Luxembourg
Latest Average Wage
+8.3% · 5 years
$98,530
Country Comparison
Luxembourg vs Switzerland
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Luxembourg
vs
Switzerland
$98,5302025
Latest Average Wage
Luxembourg +6.8%
(vs Switzerland)
$92,2852025
+8.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +1.2 pts
(vs Switzerland)
+7.1%2025
+11.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +5.3 pts
(vs Switzerland)
+5.8%2025
96.62024
Overall Price Level
Switzerland +22.4 index points
(vs Luxembourg)
1192024
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
Switzerland
Latest Average Wage
+7.1% · 5 years
$92,285
Wage Milestones
Luxembourg
10 Years Ago
$88,737 (2015)
Historical Peak
$98,530 (2025)
Latest Wage
$98,530 (2025)
Switzerland
10 Years Ago
$87,262 (2015)
Historical Peak
$92,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$92,285 (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
Luxembourg (LUX)Switzerland (CHE)
Overall
−22.4 index points
100
96.6vs119
Food
−31.0 index points
100
106vs137
Clothing
−23.3 index points
100
99.7vs123
Housing
−19.6 index points
100
99.4vs119
Health
−17.4 index points
100
77.1vs94.5
Transport
−33.0 index points
100
101vs134
Recreation
−38.9 index points
100
97.1vs136
Restaurants & Accommodation
−39.0 index points
100
101vs140
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Luxembourg's latest average wage is $98,530 for 2025, about 6.8% higher than Switzerland's $92,285 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $6,245 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Luxembourg shows the stronger movement at +1.1%, against +0.1% for Switzerland. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +8.3% against +7.1%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 101 for Luxembourg against 140 for Switzerland. Switzerland sits on the higher side of that 39.0-point spread; Luxembourg reads 39.0 index points lower on the US=100 scale. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Luxembourg reads 77.1 and Switzerland 94.5 for 2024, just 17.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Housing at 19.6 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
Luxembourg's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $98,530 for 2025, moderately higher than Switzerland's $92,285 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 6.8% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $6,245 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. 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 Luxembourg recorded +11.0% and Switzerland +5.8%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Luxembourg sits at the highest point of its series — $98,530 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +11.0%. Switzerland sits at the highest point of its series — $92,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +5.8%. Luxembourg's five-year change of +8.3% outpaces Switzerland's +7.1% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Luxembourg's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 96.6, and Switzerland's reads 119, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Switzerland sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Restaurants & Accommodation separates the two most: Luxembourg reads 101 and Switzerland 140, 39.0 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (77.1 versus 94.5), only 17.4 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 3 of Luxembourg's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 7 of Switzerland's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
