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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Kosovo? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Kosovo ≈ $462/mo; top 10% above $1,143/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Kosovo

# What is a good salary in 🇽🇰 Kosovo (Pristina)?

The median is about **$462/month**; top-10% earners clear **$1,143/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $807 | $9,684 | 716 EUR/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $462 | $5,544 | 410 EUR/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $744 | $8,928 | 660 EUR/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $1,143 | $13,716 | 1,014 EUR/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $2,392 | $28,704 | 2,122 EUR/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $7,760 (2025) and Gini 38.3. Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=XK).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇼🇸 Samoa](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/samoa/) — median $442/mo
- [🇧🇿 Belize](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/belize/) — median $432/mo
- [🇺🇦 Ukraine](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/ukraine/) — median $429/mo
- [🇲🇩 Moldova](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/moldova/) — median $428/mo

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

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Kosovo?**: The median wage is about $462/month ($5,544/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $744/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $1,143/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Kosovo?**: Roughly $1,143/month ($13,716/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $2,392/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Kosovo?**: A minimum-wage figure for Kosovo is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- **How are these Kosovo salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($7,760, 2025) and the Gini index (38.3). 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=XK.

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