Austria
Latest Average Wage
+3.3% · 5 years
$78,301
Country Comparison
Austria vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Austria
vs
Canada
$78,3012025
Latest Average Wage
Austria +15.3%
(vs Canada)
$67,9012025
+3.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Austria +3.5 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+5.5%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Austria +0.5 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
77.12024
Overall Price Level
Canada +8.9 index points
(vs Austria)
862024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Wage Milestones
Austria
10 Years Ago
$74,198 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,301 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,301 (2025)
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Austria (AUT)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−8.9 index points
100
77.1vs86
Food
−14.2 index points
100
93.8vs108
Clothing
−22.8 index points
100
95.2vs118
Housing
−20.8 index points
100
62.3vs83.1
Health
+0.5 index points
100
62.7vs62.2
Transport
+12.0 index points
100
115vs103
Recreation
+3.8 index points
100
95.8vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−7.4 index points
100
90.2vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Austria's latest average wage is $78,301 for 2025, about 15.3% higher than Canada's $67,901 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. That is roughly $10,401 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Austria shows the stronger movement at +0.8%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +3.3% against −0.3%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 95.2 for Austria against 118 for Canada. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 22.8 index points apart, Canada above Austria. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Austria reads 62.7 and Canada 62.2 for 2024, just 0.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 3.8 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Austria at $78,301 for 2025, and Canada at $67,901 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 15.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $10,401 a year. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Austria recorded +5.5% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Austria sits at the highest point of its series — $78,301 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +5.5%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. With the five-year changes at +3.3% for Austria and −0.3% for Canada, the horizons are clearer when read side by side rather than folded into one trend statement. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Austria's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 77.1, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Austria leads in 2 of the 8 comparable categories and Canada in 5, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. The widest separation is in Clothing: 95.2 for Austria against 118 for Canada, a gap of 22.8 index points. At the other end, Health brings the two closest — 62.7 versus 62.2, a gap of just 0.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Austria reads above 100 in 1 of its 8 reported categories, and Canada in 3 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
