1-Year Change
+1.1%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+8.3%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
96.6
2024 · United States = 100
Luxembourg's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $98,530 for 2025. Follow the reported wage history, inspect eight consumer price categories for 2024, and open direct country comparisons without blending the two datasets or filling unavailable years. The page keeps the two measurement bases explicit.
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
$98,530
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.1%
5-Year Change
+8.3%
10-Year Change
+11.0%
Historical Peak
$98,530
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
Luxembourg's cross-border workforce, indexation, and high-skill labour market shape exceptionally high averages. Workplace wages cannot by themselves describe resident living costs or where every worker lives.
The long-term position is persistently top-tier within the OECD. Recent changes should keep automatic indexation and the cross-border structure visible.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Food
Food has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 106 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 77.1, −22.9 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 96.6, below the United States benchmark (−3.4 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 Luxembourg is $98,530 for 2025. Its one-year change is +1.1%, while the ten-year change is +11.0%.
All eight consumer price categories have a reported value for 2024. 3 reported categories are above the United States benchmark, 5 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
- $98,530
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States5 below, 0 at 100
- 3 above
Compare Luxembourg
See how Luxembourg's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Iceland$100,605+2.1%higher
Switzerland$92,285−6.3%lower
United States$86,977−11.7%lower
Netherlands$80,136−18.7%lower
Belgium$80,009−18.8%lower
Austria$78,301−20.5%lower
Denmark$78,090−20.7%lower
Germany$76,285−22.6%lower
Norway$73,462−25.4%lower
Australia$72,018−26.9%lowerLuxembourg's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $98,530 for 2025. Follow the reported wage history, inspect eight consumer price categories for 2024, and open direct country comparisons without blending the two datasets or filling unavailable years. The page keeps the two measurement bases explicit.
1-Year Change
+1.1%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+8.3%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
96.6
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Luxembourg?
The most recent figure is $98,530 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 Luxembourg?
It is currently at the top of its series: $98,530 in 2025, which is also the historical peak. The ten-year change is +11.0%. The chart keeps the annual observations visible so the short and long horizons can be checked separately.
What are consumer price levels like in Luxembourg?
Against the United States benchmark of 100, the overall level is 96.6. Food is the most expensive category at 106, and Health the least at 77.1. These are relative price indices for 2024, not prices in a local currency.
Is the average wage in Luxembourg close to its historical peak?
It is the peak. The latest year (2025) records the highest value in the series, $98,530, 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
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024