{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"at-average-salary","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/at-average-salary","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/at-average-salary/","title":"Average Annual Salary in Austria (2025)","description":"Average annual wages in Austria from 1990 to 2025, expressed in constant 2025 USD at purchasing power parity. At $78,301 in 2025, Austria sits approximately 20.8% above the OECD average of $64,809. Source: OECD Average Annual Wages dataset.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Wages & Earnings","Austria","Macroeconomics","Purchasing Power Parity"],"publisher":"OECD — Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Austria","temporal_coverage":"1990/2025","unit":"Avg. 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The figure covers mean gross wages for a full-time, full-year equivalent employee across the total economy, compiled by the OECD from national accounts and labour force surveys (series AV_AN_WAGE, measure WG, unit USD_PPP). The 2025 reading is up 0.8% from $77,703 in 2024 and represents the highest point in the 36-year series dating back to 1990."},{"question":"How does Austria's average wage compare to the OECD average?","answer":"Austria's 2025 average of $78,301 is approximately 20.8% above the OECD-wide average of $64,809. Austria typically ranks among the top seven or eight OECD economies by average wage in PPP-adjusted terms, clustered near Belgium ($80,009) and well above France ($60,483) and the United Kingdom ($66,299). The premium over the OECD average has persisted throughout the entire dataset — in 1990, Austria's $59,943 already exceeded most OECD peers in PPP terms."},{"question":"How did the 2022 inflation surge affect Austrian wages?","answer":"Austrian wages fell 2.5% in real terms in 2022, dropping from $77,270 to $75,303. This was the sharpest single-year decline in the 36-year dataset. A further -0.8% followed in 2023 ($74,673). The 2024 recovery to $77,703 (+4.1%) and the further 2025 gain to $78,301 (+0.8%) reflect catch-up wage settlements across manufacturing, retail, and public services, bringing real wages to a new record high."},{"question":"How did COVID-19 affect Austrian wages?","answer":"Barely at all. Austrian real wages in 2020 were $75,824, up just 0.4% from $75,547 in 2019. Austria's Kurzarbeit (short-time work) scheme kept most workers formally employed during lockdowns, preventing the composition effect — where low-wage job losses mechanically push average wages upward — that inflated average wage figures in some peer countries. The 2021 reading of $77,270 (+1.9%) then reflected the reopening period, making the Austrian record through 2020–2021 unusually resilient compared with peers like France and Italy."},{"question":"What is Austria's long-term wage growth trend since 1990?","answer":"From 1990 to 2025, Austria's average annual wage in constant 2025 PPP terms rose from $59,943 to $78,301 — a cumulative real gain of roughly 30.6% over 35 years. Growth was fairly consistent across decades, unlike Germany's prolonged stagnation in the 2000s. The 1990s delivered steady gains averaging roughly 1.4% per year. The 2000s continued at a similar pace, reaching $74,089 by 2009. The 2010s were slower — real wages grew only about 0.3% per year from 2010 to 2019 — before the 2022–2023 inflation shock interrupted a modest upward trend, followed by a strong 2024 rebound and a further modest gain in 2025."}]}