{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"at-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/at-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/at-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Austria (2025)","description":"Austria's Median Equivalised Net Income: 36,546 EUR per person in 2025, +10.0% YoY, roughly 159% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Austria's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Austria's median equivalised net income of roughly 36,546 EUR was about 159.3% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 13,607 EUR. That premium has typically widened since 2010, when Austria's ratio to the EU-27 average stood at roughly 145% — the gap has been growing in most recent years even as EU-27 income also climbs."},{"question":"How much has Austria's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Austria's median equivalised net income rose from about 21,058 EUR in 2010 to approximately 36,546 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 73.5% over 15 years. Growth was fairly steady through most of the 2010s before accelerating sharply from 2023 onward, with increases of +12.9% in 2023, +5.6% in 2024, and +10.0% in 2025."},{"question":"Why did Austria's median income jump so sharply in 2023 and 2025?","answer":"Austria's median equivalised net income rose from 27,844 EUR in 2022 to 31,443 EUR in 2023 (+12.9%), then to 33,210 EUR in 2024 (+5.6%) and 36,546 EUR in 2025 (+10.0%) — the three largest single-year gains in the series. This likely reflects a combination of elevated nominal wage growth and inflation-linked indexation of income sources following the 2022 energy-price shock, alongside one-off government relief payments captured in EU-SILC income data during that period. Because the series is denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of this increase likely reflects nominal rather than real purchasing-power gains."},{"question":"Has Austria's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Widening, typically, in most years since 2010. Austria's ratio to the EU-27 average held in a roughly 145–154% band through most of 2010–2022, before climbing more steadily to reach 159.3% in 2025 — its highest point in the 2010–2025 series. That suggests Austria's income growth has generally outpaced the EU-27 average, particularly since 2022."}]}