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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.
Where a mid software engineer keeps the most (purchasing power)
🇸🇬 Singapore $158,879, 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates $147,138, 🇵🇱 Poland $136,142 — often not the highest-paying country on paper.
| # | Country | PPP-equiv. net |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | $158,879 |
| 2 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | $147,138 |
| 3 | 🇵🇱 Poland | $136,142 |
| 4 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | $124,126 |
| 5 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | $119,625 |
Gross pay erodes to take-home after tax, then adjusts for local prices — a mid-level estimate, every step sourced.
Verified · National medians (Eurostat / national stats) · US BLS OEWS May 2024 · World Bank ICP 2021 (PPP)
Keep rate 93% · net $118,153 · real value $158,879 (your money goes further here)
| Step | USD/yr | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Gross salary | $127,180 | Estimated gross for the role. |
| − Income tax & social | −$9,027 | Resident tax brackets; you keep 93%. |
| Net (after tax) | $118,153 | Take-home in nominal USD. |
| + Local prices (PPP) | +$40,726 | Cheaper than the US — your net buys more. |
| Real value (PPP-equiv. net) | $158,879 | What the net is worth in US price terms. |
Modelled estimate for a mid-level role, not a job offer; regulated professions need local credential recognition. Net uses each country's resident income-tax brackets.
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.
“Salary” can mean three different questions. Pick the one you're asking.
Your salary
Enter your salary and see take-home after local tax and cost of living — or the gross you'd need elsewhere to match it.
Local market
The national median wage by country — gross, after-tax net and PPP-adjusted, each anchored to a primary source.
Your profession
Per-profession estimates across 43 countries, ranked by purchasing-power net and compared to the local median.
Pick a role to see where it pays the most after tax across 43 countries.
~$98,113 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
~$84,108 net in the US · 1.9× the national median
~$100,096 net in the US · 2.3× the national median
~$96,008 net in the US · 2.2× the national median
~$96,274 net in the US · 2.2× the national median
~$92,529 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
~$48,949 net in the US · 1× the national median
~$49,386 net in the US · 1.1× the national median
~$75,147 net in the US · 1.7× the national median
~$77,069 net in the US · 1.7× the national median
~$47,992 net in the US · 1× the national median
~$53,015 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.