Work & incomeMalta
Median salary in Malta
What does the middle earner actually make in a month?
Malta's median salary is $3,758 PPP/mo — #19 of 78 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2021.
$3,758PPP/mo
Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)
Half of Malta's employees earn less than $3,758 a month, half earn more — the middle of the pay scale, in local buying power.
Among 78 countries
- Rank
- #19 of 78
- higher is better
- Ranked behind
- 76 %
- 59 of 78 countries
In Europe: #17 of 32vs median $1,379 PPP/mo: +172 % (better)
The neighbourhood
| # | Country | Median earnings | vs Malta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | United Kingdom | $3,861 PPP/mo | +$102 PPP/mo |
| 18 | Cyprus | $3,851 PPP/mo | +$93 PPP/mo |
| 19 | Malta | $3,758 PPP/mo | — |
| 20 | Czech Republic | $3,669 PPP/mo | −$90 PPP/mo |
| 21 | Poland | $3,656 PPP/mo | −$103 PPP/mo |
Median monthly earnings of employees, PPP dollars (ILO) — the middle earner, not the average. The gap to mean earnings is the skew: the US mean is a third above its median, and that difference is real information.
How to read this figure
Median monthly earnings from the ILO’s twin flow — same collection and unit as the mean, but the MIDDLE earner: half earn less, half earn more. Compare the two and the gap is the pay-scale skew itself (the US mean sits about a third above its median; Norway’s barely a tenth). Distinct from median income, which is equivalised disposable household income after tax and transfers — this is gross pay per employee.