings movements.
Initial wage records date to 1990 with a value of 59,719.09 USD PPP. Continuous reporting extends to the latest 2025 observation at 80,008.65 USD PPP.
Price data availability varies significantly across the recorded timeframe. Complete category breakdowns currently exist only for the 2024 reference year.
- Wage observations
- 36
- Wage coverage
- 1990-2025
- Price categories · 2024
- 8 of 8
- Price categories · 2023
- 0 of 8
- Price categories · 2022
- 0 of 8
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Belgium?
The average annual wage in Belgium reached 80,008.65 USD PPP in 2025 using constant prices. This metric reflects purchasing power parity adjustments rather than nominal domestic currency amounts.
How has the average wage changed in Belgium?
Average wages increased by 1.77 percent over the most recent one-year period. The ten-year change from 2015 to 2025 measures 4.27 percent in real terms.
What are consumer price levels like in Belgium?
Available 2024 data shows overall consumer prices at 77.5 relative to the United States benchmark. Transport costs exceeded the baseline while health services were substantially cheaper.
Is the average wage in Belgium close to its historical peak?
Yes, the 2025 wage of 80,008.65 USD PPP matches the historical peak exactly. There is zero percent deviation from the maximum recorded value in the series.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
OECD Comparative Price Levels
Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024