Luxembourg
Latest Average Wage
+8.3% · 5 years
$98,530
Country Comparison
Luxembourg vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Luxembourg
vs
United Kingdom
$98,5302025
Latest Average Wage
Luxembourg +48.6%
(vs United Kingdom)
$66,2992025
+8.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +7.1 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+1.2%2025
+11.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +7.8 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
96.62024
Overall Price Level
Luxembourg +12.3 index points
(vs United Kingdom)
84.32024
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
United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Wage Milestones
Luxembourg
10 Years Ago
$88,737 (2015)
Historical Peak
$98,530 (2025)
Latest Wage
$98,530 (2025)
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
+12.3 index points
100
96.6vs84.3
Food
+20.9 index points
100
106vs85.1
Clothing
+20.8 index points
100
99.7vs78.9
Housing
+4.0 index points
100
99.4vs95.4
Health
+5.0 index points
100
77.1vs72.1
Transport
−10.0 index points
100
101vs111
Recreation
+6.9 index points
100
97.1vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
+13.8 index points
100
101vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Luxembourg's latest average wage is $98,530 for 2025, about 48.6% 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 $32,231 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Luxembourg shows the stronger movement at +1.1%, against +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +8.3% against +1.2%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Food shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 106 for Luxembourg against 85.1 for United Kingdom. That is a separation of 20.9 index points on the US=100 scale, with Luxembourg on the higher side and United Kingdom on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Housing: Luxembourg reads 99.4 and United Kingdom 95.4 for 2024, just 4.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 5.0 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 — Luxembourg's latest average wage of $98,530 for 2025 stands well above United Kingdom's $66,299 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 48.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $32,231 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 Luxembourg recorded +11.0% and United Kingdom +3.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. 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%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +8.3% for Luxembourg against +1.2% for United Kingdom, 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
Luxembourg's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 96.6, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Luxembourg reads higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Food: 106 for Luxembourg against 85.1 for United Kingdom, a gap of 20.9 index points. At the other end, Housing brings the two closest — 99.4 versus 95.4, a gap of just 4.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Luxembourg reads above 100 in 3 of its 8 reported categories, and United Kingdom in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
