Spain is below average

How much does a worker earn per hour in a European Union country? There are differences between countries. Spain is far from the EU average, which set at 24 euros per hourHowever, the differences range from 8 euros per hour to 47.2 euros per hour.

Spain is in the middle of the list, but far from the European average: 18.2 euros per hour of work in 2023. According to Eurostat, it ranks 15th among 29 European countries analyzed by average hourly earnings.

Moreover, in neighboring countries such as France, the salary is much higher (28.7 euros per hour), and in Italy, a country socially similar to Spain, the salary is also higher (21.5 euros per hour), although there is only one position higher. However, Portugal, a neighboring country with which we form the Iberian Peninsula, ranks quite low in the list of the highest paid countries. Portugal ranks 19th with average salary 13.7 euros per hour.

The trend reflected in the graph below is that Northern and Western Europe have higher average salaries than Southern and Eastern Europe, reflecting differences in the economy as well as the cost of living.

Luxembourg, 47.2 euros per hour

Luxembourg is without a doubt the country with the best salaries. It also has the highest GDP per capita in the world. The Scandinavian countries of Denmark and Norway also pay well (42 euros/hour), although Sweden (26 euros/hour) is more in the middle of the table. This is reflected in a map prepared by the Voronai app and used by the Visual Capitalist website to show what the average salary in Europe is in 2023.

Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia are at the bottom of the list. Three countries have wages below 11 euros per hour. Bulgaria has the lowest average wage – 8 euros per hour. Romania (10.4 euros/hour) and Latvia (10.7 euros/hour).

Follow us on our WhatsApp channel and don’t miss the latest news and all the news from the site anten3noticias.com