Austria
Latest Average Wage
+3.3% · 5 years
$78,301
Country Comparison
Austria vs Denmark
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Austria
vs
Denmark
$78,3012025
Latest Average Wage
Austria +0.3%
(vs Denmark)
$78,0902025
+3.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Austria +1.7 pts
(vs Denmark)
+1.6%2025
+5.5%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Denmark +1.4 pts
(vs Austria)
+6.9%2025
77.12024
Overall Price Level
Denmark +15.0 index points
(vs Austria)
92.12024
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
Denmark
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$78,090
Wage Milestones
Austria
10 Years Ago
$74,198 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,301 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,301 (2025)
Denmark
10 Years Ago
$73,026 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,090 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,090 (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)Denmark (DNK)
Overall
−15.0 index points
100
77.1vs92.1
Food
−8.2 index points
100
93.8vs102
Clothing
−23.8 index points
100
95.2vs119
Housing
−32.0 index points
100
62.3vs94.3
Health
−1.3 index points
100
62.7vs64
Transport
−15.0 index points
100
115vs130
Recreation
−18.2 index points
100
95.8vs114
Restaurants & Accommodation
−32.8 index points
100
90.2vs123
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Austria's latest average wage is $78,301 for 2025, effectively level with Denmark's $78,090 for 2025 — the relative difference, calculated from the two reported values, rounds to under half a percent. In annual terms the gap comes to about $211 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Austria shows the stronger movement at +0.8%, against +0.3% for Denmark. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +3.3% against +1.6%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 90.2 for Austria against 123 for Denmark. Denmark sits on the higher side of that 32.8-point spread; Austria reads 32.8 index points lower on the US=100 scale. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Austria reads 62.7 and Denmark 64 for 2024, just 1.3 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 8.2 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Austria and Denmark report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $78,301 for 2025, against $78,090 for 2025. The difference is 0.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $211 a year, which is small next to either figure. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Austria recorded +5.5% and Denmark +6.9%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. 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%. Denmark sits at the highest point of its series — $78,090 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +6.9%. Austria's five-year change of +3.3% outpaces Denmark's +1.6% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Austria's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 77.1, and Denmark's reads 92.1, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Denmark sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Restaurants & Accommodation separates the two most: Austria reads 90.2 and Denmark 123, 32.8 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (62.7 versus 64), only 1.3 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 1 of Austria's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 5 of Denmark's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
