1-Year Change
+1.2%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+1.8%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
64.1
2024 · United States = 100
For Italy, the latest reported PPP-adjusted average wage is $53,864 in 2025. This profile connects the annual wage series with 2024 consumer price indices, while keeping their years, units and missing observations separate. Reported values remain tied to their original years.
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
Italy's sector agreements set important wage terms without a nationwide legal minimum. North-south differences and many small firms make a single regional experience incomplete.
The defining long-term context is unusually weak real wage growth in a developed industrial economy. Recent negotiated increases should not obscure that sustained stagnation.
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
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
The latest available PPP-adjusted average wage for Italy is $53,864 for 2025. Its one-year change is +1.2%, while the ten-year change is −3.9%.
All eight consumer price categories have a reported value for 2024. 0 reported categories are above the United States benchmark, 8 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
- $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$57,275+6.3%higher
Israel$57,426+6.6%higher
Japan$50,183−6.8%lower
Spain$57,779+7.3%higher
Lithuania$58,112+7.9%higher
Poland$49,074−8.9%lower
France$60,483+12.3%higher
New Zealand$60,896+13.1%higher
South Korea$61,259+13.7%higher
Sweden$61,443+14.1%higherFor Italy, the latest reported PPP-adjusted average wage is $53,864 in 2025. This profile connects the annual wage series with 2024 consumer price indices, while keeping their years, units and missing observations separate. Reported values remain tied to their original years.
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Italy?
The most recent figure is $53,864 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 Italy?
After falling away from its peak, it turned back up by +1.2% in the latest year. It still sits 6.8% from the high of 2010. The chart keeps the annual observations visible so the short and long horizons can be checked separately.
What are consumer price levels like in Italy?
Against the United States benchmark of 100, the overall level is 64.1. Transport is the most expensive category at 99.9, and Housing the least at 50.8. These are relative price indices for 2024, not prices in a local currency.
Is the average wage in Italy close to its historical peak?
Not currently. It sits 6.8% below the 2010 peak of $57,790, and the latest year has not closed that gap. This comparison uses only the reported wage and price fields displayed on the page.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024