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Salary Intelligence
A high salary doesn't always mean a better move. Compare 38 professions across 43 countries on take-home pay after tax, rent and cost of living — anchored to each country's national median wage.
What is salary intelligence?
WhereNext estimates how far a salary actually goes for 38 professions across 43 countries — gross, after-tax net, and purchasing-power-equivalent net — anchored to each country's primary-sourced national median wage. The highest-paying country on paper is often not where you keep the most after tax and local prices. Estimates only; not tax or employment advice.
Pick a role to see where it pays the most after tax across 43 countries.
~$96,008 net in the US · 2.2× the national median
~$126,765 net in the US · 2.9× the national median
~$119,930 net in the US · 2.8× the national median
~$89,173 net in the US · 2× the national median
~$99,425 net in the US · 2.3× the national median
~$96,008 net in the US · 2.2× the national median
~$96,008 net in the US · 2.2× the national median
~$92,590 net in the US · 2.1× the national median
~$102,843 net in the US · 2.4× the national median
~$71,918 net in the US · 1.6× the national median
~$64,883 net in the US · 1.4× the national median
~$54,331 net in the US · 1.2× the national median
~$89,173 net in the US · 2× the national median
~$68,401 net in the US · 1.5× the national median
~$75,436 net in the US · 1.7× the national median
~$82,338 net in the US · 1.8× the national median
~$71,918 net in the US · 1.6× the national median
~$68,401 net in the US · 1.5× the national median
~$75,436 net in the US · 1.7× the national median
~$165,865 net in the US · 3.9× the national median
~$50,813 net in the US · 1.1× the national median
~$123,348 net in the US · 2.9× the national median
~$99,425 net in the US · 2.3× the national median
~$71,918 net in the US · 1.6× the national median
~$48,703 net in the US · 1× the national median
~$47,999 net in the US · 1× the national median
~$69,808 net in the US · 1.5× the national median
~$68,401 net in the US · 1.5× the national median
~$45,889 net in the US · 1× the national median
~$50,813 net in the US · 1.1× the national median
What every profession earns in a given country, with the national median anchor.
A relocation-specific way of comparing salaries: not just the gross number, but what's left after local tax, rent and cost of living, restated in purchasing-power terms. A high salary in an expensive, high-tax country can leave you with less than a lower salary somewhere cheaper.
Profession gross is scaled from US base salaries by an OECD/World-Bank-derived country wage multiplier (a modelled estimate), netted through WhereNext's tax engine, and PPP-adjusted using the World Bank ICP 2021 index. Every figure is anchored to that country's primary-sourced national median wage so you can see how the role compares to the typical worker.
No. These are directional estimates for relocation planning. Actual pay varies by employer, seniority, bonus, equity, contract type and tax regime. Verify any offer with the employer and a qualified tax advisor.