Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Country Comparison
Canada vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Canada
vs
United Kingdom
$67,9012025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +2.4%
(vs United Kingdom)
$66,2992025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
United Kingdom +1.4 pts
(vs Canada)
+1.2%2025
+5.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +1.7 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
862024
Overall Price Level
Canada +1.7 index points
(vs United Kingdom)
84.32024
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
United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Wage Milestones
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
+1.7 index points
100
86vs84.3
Food
+22.9 index points
100
108vs85.1
Clothing
+39.1 index points
100
118vs78.9
Housing
−12.3 index points
100
83.1vs95.4
Health
−9.9 index points
100
62.2vs72.1
Transport
−8.0 index points
100
103vs111
Recreation
+1.8 index points
100
92vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
+10.4 index points
100
97.6vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 2.4% higher than United Kingdom's $66,299 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $1,601 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, United Kingdom shows the stronger movement at +0.7%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +1.2% 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 78.9 for United Kingdom. That is a separation of 39.1 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and United Kingdom on the lower one. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Overall: Canada reads 86 and United Kingdom 84.3 for 2024, just 1.7 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 1.8 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Canada and United Kingdom report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $67,901 for 2025, against $66,299 for 2025. The difference is 2.4% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $1,601 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 Canada recorded +5.0% and United Kingdom +3.3%, 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
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. United Kingdom stands just below its historical high of $66,480 in 2019, only 0.3% away, with a ten-year change of +3.3%. The five-year changes — −0.3% for Canada, +1.2% for United Kingdom — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Canada's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 86, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Canada leads in 5 of the 8 comparable categories and United Kingdom in 3, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Clothing separates the two most: Canada reads 118 and United Kingdom 78.9, 39.1 index points apart. The two sit closest in Overall (86 versus 84.3), only 1.7 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 3 of Canada's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of United Kingdom's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
