United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Country Comparison
United Kingdom vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
United Kingdom
vs
Canada
$66,2992025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +2.4%
(vs United Kingdom)
$67,9012025
+1.2%2025
5-Year Wage Change
United Kingdom +1.4 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+3.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +1.7 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+5.0%2025
84.32024
Overall Price Level
Canada +1.7 index points
(vs United Kingdom)
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
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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
United Kingdom (GBR)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−1.7 index points
100
84.3vs86
Food
−22.9 index points
100
85.1vs108
Clothing
−39.1 index points
100
78.9vs118
Housing
+12.3 index points
100
95.4vs83.1
Health
+9.9 index points
100
72.1vs62.2
Transport
+8.0 index points
100
111vs103
Recreation
−1.8 index points
100
90.2vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−10.4 index points
100
87.2vs97.6
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. Per year, that works out to roughly $1,601 on the shared purchasing-power 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: 78.9 for United Kingdom against 118 for Canada. 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: United Kingdom reads 84.3 and Canada 86 for 2024, just 1.7 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 1.8 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
United Kingdom and Canada 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. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. Over ten years United Kingdom recorded +3.3% and Canada +5.0%, 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. 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%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. The five-year changes — +1.2% for United Kingdom, −0.3% for Canada — 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
United Kingdom's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 84.3, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: United Kingdom leads in 3 of the 8 comparable categories and Canada in 5, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Clothing separates the two most: United Kingdom reads 78.9 and Canada 118, 39.1 index points apart. The two sit closest in Overall (84.3 versus 86), only 1.7 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 1 of United Kingdom's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Canada's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
