Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Country Comparison
Canada vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Canada
vs
Germany
$67,9012025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +12.3%
(vs Canada)
$76,2852025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Germany +2.3 pts
(vs Canada)
+2.0%2025
+5.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Germany +2.1 pts
(vs Canada)
+7.1%2025
862024
Overall Price Level
Canada +14.5 index points
(vs Germany)
71.52024
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
Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Wage Milestones
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (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
Canada (CAN)Germany (DEU)
Overall
+14.5 index points
100
86vs71.5
Food
+19.3 index points
100
108vs88.7
Clothing
+27.6 index points
100
118vs90.4
Housing
+19.0 index points
100
83.1vs64.1
Health
+11.5 index points
100
62.2vs50.7
Transport
−11.0 index points
100
103vs114
Recreation
+5.4 index points
100
92vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
+6.5 index points
100
97.6vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 12.3% higher than Canada's $67,901 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $8,384 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Germany shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +2.0% 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: 118 for Canada against 90.4 for Germany. Canada sits on the higher side of that 27.6-point spread; Germany reads 27.6 index points lower on the US=100 scale. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Recreation: Canada reads 92 and Germany 86.6 for 2024, just 5.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Restaurants & Accommodation at 6.5 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Germany's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $76,285 for 2025, moderately higher than Canada's $67,901 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 12.3% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $8,384 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. 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 Canada recorded +5.0% and Germany +7.1%, 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. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. Germany sits at the highest point of its series — $76,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +7.1%. With the five-year changes at −0.3% for Canada and +2.0% for Germany, 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
Canada's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 86, and Germany's reads 71.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Canada reads higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Clothing: 118 for Canada against 90.4 for Germany, a gap of 27.6 index points. At the other end, Recreation brings the two closest — 92 versus 86.6, a gap of just 5.4 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Canada reads above 100 in 3 of its 8 reported categories, and Germany in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
