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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Austria? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Austria ≈ $4,145/mo; top 10% above $8,583/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Austria

# What is a good salary in 🇦🇹 Austria (Vienna)?

The median is about **$4,145/month**; top-10% earners clear **$8,583/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $1,840 | $22,080 | 1,628 EUR/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $4,145 | $49,740 | 3,668 EUR/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $6,080 | $72,960 | 5,381 EUR/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $8,583 | $102,996 | 7,596 EUR/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $15,535 | $186,420 | 13,748 EUR/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $60,360 (2025) and Gini 31.2. Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=AT).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇫🇮 Finland](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/finland/) — median $4,147/mo
- [🇸🇪 Sweden](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/sweden/) — median $4,250/mo
- [🇸🇬 Singapore](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/singapore/) — median $4,329/mo
- [🇳🇱 Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/netherlands/) — median $4,367/mo

See also: [what everyday life costs in Austria](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/austria/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Austria?**: The median wage is about $4,145/month ($49,740/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $6,080/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $8,583/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Austria?**: Roughly $8,583/month ($102,996/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $15,535/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Austria?**: A minimum-wage figure for Austria is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- **How are these Austria salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($60,360, 2025) and the Gini index (31.2). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.

Log-normal model from World Bank data — estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data. Agents: GET /api/wage-bands.json?country=AT.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/austria/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/wage-bands.json?country=AT