Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Italy

Italy presents a Southern European wage reference and an independently measured consumer-price profile, preserving the available category detail without extrapolating beyond the source.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Italy

Explore Italy’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 Italy

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

Overall

64.10Below U.S.35.9% below U.S.

Food

86.70Below U.S.13.3% below U.S.

Clothing

95.30Below U.S.4.7% below U.S.

Housing

50.80Below U.S.49.2% below U.S.

Health

52.80Below U.S.47.2% below U.S.

Transport

99.90Near U.S.0.1% below U.S.

Recreation

74.40Below U.S.25.6% below U.S.

Restaurants

89.40Below U.S.10.6% 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 64.1 means that Italy’s price level is about 35.9% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 99.9 means it is approximately 0% lower.

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

Italy in Context

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

Average Annual Wage

Italy$53,864

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Italy64.10

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Italy’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 11.2% below the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 64.1 is 35.9% below the U.S. benchmark, meaning that both measures sit on the same side of their references 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 Italy

Italy 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 Italy are Transport at 99.90, Clothing at 95.30, and Restaurants at 89.40, 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.