Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Luxembourg

Luxembourg stands near the upper end of this wage distribution, while its category indices make clear that high wages and higher prices are separate observations.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Luxembourg

Explore Luxembourg’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 Luxembourg

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

Overall

96.60Below U.S.3.4% below U.S.

Food

106.00Above U.S.6.0% above U.S.

Clothing

99.70Near U.S.0.3% below U.S.

Housing

99.40Near U.S.0.6% below U.S.

Health

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

Transport

101.00Near U.S.1.0% above U.S.

Recreation

97.10Below U.S.2.9% below U.S.

Restaurants

101.00Near U.S.1.0% above 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 96.6 means that Luxembourg’s price level is about 3.4% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 106 means it is approximately 6% 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 food 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

Luxembourg in Context

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

Average Annual Wage

Luxembourg$98,530

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Luxembourg96.60

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Luxembourg’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 62.3% above the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 96.6 is 3.4% 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 Luxembourg

Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg are Food at 106.00, Transport at 101.00, and Restaurants at 101.00, 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.