38 OECD countries PPP-adjusted OECD Taxing Wages (2025 data)
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Select any two OECD countries to compare their tax burdens, take-home pay, and real purchasing power side by side, computed live from official OECD Taxing Wages data.
According to the OECD Taxing Wages (2025 data) dataset, all 38 tracked OECD countries are available for comparison here. See the methodology for the full source documentation and PPP conversion factors.
38
countries
3,300+
take-home scenarios
$20K–$300K
salary range
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Most-searched country salary comparisons across the OECD.
🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇯🇵 Japan leads by $23,224 PPP at $100K
🇫🇷 France vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇫🇷 France leads by $8,613 PPP at $100K
🇸🇪 Sweden vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇸🇪 Sweden leads by $7,828 PPP at $100K
🇳🇱 Netherlands vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇳🇱 Netherlands leads by $5,656 PPP at $100K
🇨🇦 Canada vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇨🇦 Canada leads by $3,146 PPP at $100K
🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇬🇧 United Kingdom leads by $1,940 PPP at $100K
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇦🇺 Australia leads by $1,646 PPP at $100K
🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇩🇪 Germany leads by $444 PPP at $100K
🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇰🇷 South Korea
🇰🇷 South Korea leads by $13,178 PPP at $100K
🇨🇠Switzerland vs 🇩🇪 Germany
🇩🇪 Germany leads by $10,596 PPP at $100K
🇨🇠Switzerland vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇺🇸 United States leads by $10,152 PPP at $100K
🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇮🇪 Ireland
🇬🇧 United Kingdom leads by $10,056 PPP at $100K
🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇫🇷 France
🇫🇷 France leads by $8,169 PPP at $100K
🇫🇷 France vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇫🇷 France leads by $6,673 PPP at $100K
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇳🇿 New Zealand leads by $2,748 PPP at $100K
🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom leads by $1,496 PPP at $100K
🇨🇦 Canada vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇨🇦 Canada leads by $1,206 PPP at $100K
🇳🇴 Norway vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇳🇴 Norway leads by $518 PPP at $100K
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom leads by $294 PPP at $100K
🇰🇷 South Korea vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇰🇷 South Korea leads by $36,402 PPP at $100K
🇪🇸 Spain vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇪🇸 Spain leads by $29,850 PPP at $100K
🇮🇱 Israel vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇺🇸 United States leads by $9,394 PPP at $100K
🇮🇹 Italy vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇮🇹 Italy leads by $9,186 PPP at $100K
🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇸🇪 Sweden
🇸🇪 Sweden leads by $7,384 PPP at $100K
Highest Purchasing Power Gaps
Country pairs with the largest real-wage gap at a $100K gross salary. The widest gaps pair a low-cost economy, where a fixed-dollar salary stretches furthest in purchasing-power terms, against a high-cost one, so a single low-price country tends to anchor most of the top gaps.
Largest PPP take-home gaps at $100K (USD)
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇩🇰 Denmark
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $167,650 PPP at $100K
🇨🇠Switzerland vs 🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $162,886 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇮🇸 Iceland
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $162,848 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇮🇱 Israel
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $162,128 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇮🇪 Ireland
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $160,850 PPP at $100K
🇧🇪 Belgium vs 🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $158,613 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇫🇮 Finland
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $158,319 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $157,715 PPP at $100K
🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇺🇸 United States
🇨🇴 Colombia leads by $152,734 PPP at $100K