Greece
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$32,412 2025
Greece reports a 2025 average annual wage of 32,412.15 USD PPP in constant prices, remaining 26.63 percent below its 2009 peak. Consumer price data exists only for 2024, where all categories fell below United States levels. Earlier price years are unavailable and cannot be used for comparison.
1-Year Change
−0.3%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
−0.3%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
54.7
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
$32,412
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
−0.3%
5-Year Change
−0.3%
10-Year Change
−6.0%
Historical Peak
$44,174
Peak Year
2009
Change From Peak
−26.6%
What the Wage Trend Shows
The 2025 average annual wage stands at 32,412.15 USD PPP in constant prices. This current level remains significantly below the historical maximum observed in earlier decades.
A decline of 26.63 percent separates the current wage from the 2009 peak value. Long-term growth since 1995 still shows a cumulative gain of 25.55 percent despite recent contractions.
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 93.4 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 38.1, −61.9 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 54.7, below the United States benchmark (−45.3 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
Overall consumption in 2024 measured 54.7 relative to the United States benchmark of 100. This represents a substantial gap of -45.3 points below the reference level.
Every single price category in 2024 fell below the United States benchmark without exception. Food and transport were closest to parity while health showed the largest divergence.
Health services recorded the lowest relative index at 38.1 points below the United States. Housing followed closely with a gap of -59.3 points in the 2024 price comparison.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $32,412
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States8 below, 0 at 100
- 0 above
Compare Greece
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Mexico$24,4632025−24.5%lower
Chile$40,6262023+25.3%higher
Estonia$41,0192025+26.6%higher
Czechia$43,6072025+34.5%higher
Costa Rica$44,4312024+37.1%higher
Latvia$44,7092025+37.9%higher
Portugal$44,9372025+38.6%higher
Poland$49,0742025+51.4%higher
Japan$50,1832025+54.8%higherSimilar 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 data covers 30 years from 1995 to 2025 with 31 reported observations. This timespan captures both the pre-2009 expansion and subsequent adjustment periods in Greek earnings.
Consumer price information is restricted solely to the year 2024 within this dataset. Both 2022 and 2023 show completely unavailable category values for all expenditure groups.
Wage and price statistics are maintained as separate datasets with distinct measurement protocols. Users must not combine these independent indicators into unified scores or composite rankings.
- Wage observations
- 31
- Wage coverage
- 1995-2025
- 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 Greece?
The average annual wage in Greece reached 32,412.15 USD PPP in 2025 at constant prices. This amount is expressed in purchasing power parity terms rather than market exchange rates. It reflects the latest available observation in the national wage series.
How has the average wage changed in Greece?
Greek average wages declined 0.28 percent over the past year and 6.04 percent over ten years. Despite recent losses, the long-term change since 1995 remains positive at 25.55 percent. The current level sits 26.63 percent below the 2009 historical peak.
What are consumer price levels like in Greece?
All 2024 consumer price categories in Greece fell below United States levels. Overall consumption indexed at 54.7 with health showing the largest gap at -61.9 points. Price data for 2022 and 2023 is completely unavailable.
Is the average wage in Greece close to its historical peak?
No, the current wage is 26.63 percent below the historical peak of 44,173.81 USD PPP set in 2009. The 2025 value of 32,412.15 has not recovered to that earlier maximum. This gap persists despite long-term growth since the series began.
Wage data
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Price data
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024