Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Austria

Austria combines a mature European wage reference with separately labelled consumer-price categories, so readers can inspect reported values without collapsing the data into one affordability claim.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Austria

Explore Austria’s PPP-adjusted annual wage history using a reported range rather than a filled-in series.

PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)2000–2025 · touch or hover points for the selected range

Price levels

Price Levels in Austria

Compare everyday price levels using the United States benchmark of 100.

Overall

77.10Below U.S.22.9% below U.S.

Food

93.80Below U.S.6.2% below U.S.

Clothing

95.20Below U.S.4.8% below U.S.

Housing

62.30Below U.S.37.7% below U.S.

Health

62.70Below U.S.37.3% below U.S.

Transport

115.00Above U.S.15.0% above U.S.

Recreation

95.80Below U.S.4.2% below U.S.

Restaurants

90.20Below U.S.9.8% below U.S.

How to Read This View

Use 100 as the reference

The United States is fixed at 100 for every category. A value of 77.1 means that Austria’s price level is about 22.9% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 115 means it is approximately 15% higher.

Compare categories, not household bills

Each row represents a separate spending category. The values show relative price levels rather than the actual amount a household spends. A higher transport index does not necessarily mean that total living costs are higher by the same amount.

Check the selected year

The year buttons update all displayed categories together. Missing observations are shown as unavailable and are never replaced with values from another year.

Relative context

Austria in Context

See how Austria’s wage and selected price level compare with the OECD median and the United States.

Average Annual Wage

Austria$78,301

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Austria77.10

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Austria’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 29.0% above the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 77.1 is 22.9% below the U.S. benchmark, meaning that it combines a higher wage with a lower price level in this dataset. Wage and price observations refer to separately labelled years and should not be read as a household affordability score.

Country note

Understanding Wages and Prices in Austria

Austria is shown with its current common-year wage and a separate price-year label. The chart exposes the selected historical span without interpolation, while the page avoids converting a measured change into a causal story.

The highest displayed category indices for Austria are Transport at 115.00, Recreation at 95.80, and Clothing at 95.20, while the overall index remains below the United States reference. Those measures describe relative prices, not an estimate of a household budget or a recommendation about where to live.