Norway
Latest Average Wage
+6.0% · 5 years
$73,462
Country Comparison
Norway vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Norway
vs
United Kingdom
$73,4622025
Latest Average Wage
Norway +10.8%
(vs United Kingdom)
$66,2992025
+6.0%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Norway +4.8 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+1.2%2025
+9.4%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Norway +6.2 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
902024
Overall Price Level
Norway +5.7 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
Norway
10 Years Ago
$67,127 (2015)
Historical Peak
$73,462 (2025)
Latest Wage
$73,462 (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
Norway (NOR)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
+5.7 index points
100
90vs84.3
Food
+27.9 index points
100
113vs85.1
Clothing
+26.1 index points
100
105vs78.9
Housing
−35.0 index points
100
60.4vs95.4
Health
+8.5 index points
100
80.6vs72.1
Transport
+15.0 index points
100
126vs111
Recreation
+28.8 index points
100
119vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
+26.8 index points
100
114vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Norway's latest average wage is $73,462 for 2025, about 10.8% higher than United Kingdom's $66,299 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $7,162 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Norway shows the stronger movement at +1.6%, against +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +6.0% against +1.2%. 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: 60.4 for Norway against 95.4 for United Kingdom. United Kingdom sits on the higher side of that 35.0-point spread; Norway reads 35.0 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 Overall: Norway reads 90 and United Kingdom 84.3 for 2024, just 5.7 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 8.5 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
Norway's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $73,462 for 2025, moderately higher than United Kingdom's $66,299 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 10.8% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $7,162 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. 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 Norway recorded +9.4% 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. Norway sits at the highest point of its series — $73,462 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +9.4%. 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: +6.0% for Norway 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
Norway's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 90, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Norway reads higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 60.4 for Norway against 95.4 for United Kingdom, a gap of 35.0 index points. At the other end, Overall brings the two closest — 90 versus 84.3, a gap of just 5.7 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Norway reads above 100 in 5 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.
