Italy
Latest Average Wage
+1.8% · 5 years
$53,864
Country Comparison
Italy vs Israel
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Italy
vs
Israel
$53,8642025
Latest Average Wage
Israel +6.6%
(vs Italy)
$57,4262025
+1.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Israel +4.0 pts
(vs Italy)
+5.8%2025
−3.9%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Israel +23.7 pts
(vs Italy)
+19.8%2025
64.12024
Overall Price Level
Israel +29.0 index points
(vs Italy)
93.12024
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
Israel
Latest Average Wage
+5.8% · 5 years
$57,426
Wage Milestones
Italy
10 Years Ago
$56,043 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,790 (2010)
Latest Wage
$53,864 (2025)
Israel
10 Years Ago
$47,933 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,426 (2025)
Latest Wage
$57,426 (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
Italy (ITA)Israel (ISR)
Overall
−29.0 index points
100
64.1vs93.1
Food
−37.3 index points
100
86.7vs124
Clothing
−10.7 index points
100
95.3vs106
Housing
−43.1 index points
100
50.8vs93.9
Health
−30.5 index points
100
52.8vs83.3
Transport
−9.1 index points
100
99.9vs109
Recreation
−24.8 index points
100
74.4vs99.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
−40.6 index points
100
89.4vs130
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Israel's latest average wage is $57,426 for 2025, about 6.6% higher than Italy's $53,864 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $3,562 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Italy shows the stronger movement at +1.2%, against +0.5% for Israel. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Italy at +1.8% and Israel at +5.8% — so the latest year is not the whole story. 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: 50.8 for Italy against 93.9 for Israel. Israel sits on the higher side of that 43.1-point spread; Italy reads 43.1 index points lower on the US=100 scale. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Italy reads 99.9 and Israel 109 for 2024, just 9.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 10.7 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Israel's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $57,426 for 2025, moderately higher than Italy's $53,864 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 6.6% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $3,562 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. Over ten years Italy recorded −3.9% against Israel's +19.8%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths. The wage milestones above show how each side arrived at its current level, year by year.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. Italy is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.2%, though the level remains 6.8% below its peak. Israel sits at the highest point of its series — $57,426 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +19.8%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +5.8% for Israel against +1.8% for Italy, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Italy's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 64.1, and Israel's reads 93.1, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Israel reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 50.8 for Italy against 93.9 for Israel, a gap of 43.1 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 99.9 versus 109, a gap of just 9.1 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Italy reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Israel in 4 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
