Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Country Comparison
Germany vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Germany
vs
Canada
$76,2852025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +12.3%
(vs Canada)
$67,9012025
+2.0%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Germany +2.3 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+7.1%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Germany +2.1 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
71.52024
Overall Price Level
Canada +14.5 index points
(vs Germany)
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
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (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
Germany (DEU)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−14.5 index points
100
71.5vs86
Food
−19.3 index points
100
88.7vs108
Clothing
−27.6 index points
100
90.4vs118
Housing
−19.0 index points
100
64.1vs83.1
Health
−11.5 index points
100
50.7vs62.2
Transport
+11.0 index points
100
114vs103
Recreation
−5.4 index points
100
86.6vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−6.5 index points
100
91.1vs97.6
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 — a relative difference calculated 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: 90.4 for Germany against 118 for Canada. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 27.6 index points apart, Canada above Germany. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Recreation: Germany reads 86.6 and Canada 92 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
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Germany at $76,285 for 2025, and Canada at $67,901 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 12.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $8,384 a year. 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 Germany recorded +7.1% 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. 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%. 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 +2.0% for Germany 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
Germany's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 71.5, and Canada's reads 86, 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: 90.4 for Germany against 118 for Canada, a gap of 27.6 index points. At the other end, Recreation brings the two closest — 86.6 versus 92, a gap of just 5.4 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Germany 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.
