Czechia
Latest Average Wage
+3.0% · 5 years
$43,607
Country Comparison
Czechia vs Japan
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Czechia
vs
Japan
$43,6072025
Latest Average Wage
Japan +15.1%
(vs Czechia)
$50,1832025
+3.0%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Czechia +5.2 pts
(vs Japan)
−2.2%2025
+22.2%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Czechia +23.8 pts
(vs Japan)
−1.6%2025
52.92024
Overall Price Level
Japan +6.3 index points
(vs Czechia)
59.22024
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
Japan
Latest Average Wage
−2.2% · 5 years
$50,183
Wage Milestones
Czechia
10 Years Ago
$35,686 (2015)
Historical Peak
$43,607 (2025)
Latest Wage
$43,607 (2025)
Japan
10 Years Ago
$51,027 (2015)
Historical Peak
$52,662 (1997)
Latest Wage
$50,183 (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
Czechia (CZE)Japan (JPN)
Overall
−6.3 index points
100
52.9vs59.2
Food
−36.8 index points
100
75.2vs112
Clothing
+13.5 index points
100
84.5vs71
Housing
+9.6 index points
100
58.1vs48.5
Health
−8.6 index points
100
25.3vs33.9
Transport
+2.1 index points
100
86.5vs84.4
Recreation
−13.4 index points
100
65vs78.4
Restaurants & Accommodation
−12.1 index points
100
60.5vs72.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Japan's latest average wage is $50,183 for 2025, about 15.1% higher than Czechia's $43,607 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $6,576 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Czechia shows the stronger movement at +3.9%, against −0.5% for Japan. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +3.0% against −2.2%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Food shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 75.2 for Czechia against 112 for Japan. That is a separation of 36.8 index points on the US=100 scale, with Japan on the higher side and Czechia on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Czechia reads 86.5 and Japan 84.4 for 2024, just 2.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 6.3 index points apart. Two readings this close mean the category sits at nearly the same point of the US=100 scale for both.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Japan at $50,183 for 2025, and Czechia at $43,607 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 15.1% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $6,576 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 Czechia recorded +22.2% against Japan's −1.6%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
The two wage series are moving in opposite directions — and the gap between them is narrowing as a result. Czechia sits at the highest point of its series — $43,607 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +22.2%. Japan continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.5% and a five-year change of −2.2%. Because Czechia — the lower of the two latest wage levels — is the side currently gaining in real terms (+3.0% over five years against −2.2%), the distance between the two is shrinking on these measures rather than growing.
Price Profile
Czechia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 52.9, and Japan's reads 59.2, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Czechia leads in 3 of the 8 comparable categories and Japan in 5, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. The widest separation is in Food: 75.2 for Czechia against 112 for Japan, a gap of 36.8 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 86.5 versus 84.4, a gap of just 2.1 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Czechia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Japan in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
