Working Austrians earn an average of 49,121 Euros gross per year, but salaries vary in the federal states. This is according to an evaluation by the employer rating platform kununu, which has analysed 181,000 salary data from the years 2023 and 2024.
Salary Check Revealed: Viennese are Absolute Top Earners
20-01-2025, 13:05
Looking into the wallets of Austrians, it becomes clear: Viennese and Vorarlbergers are the top earners in the comparison of federal states. The gap between the incomes of men and women is also evident in the current salary check.
Viennese and Vorarlbergers Earn Highest Incomes
According to this, Viennese earn an average of 51,127 Euros and Vorarlbergers 51,094 Euros, while Burgenlanders only receive 45,019 Euros.
As for the 10 largest cities in Austria, Linz leads with 51,278 Euros, followed by Vienna, Dornbirn, Graz, and Wels. St. Pölten, Salzburg, and Villach are in the middle range, while salaries in Innsbruck and Klagenfurt are the lowest in this comparison.
Large Gap Between Salaries of Men and Women
The gap between the incomes of men and women is also clear in the evaluation. According to this, women earn an average of 43,599 Euros per year, which is 8,839 Euros less than their male colleagues, who earn 52,438 Euros. The gap is also confirmed when looking at the pay slips of employees with personnel responsibility: Here, the difference between the genders is even higher at 24 percent. Overall, executives earn an average of 58,818 Euros per year.
Criticism of Lack of Wage Equality in the Job Market
"Our figures show that there is still no wage equality in the Austrian job market. This applies to the comparison between genders, but also to the regional comparison. A major reason for this is the still lacking wage transparency, which would provide employees with much more orientation," kununu CEO Nina Zimmermann is quoted as saying on Monday in a press release.
Top Earners Come from IT Sector and Banking Sector
There are also significant differences across professions and industries. The leaders are individuals with the title "Professor" with 90,027 Euros gross per year, followed by Business Unit Managers (84,439 Euros) and Doctors (84,352 Euros). Other top earners include Software Architects, Private Bankers, and Tax Consultants. Looking at industries, the IT sector and the banking sector are ahead.
The study took into account the salary information of full-time employees. Part-time employees or interns were not included in the evaluation.
(APA/Red)
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