Greece
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$32,412
Country Comparison
Greece vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Greece
vs
Germany
$32,4122025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +135.4%
(vs Greece)
$76,2852025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Germany +2.3 pts
(vs Greece)
+2.0%2025
−6.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Germany +13.1 pts
(vs Greece)
+7.1%2025
54.72024
Overall Price Level
Germany +16.8 index points
(vs Greece)
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
Greece
10 Years Ago
$34,495 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,174 (2009)
Latest Wage
$32,412 (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
Greece (GRC)Germany (DEU)
Overall
−16.8 index points
100
54.7vs71.5
Food
+2.4 index points
100
91.1vs88.7
Clothing
−9.5 index points
100
80.9vs90.4
Housing
−23.4 index points
100
40.7vs64.1
Health
−12.6 index points
100
38.1vs50.7
Transport
−20.6 index points
100
93.4vs114
Recreation
−20.1 index points
100
66.5vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
−19.8 index points
100
71.3vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 135.4% higher than Greece's $32,412 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $43,872 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Germany shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against −0.3% for Greece. 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
Housing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 40.7 for Greece against 64.1 for Germany. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 23.4 index points apart, Germany above Greece. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Greece reads 91.1 and Germany 88.7 for 2024, just 2.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 9.5 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Germany's latest average wage of $76,285 for 2025 stands well above Greece's $32,412 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 135.4% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $43,872 a year. 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. 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 Greece recorded −6.0% against Germany's +7.1%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
This pairing shows two wage paths pulling apart rather than tracking each other. Greece continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.3% and a five-year change of −0.3%. 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 Germany gaining in real terms at +2.0% over five years and Greece at −0.3%, the five-year measures move away from each other rather than closing in. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Greece's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 54.7, and Germany's reads 71.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Germany reads higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 40.7 for Greece against 64.1 for Germany, a gap of 23.4 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 91.1 versus 88.7, a gap of just 2.4 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Greece reads above 100 in 0 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.
