Italy
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$53,864 2025
Italy reports a 2025 average annual wage of 53864.157 USD PPP in constant prices. Consumer price indices for 2024 show all eight categories below the United States benchmark, with housing recording the largest gap at -49.2 index points. Price category values remain unavailable for both 2022 and 2023.
1-Year Change
+1.2%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+1.8%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
64.1
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
$53,864
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.2%
5-Year Change
+1.8%
10-Year Change
−3.9%
Historical Peak
$57,790
Peak Year
2010
Change From Peak
−6.8%
What the Wage Trend Shows
The latest reported average annual wage stands at 53864.157 USD PPP for 2025. This figure reflects a 1.17 percent increase compared to the previous observation year.
Long-term wage movements show a decline of 3.89 percent over the past decade from 2015. The current level remains 6.79 percent below the historical peak recorded in 2010.
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 99.9 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Housing
Housing is the lowest at 50.8, −49.2 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 64.1, below the United States benchmark (−35.9 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
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Overall consumption prices in 2024 reached an index of 64.1 against the United States benchmark. This represents a signed difference of -35.9 index points below the reference level.
Housing costs registered the lowest relative index at 50.8 in 2024. Health services followed closely with a value of 52.8, both significantly trailing the United States.
Transport prices nearly matched the benchmark with an index of 99.9 in 2024. Food and restaurants also showed narrower gaps than housing or health sectors.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $53,864
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States8 below, 0 at 100
- 0 above
Compare Italy
See how Italy's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Türkiye$57,2752024+6.3%higher
Israel$57,4262025+6.6%higher
Japan$50,1832025−6.8%lower
Spain$57,7792025+7.3%higher
Lithuania$58,1122025+7.9%higher
Poland$49,0742025−8.9%lower
France$60,4832025+12.3%higher
New Zealand$60,8962025+13.1%higher
South Korea$61,2592025+13.7%higher
Sweden$61,4432025+14.1%higher
Portugal$44,9372025−16.6%lower
Latvia$44,7092025−17.0%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 the current dataset. This longitudinal coverage includes 36 distinct reported values for trend analysis.
Price level data availability varies significantly by year within this record. Only 2024 currently provides complete category coverage while earlier years show null values.
Historical wage records begin at 54994.691 USD PPP in 1990. The series extends continuously to the most recent 2025 observation without interruption.
- 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 Italy?
The average annual wage in Italy was 53864.157 USD PPP in 2025 using constant prices. This metric captures economy-wide earnings adjusted for purchasing power parity rather than nominal domestic monetary unit amounts.
How has the average wage changed in Italy?
Average wages increased by 1.17 percent between 2024 and 2025 but fell 3.89 percent over the preceding decade. The five-year change since 2020 shows a modest gain of 1.82 percent.
What are consumer price levels like in Italy?
Consumer price levels in 2024 ranged from 50.8 for housing to 99.9 for transport relative to the United States. All eight measured categories remained below the benchmark, though values for 2022 and 2023 are unavailable.
Is the average wage in Italy close to its historical peak?
Current wages sit 6.79 percent below the historical peak of 57789.672 USD PPP reached in 2010. Despite recent annual gains, the 2025 level has not recovered to that high point.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
OECD Comparative Price Levels
Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024